Assignments for US History: The Great Depression and the “New Deal” (Chs 18 & 19)
* test on week’s assignments and classnotes on Tuesday 12/20
Monday 12/5: pages628-631
Terms:
1. Herbert Hoover 2. stock market3. buying stocks on margin 4. speculation 5. “Black Tuesday”
Questions:
1. Why did Hoover win the Election of 1928?
2. Describe a "bull market"... what is the opposite?
3. How did the Crash help lead to the Great Depression? What is a bank run?
Tuesday 12/6: pages 632-637
Terms:
1. “Hoovervilles” 2. hobos 3. “Dust Bowl” 4. Walt Disney 5. The Grapes of Wrath
Questions:
1. What were some other reasons for the coming of the Great Depression?
2. What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff, and how did it make things worse?
3. Describe how bad the depression gets by 1933:
4. Describe the "Okies":
5. Describe some of the themes and examples of popular entertainment that are drawing big audiences in this time:
Wednesday 12/7: pages 640-643
Terms:
1. public works2. Reconstruction Finance Corporation 3. relief
4. foreclosures5. “Bonus Army”
Questions:
1. Describe Hoover's view of “rugged individualism” and why he thought it should be the solution to the depression:
2. Describe the issue of deficit spending, and why Hoover is reluctantto do it:
3. Describe how bad things are getting on the streets of some cities and on some farms:
Thursday 12/8: pages650-653
Terms:
1. Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)2. “New Deal” 3. bank holidays 4. "Hundred Days"
5. “fireside chats”
Questions:
1. Describe FDR's background:
2. Describe the significance of FDR's quote from his 1st Inaugural Address that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..."
3. Describe the divided views of FDR's advisors in his administration, and why they disagree on how to move forward - why did he encourage arguments among his advsors?
4. Describe Eleanor Roosevelt:
Friday12/9: pages 654-659
Terms:
1. SEC2. FDIC3. AAA4. TVA5. CCC6. PWA
Questions:
1. What did the Glass-Steagall Act do? Why relevant today?? (ask me for more on this...)
2. What did the HOLC and FDA try to deal with? Why was that of limited success?
3. Describe the success, or lack of it, of FDR's various acts during his "1st New Deal"
Monday 12/12: pages662-667 (up to “Social Security”)
Terms:
1. deficit spending2. Huey Long 3. Father Coughlin 4. WPA 5. Wagner Act / NLRB
Questions:
1. Describe the American Liberty League and opposition to the New Deal from the right:
2. Why did FDR think the "2nd New Deal" was necessary?
3. Describe the "sit down" strike in Flint, how it turns out, and results of it for the CIO:
Tuesday 12/13: pages 667-670
Terms:
1. Social Security Act 2. Frances Perkins3. Election on 1936 4. Recession of 1937
Questions:
1. Describe the different groups of people FDR brought together into his “New Deal coalition”:
2. Describe FDR’s “court packing” scheme - why does it blow up in his face, and also work in his favor a bit too?
3. Describe “Keynesianism” and why it suggests that the US economy fell back into recession in 1937 - what did it say FDR did wrong?
Thursday 12/15: pages 672-673
Terms:
1. FSA2. “broker state”
Questions:
1. Describe some progressive era goals that FDR achieved through the Fair Labor Standards Act:
2. Describe the debates over the effectiveness and lasting legacy of the New Deal - was it a success? not??
Friday 12/16 - work on Step 2 of Qtr 2 projects - outline / rough draft of your final product, AND your annotated bibliography that identifies primary and secondary sources
Monday 12/19 - prep for exam on Tuesday 12/20