"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!