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High School 1/29 - WW1/Great Depression (1914-1933)

Add to Timeline:
1920 - 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote
1919 -1933 prohibition
1920’s through 1929 - “Roaring 20’s”
1929 - Stock Market Crash / Onset of Great Depression
1933 - FDIC created (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
1933 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) introduces New Deal

This Week's Discussions:
What was the prohibition era?
Compare the "Roaring 20's" with "the Great Depression"
How did the depression affect American life?
What were some of the programs FDR introduced in the New Deal?

Video: Prohibition



Homework: 
1. Quote - "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself." -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address.  Write what that means to you.

2. Read about WW2. What were the causes? Why did America get involved?

3. These are some key leaders during WW2. Make note of their leadership role. (See Churchill as example)

  • Neville Chamberlain
  • Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of Britain in 1940
  • Dwight Eisenhower
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Douglas MacArthur
  • Benito Mussolni
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Josef Stalin
  • Hideki Tojo
  • Harry S Truman


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