1. Hello! Be ready for a reading quiz

2. Reading Quiz #2
FDR enacted myriad legislation and created several federal departments during his First Hundred Days. Name three and briefly describe. Turn in when done.

3. Not a journal, but a question
When, if ever, should the government enforce business policy?

4. Modern Times

5. Film Topic Ideas Causes
To what extent did Herbert Hoover cause the Great Depression?
To what extent did faulty government policies (monetary, tariffs, etc.) cause the Great Depression?
To what extent did the false prosperity of the 1920’s cause the Great Depression?
To what extent did Wall Street cause the Great Depression?
New Deal
How important a role did Franklin Roosevelt’s first 100 days play in leading the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
How effective were banking reforms in leading the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
How important was the Wagner Act and organized labor in leading the country out of the Great Depression?
How effective was the New Deal in leading the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
To what extent did the New Deal save capitalism?
To what extent did the New Deal establish Socialism?

6. Human Costs of the Depression
To what extent did the programs of the New Deal mitigate the human costs of the Dust Bowl, internal migration, hunger and unemployment during the Great Depression?
To what extent did the reforms of the New Deal lead to social justice for one or more of the following groups: women, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, Native Americans, immigrants?
Canada and Argentina during the Great Depression
Assess the Canadian response to the Great Depression (compared to the U.S. response).
To what extent did military/politics interfere with Argentina’s response to the Great Depression?
Important People during the Great Depression
Assess the influence of the New Deal’s principal critics: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Upton Sinclair
Assess the role of Eleanor Roosevelt during the Great Depression.
Assess the role of Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression.