7.1.1 The Twenties – Identify and explain the significance of the cultural changes and tensions in the “Roaring Twenties” including:
cultural movements, such as the Harlem Renaissance and the “lost generation”
the struggle between “traditional” and “modern” America (e.g., Scopes Trial, immigration restrictions, Prohibition, role of women, mass consumption)
7.1.2 Causes and Consequences of the Great Depression – Explain and evaluate the multiple causes and consequences of the Great Depression by analyzing:
the political, economic, environmental, and social causes of the Great Depression including fiscal policy, overproduction, under consumption, and speculation, the 1929 crash, and the Dust Bowl
the economic and social toll of the Great Depression, including unemployment and environmental conditions that affected farmers, industrial workers and families
Hoover’s policies and their impact (e.g., Reconstruction Finance Corporation)
7.1.3 The New Deal – Explain and evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal Policies including:
expanding the federal government’s responsibilities to protect the environment (e.g., Dust Bowl and the Tennessee Valley), meet challenges of unemployment, address the needs of workers, farmers, poor, and elderly
opposition to the New Deal and the impact of the Supreme Court in striking down and then accepting New Deal laws
consequences of New Deal policies (e.g., promoting workers’ rights, development of Social Security program, and banking and financial regulation, conservation practices, crop subsidies)