Boom & Bust

Critical Vocabulary: Red Scare, Palmer Raids, Immigration Acts, Red Summer, Eighteenth Amendment, Volstead Act, Speakeasies, Bootleggers, Organized Crime, Twenty-First Amendment, Scopes Trial, Nineteenth Amendment, Flapper, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age, Dow-Jones Industrial Average, Speculation, Buying on Margin, Black Tuesday, Great Depression, Rugged Individualism, “Hoovervilles," Bread Lines, Soup Kitchens, Bonus Army, Dust Bowl, Reconstruction Finance Corporation New Deal, Emergency Banking Act, Fireside Chat, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Securities & Exchange Commission, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Civilian Conservation Corps, Court-Packing Bill, National Labor Relations Act, Fair Labor Standards Act, Social Security Act, Works Progress Administration, New Deal Coalition, Deficit Spending

Lesson 1: Post-War Tensions
I can ...
  • This means that I can discuss the causes and effects of the First Red Scare in the US.
  • It also means...

Lesson 2: The Roaring Twenties
I can...
  • This means that I can summarize the cultural changes of the 1920s, and I can describe the conflicts that developed as a result.​
  • It also means...
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Lesson 3: The Great Depression
I can explain the causes of the Great Depression, & I can describe its effects on ordinary Americans.
  • This means I can list the causes of the Great Depression, and I can explain the how each impacted the health of the American economy.
  • It also means I can describe how the Great Depression affected the lives of ordinary Americans.
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  • America: The Story of Us Bust Questions
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Lesson 4: The New Deal
I can describe the government's response to the Great Depression, & I can evaluate its effects on the nation.
  • This means I can compare and contrast Hoover and Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression.
  • It also means that I can analyze the ways in which the size and power of the U.S. government changed during this period.
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