3. Students will analyze the major political, social, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920’s and 1930’s with an emphasis on how the Great Depression and New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government.
3.1. Analyze the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that impacted the civil rights of Americans during the 1920s and 1930s, including the Palmer Raids; Marcus Garvey's "back-to-Africa" movement; the Ku Klux Klan; immigration quotas; and the responses of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Anti-Defamation League to discrimination
What was the motivation behind the Palmer raids?
What effect did the Palmer raids have on civil rights?
What was Marcus Garvey's "back-to-Africa" movement?
What did Marcus Garvey hope to achieve?
What was the Ku Klux Klan? What was their philosophy?
How did the Klan become so powerful during the 1920’s
What were immigration quotas?
Why were immigration quota's imposed?
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What was the American Civil Liberties Union?
What was the philosophy of the American Civil Liberties Union?
What was the NAACP?
When and how did the NAACP form as an organization?
What was the philosophy of the NAACP?
What was the Anti-Defamation League and what ethnic group did they serve?
What was the philosophy of the Anti-Defamation League?
What was the Bolshevik Revolution?
How did the Bolshevik Revolution affect American foreign policy?
How did the Bolshevik Revolution affect American domestic policy?
3.2. Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes).
Provide some examples of new trends in literature that were part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s
Provide some examples of new trends in music that were part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s
Provide some examples of new trends in art that were part of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920’s
What contributions did Zora Neale Hurston make to the Harlem Renaissance?
What contributions did Langston Hughs make to the Harlem Renaissance?
3.3. Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the changing role of women in society
What was the Nineteenth Amendment?
How did the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment change the roles of women in society?
Explain the significance of the Senaca Falls Conferences.
Explain the significance of the Suffrage Movement
Explain the significance of the Temperance Movement
Explain the significance of the Abolitionist Movement
3.4. Discuss the rise of mass production techniques, organized labor the growth of cities, the impact of new technologies (e.g., the automobile, electricity, radio, and movies), and the resulting prosperity and impact on the American landscape
How did mass production techniques effect prosperity in America?
How did mass production change American life and society?
How did organized labor effect prosperity in America?
How did organized labor change American life and society?
How did the growth of cities effect prosperity in America?
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How did the growth of cities change American life and society?
How did the automobile effect prosperity in America?
How did the automobile change American life and society?
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How did the radio, and movies effect prosperity in America?
How did the radio, and movies change American life and society?
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3.5. Determine the causes and effects (including the human toll) of the Great Depression, along with the steps taken by Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt to combat the crisis.
Explain the causes of the Great Depression
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Explain some of the effects the Great Depression had on people and society.
What steps did President Hoover take to combat the Depression?
What steps did President Franklin Roosevelt take to combat the Depression?
3.6. Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of the federal government in society since the 1930’s
What was the New Deal?
What were some of the programs and policies of the New Deal?
What effect did New Deal policies have on the economy and society?
What were the controversies about the New Deal programs and ;policies?
What effect have the New Deal policies had on America today?
Explain laissez faire capitalism
Explain Socialism
Explain Communism