B#4 Between World Wars

9-12 Benchmark 1-B.

United States: analyze and evaluate the impact of major eras, events and individuals in United States history since the civil war and reconstruction:

#4 Standards and Specifications:

Analyze the major political, economic and social developments that occurred between World War I and World War II, to include:

a. social liberation and conservative reaction during the 1920s (e.g., flappers, prohibition, the Scopes trial, and the red scare);

b. causes of the great depression (e.g., over production, under consumption, and credit structure);

e. human and natural crises of the great depression, (e.g., unemployment, food lines, the dust bowl, and western migration of mid-west farmers);

f. changes in policies, role of government and issues that emerged from the New Deal (e.g., the works programs, and social security, challenges to the supreme court).

Sample Question: History.I.1-B.4f

What was President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s reaction when the Supreme Court declared some New Deal programs as unconstitutional?

A. He refused to disband the programs.

B. He fired the Supreme Court Justices.

C. He asked Congress to allow him to appoint additional judges to the Court.*

D. He asked Congress to overrule the Supreme Court decision.