Unit 7: Roaring 20s & Great Depression
Pacing Updates
Ch 32 reading & notes due 2/6. Ch 33 due 2/12. Ch 34 due 2/19.
Essential Questions
How did "modern" cultural values evolve in response to developments in technology?
How did debates over the role of women in American public life reflect changing social realities?
Were the "Roaring Twenties" prosperous for all?
Why were African Americans attracted to Garvey's message?
How did movements for political and economic reform take shape in this period, and how effective were they in achieving their goals?
How did the response to the Great Depression affect the power of the federal government?
How did debates over the role of women in American public life reflect changing social realities?
Were the "Roaring Twenties" prosperous for all?
Why were African Americans attracted to Garvey's message?
How did movements for political and economic reform take shape in this period, and how effective were they in achieving their goals?
How did the response to the Great Depression affect the power of the federal government?
Key Topics
Red Scare, Republican Politics, Consumerism, Flappers, Automobile Culture, Nativism, Harlem Renaissance, Causes of the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, Hard Times, Hundred Days, First & Second New Deal
Unit 7 Prompts
The 1920s were a period of tension between new and changing attitudes on the one hand and traditional values and nostalgia on the other. What led to the tension between old and new AND in what ways was the tension manifested?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characteristics valid?
***Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were responses? How did they change the role of the federal government? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1929-1941 to construct your response.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characteristics valid?
***Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were responses? How did they change the role of the federal government? Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1929-1941 to construct your response.