PPT-Roaring Twenties and Great Depression

APUSH Unit 11 19191939 1920s Popular Culture WW1 Anxieties Espionage amp Sedition Act 1918 Demobilization amp Labor Strife Red Scare 1919 Palmer Raids Sacco amp Vanzetti 1920 1927. Overview. Economic Freedom. Real economy. Financial economy. Alleged causes of the Great Depression. More likely causes. Implications for today. Why Do Economies Grow?. Sufficient amounts of . economic freedom . US History: Spiconardi. Hard Times for Americans. Hardships Americans Faced. Unemployment. Unemployment rate sky rockets from 3% in 1929 to 25% in 1933. Hard Times for Americans. Family Life. Many fathers left families to find work elsewhere. As . the Great Depression escalated into a national . crisis. , . American citizens looked to President Herbert Hoover for a . federal. . response. . Hoover was hailed by many as the “Great Humanitarian” and a wonder worker who could find a solution to their problems. However, Hoover was firmly entrenched in “laissez faire” ideology which would greatly limit his initial response to the Great Depression. . Lesson 2 . Americans Suffer. Learning Objectives. Examine the spread of unemployment in America’s cities.. Analyze the effects of the Great Depression on farmers.. Analyze the impact of human and geographical factors that created the Dust Bowl.. 27. Previously. The AD-AS model is a simplified view of the economy that helps us evaluate short-term fluctuations in real GDP and unemployment. The AD-AS model helps us understand the macroeconomic impacts of real-world changes and gives us an important tool to use in government policy analysis. U.S. . prosperity in the 1920s had been based to a large extent on the sale of houses and . automobiles. . Consumers . for the first time could buy houses and cars on the installment plan, and they were eager to do so. . Mass Production . **With the war over people wanted a return. . to “normalcy.”. . -Industries produced consumer goods. . -clothes, cars, . radios. , . washing . machines, . . vacuum . Life in Utah During the 1920’s. Student Objective. Students will gain an understanding of what life was like in Utah during the 1920’s and be able to identify key innovations and individuals from the decade.. Quarter #2 ENDS. 1920s, Great Depression, and New Deal. Americans. , Ch. 12-15. History Alive!. , Ch. . 26-33. *Tuesday’s HW info has been updated so as NOT to confuse you if you are starting with the first slide for this week.. Crystel Dunn. Department of Social Sciences. Using Sources to Teach Historical Context. EQ: To what extent did social conditions in the United States change during the 1920’s . Clip: . http. ://. www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/videos/1920s-inventions. A Scholarship Presentation by Rachel Lampson and John Williams. Biography of Mary Firth . (1584.  – 26 July . 1659). Her name was first referenced on 7 August, 1610 in John Day’s lost . Madde. . The Great Gatsby. Honors English 11. Standards of Learning. 11.4. The student will read, comprehend, and analyze relationships among American literature, history, and culture. 11.4a . Compare and contrast the development of American literature in its historical context.. APRIL. Monday 3-28. Tuesday 3-29. Wednesday. 3-30. Thursday 3-31. Friday 4-1. Social Studies. AZ-MERIT SLEIMAN’S CLASSES. ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. WWI PROJECT 2016 DUE 4/5/16. AZ-MERIT KIEL & SLEIMAN’S CLASSES. Introduction. . . The Great Gatsby, one of the most famous American novels of all time was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was created around the roaring twenties and the jazz age. It also reflects on the life of the upper class during this time frame. The United States, and more specifically New York was a different place in the twenties when Fitzgerald began writing this book. This webquest was designed to allow the students to travel back in time to a place they know nothing of in order to get them to build background for the story. .