February 1-5

1.-Causes of the Great Depression

2.-Impact the Great Depression had on people and our country

3.-President Hoover’s attempt(or lack thereof) to help solve Great Depression- Hands tied by his ideas. Reconstruction finance corporation federal gov't gave loans to bnks, state and local gov't and business to create jobs/projects for people. Gave states loans for emergency. Dam projects to sale projects. Boulder dam now called hoover dam. People viewed hoover was doing nothing.     

4.-1932/1936 Presidential elections- 

5.-Bonus Army

6.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads

7.-Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal- 

8.-The Three R’s

9.-The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal

10.-Fireside chats

11.-The Hundred Days

12.-Deficit spending and “priming the pump”

13.-FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue

14.-Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend

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