ESL I US History (Reconstruction to the Present) Study for End of Course Exam Topics 12-15

ESL IUS History

(Reconstruction to the Present)

Study for End of Course ExamTopics 12-15

K. Gonzalez

Topics 12-15 are due at the end of the period on Friday

11/22

Standard:• 9-12 1-B.4 Analyze the major

political, economic, and social developments that occurred between World War I and World War II, to include the following:

• a. social liberation and conservation reaction during the 1920s (Examples: flappers, prohibition, the Scopes trial, the red scare)

Objectives: Students will describe the politics and culture of the roaring twenties.

Topic 12:The Time Between WWI and WWII

Watch the video clip about flappers

http://video.about.com/history1900s/Flapper-Music.htm

FlappersA flappers were the ideal woman of the 1920s. They practiced emancipated (free) values and dress.

(Read text page 441)

Make an index study card for:

Prohibition EraThe prohibition era was a time when the 18th amendment was in effect (alcohol was forbidden). It was a period of rebellious backlash.


Popular CultureThe youth culture in the “jazz age”, rise of radio, movies, professional sports, popular literature, autos.


The Red ScareThe Red Scare was the anti-communist, anti-radical hysteria beginning with communist revolution in Russia at the end of World War I.


CommunismAn economic and political system based on single-party government rule by a dictatorship which attempts to equalize wealth and power by ending private property. The government owns and manages all factories, transportation, and businesses.


Watch the video about the Scopes Trial

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/08/2/quicktime/l_082_01.html

The Scopes TrialRead text pages 438-439.


William Jennings Bryan

Read text pages 438-439.




• b. causes of the great depression (Examples: over production, under consumption, credit structure)

Objectives: • Students will list and

describe the causes of the Great Depression.


List three causes of the Great Depression

(they will be discussed in other study cards)

1. America’s Unsafe Credit Structure2. Overproduction/Under consumption3. Loss of confidence in US banks and stock

market


Over ProductionDuring WWI, industries such as mining, lumbering, and agriculture had expanded. After the war, demand fell. Since the supply was greater than demand, these industries lost money and workers lost jobs.

(Text pages 464-471)


Credit StructureDuring the 1920’s, many people wanted to have new products that were becoming available, e.g. cars, refrigerators, radios.

They didn’t have the money, so they bought on credit. People owed a lot of money, and when they couldn’t pay, the companies and banks they had borrowed from lost money.(Text pages 464-471)


Under ConsumptionPeople could not buy products because:a. People had been using credit and had to

spend their money pay debts.b. During the 1920s the rich got richer and the

poor got poorer, so many people didn’t have money to buy things.

(Text pages 464-471)




• e. human and natural crisis of the great depression (Examples: unemployment, food lines, the dust bowl, western migration of Midwest farmers)

Objectives: • Students will give examples

of human and natural crisis that occurred during the Great Depression.


Unemployment in the Great Depression


List examples of human and natural crisis during the Great Depression

(to be discussed in other study cards)

1. The Dust Bowl2. Food lines3. Unemployment 4. Western Migration of Farmers5. Negative effects on families


List examples of human and natural crisis during the Great Depression

(to be discussed in other study cards)

1. The Dust Bowl2. Food lines3. Unemployment 4. Western Migration of Farmers5. Negative effects on families


Food Lines in the Great Depression

Discuss.


Unemployment and Effects on Families

1. Unemployment meant that families didn’t have money for basic needs. a. People didn’t get enough food and medical care.b. Some men and children left their families to live

as hobos on the trains.c. Children and women had to work.

2. Many schools closed down because there was not money and children didn’t get an education.


Watch the video about the Dust Bowl

http://www.history.com/topics/dust-bowl/videos#america-black-blizzard

The Dust BowlDiscuss.


Western Migration of Farmers During the Great Depression

Farms in the Midwest failed and farmers and their families moved west, especially to California. There was not enough work in California and they were not treated well.

The failure of farms was caused by hail (1930), drought (1932 to 1935), mismanagement and degradation of land, falling prices of agricultural goods, overinvestment in farming equipment, overextension of credit.


The New Deal: Challenges to the Supreme Court




• f. changes in policies, role of government and issues that emerged from the new deal (Examples: the works programs, social security, challenges to the supreme court)

Objectives: • Students will describe

changes in the role of government which occurred as a result of the Great Depression.


Watch the video clip about the New Deal

http://www.history.com/videos/the-new-deal#the-new-deal

What were the New Deal Programs?

The New Deal Programs were government programs initiated by President Roosevelt designed to help people who were affected by the Great Depression.

(Text page 500)


The New Deal: Social Security

The Social Security Act was passed in 1935. It provided benefits for retired workers and their spouses, and for people with disabilities.


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ESL I US History (Reconstruction to the Present) Study for End of Course Exam Topics 12-15