Post date: Mar 05, 2012 5:41:17 PM
The Depression and the New Deal (1929-1940)
I will be hosting a live class at 10:00 AM MT on Wed, 3-7 on the topic of the Depression and the New Deal. America, 1929-1932: After riding high during the "Roaring 20's", the American economy came to a screeching halt with the collapse of the US Stock Exchange in the October of 1929. As Americans lost savings accounts, jobs, and homes, rapidly the entire world slid into a "Great Depression" that left 25% of the American workforce unemployed and threatened to get worse still. Franklin D Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of New York, was brought into the White House in 1932 on the promise of giving Americans a "New Deal" from their government. The next years saw a series of programs that would forever alter the relationship between the citizen and the state and would dramatically expand the role of American government. This class will go over the key events of this era in an effort to understand what the New Deal was and how it affected our nation. Project Credit: Attendance in this live class will fulfill the requirements of your live class assignment for this unit. To get into this class please click the following link: Trehal's Office/Live Classroom. Hope to see you in class.
If you were unable to attend the live version of this class you may still get credit by watching the recording and answering the following question: What was FDR's biggest blunder or mistake during the New Deal Era? In order to get credit for the recording, please submit your answer to this question and the date that you watched the recording in your Unit Live Class Assignment. You may watch the recording by clicking on the following link: View the Blackboard Collaborate recording
This class applies to the following courses:
US History Foundations B, Unit 2
US Government B, Unit 2
20th Century History, Unit 3