"Playbook" for Great Depression/New Deal Assessment

Here are a few items that you should definitely have an understanding of for our assessment on the Tuesday after Spring Break (April 8th):

-Bonus Expeditionary Force
-"Hoovervilles"
-Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
-The first "Hundred Days" of the New Deal (What was accomplished?)
-Indian Reorganization Act (how it contrasted with previous policies toward Native American tribes)
-Dr. Francis Townsend
-The downturn of the New Deal--What led to it?  What led to FDR's first legislative defeat? Why?
-The "Dust Bowl"--What effect did it have?
-Deficit financing by government (aka "pump priming")
-Social Security Act of 1935--What did it attempt to do?  What (who) did it cover?  Why was/is it controversial?
-Agricultural Adjustment Act- What did it attempt to do?


Also:
-Be able to explain the major factors that led to the Great Depression (think beyond just the stock market crash).

-Understand the three "R's" that categorized the New Deal relief programs.  Be able to explain how successful each category was in solving problems of the Great Depression and be able to give examples for each.

-How the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Great Depression and the responses to it (once again, be prepared to support your response with specific examples).

-Understand the effect the New Deal had on the Great Depression.  Be able to explain what many historians believe truly ended the Depression.


That is all for now.  Enjoy Spring Break...but be ready to discuss these items on Monday...and take the test on Tuesday!

Mr. C

P.S.  I was tempted to start the post with: "Yo, Yo, Yo what is going on AP People?!?"...but nahhhhh!

FDR/New Deal Lecture Notes (3/25-3/26)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes we took in class on FDR and his "New Deal"

Great Depression Lecture Notes (#17)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes that we began in class on Friday (3/21).  We will continue on with these early next week.

Review video/powerpoint from 3/13

Here is the video that we watched in class to help prepare for the assessment:

Also...

If you go to the "Playbook" post, and leave a response about what your favorite breakfast item is (if you could have only one thing for breakfast for the rest of your life what would it be--and no cheating with non-breakfast items, i.e. steak, lobster--than you will receive 2 points extra credit on tomorrow's assessment.  This way, I know you were there! :)

That is all for now.

"Playbook" for WWI Assessment

Here are a few items that you should make sure you're familiar with and be ready to analyze on tomorrow's assessment (remember to be prepared to go deeper than regurgitation of facts...be able to make connections between the information):

-Factors that led to the entry of the United States into the war.
-The use of propaganda (Committee on Public Information/George Creel)
-The advancement of technology in war.  How this technology had jumped ahead of tactics and the ramifications.
-The Versailles Treaty--Why the U.S. Congress never ratified it.  Why the U.S. refused to join the League of Nations.
-The fallout of the Espionage and Sedition Act (backed up by Schenck v. United States)


Also...
-Know the major players on both sides
-Know the "dominoes" that fell that led to the war being a worldwide conflict
-The changes that took place domestically for the United States during/after the war.

Lecture Notes-World War I (#14)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes that we took in class today (3/11).

Unit Study Guide: Chapters 31-32

Here is the study guide for Chapters 31-32.