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APUSH Chapter 31-32: The Politics of Boom and Bust (1920-1932) & The Great Depression and the New Deal (1933-1939) - SY23

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Welcome to your Chapter 31 reading! As you read, you should consider the following essential question:
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.

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What do you already know about the Great Depression?

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This week in APUSH, we are going to learn about the U.S. economy and "bank runs."

Have you been following the news about the bank run at the Silicon Valley Bank and its impact on the Tech industry? What questions or opinions do you have about this issue?

This next section is about the effects of World War I, which we skipped in the interest of time. Remember:

Triple Entente: Won (would eventually become the Allied Powers in WWII)
Great Britain, the United States, France
Central Powers: Lost (Germany would eventually become an Axis Power in WWII)
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire (which no longer exists)
Here is a quick video about the terms of the post-WWI negotiations in case you need a refresher from World History.

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In explaining the causes of the Great Depression, your textbook asserts, "Ironically, the depression of the 1930s was one of abundance, not want. It was the 'great glut' or 'plague of plenty" (Kennedy and Cohen, 545).

Explain the meaning of this quote using complete sentences.

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Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and using the "rectangle" tool to box the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.

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That's all due for Tuesday, 3/28! Any feedback or questions that you want to go over in class?

Welcome to your Chapter 32 reading! As you read, you should consider the following essential question:
How did the New Deal expand the power of the federal government in order to address the Great Depression?
As always, "Focus Questions" should guide your reading and notes, but you do not necessarily have to explicitly answer them.

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The last economic depression that the U.S. experienced was in 2008! While you were too young to recall it, you should ask your parents/guardians about it and record their response here.

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That's all due for class on Wednesday, 3/29! Any feedback or questions that you want to go over in class?

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Connections to the Present Day: The Obama administration used FDR's "Hundred Days" as a blueprint for how to handle the 2008 recession. Certain banks like Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase were deemed "too big to fail," so the U.S. government bailed them out in 2008.

The other issue in 1929 was "bank runs" or mad dashes to withdraw money from the bank after stock markets crash. The Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act was a relief program that was also intended to prevent this phenomenon from happening in the future.

Inflation is a continual increase in the price of goods and services, e.g. a can of soda is now $1.50 when it used to be $0.49.

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That's all due for class on Thursday, 3/30! Any feedback or questions that you want to go over in class?

Senator Long would not be the last to advocate for a universal basic income.

2020 Presidential candidate Andrew Yang also proposed that every American family should receive at least $1000 each month.

FDR is often criticized for his "alphabet soup" of New Deal programs. Don't worry too much about memorizing every single program. Just focus on the ones addressed in comprehension questions as they are most important to know!

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What do you think? Do you think that President Roosevelt was able to effectively address the crisis of the Great Depression with New Deal?

Explain why or why not using complete sentences with text evidence from the reading in order to receive full credit.

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Excellent reading! Close out this Chapter by reviewing the "Chapter Summary" and using the "rectangle" tool to box the 5 most important key terms in the space provided.

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That's all due for class on Friday, 3/31! Any feedback or questions that you want to go over in class?

Curious about this topic? Want to understand it more? Check out this helpful YouTube explanation video!

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Line 2-7 ("The French... war-inflicted damages")

Line 9-13 (The French... in 1923")

Line 21-23 ("Reality finally... to Germany")

Line 26-28 ("Clearly the... a desert")

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Line 4-6 ("Prices on... ticker-tape machine")

Line 7-8 ("A catastrophic... save-who-may scramble")

Line 8-9 ("Wall Street... increased alarmingly")

Line 15-17 ("By the... about tripled")

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Line 1-2 ("Roosevelt's New... two years")

Line 9-11 ("More than... chief executive")

Line 14-16 ("So desperate... at al")

Line 17-18 ("The frantic... later sessions")

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Universal basic income is such a popular policy that it has found its way into President Biden's infrastructure plan, which proposes a $250-300/month to offset childcare costs for most American families.

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Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?

Line 20-21 ("These pensions... dependent children")

Line 22-24 ("Social Security... its citizens")

Line 14-16 ("Incomparably more... pass Congress")

Line 6-8 ("Congress bolstered... low-cost construction")

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Another chapter in the books! Be sure to click "Submit" in Formative and then "Mark As DOne" in Google Classroom.

According to the passage, America's insistence that all Allied debts from World War I be repaid directly resulted in

the French ordered all remaining U.S. troops off their soil in protest of the Dawes Plan.

the French and British subjected their people to ruinous tax rates.

the French and British demanded enormous reparations payments from Germany.

the British and French borrowed money from Switzerland to repay the loans.

Which statement is best supported by the graph and the information in the passage?

Germany's post-WWI economy suffered from massive inflation and crippling debt.

Germany was forced to pay the Allies $32 billion in reparations for war-inflicted damages.

The Allies planned to settle their debts to America with money received from Germany.

The great stock market crash of 1929 caused American private investors to loan money to Germany.

The economic mood of Americans just before the stock market crashed in 1929 could best be described as

aggressively hostile and frustrated.

supremely confident and optimistic.

uncertain and increasingly fearful.

overly anxious and pessimistic.

In the graph, which range of years displays a decrease in Common Stock Prices?

1921-1923

1933-1935

1929-1931

1925-1927

As used in line 3, "collapsed" most nearly means

gave way.

closed down.

caved in.

crumpled up.

As used in line 1, "brewed" most nearly means

prepared

caused

distilled

concocted

It can be reasonably inferred that President Franklin Roosevelt's compassion and strength of will can be attributed to his

domestic conflicts with Eleanor Roosevelt.

affliction with infantile paralysis.

Ivy League education.

service in World War I.

As used in line 3 of paragraph 5, "bind" most nearly means

detach.

handcuff.

commit.

connect.

The phrase "Hundred Days" refers to the

most severe months of the Great Depression.

first months of FDR's presidency when Congress passed many important laws.

time period during which FDR closed all of the banks.

transition between the presidential election and the inaugural address.

The passage suggests that, when FDR became President in March 1933,

he rejected a pragmatic approach to governing the country.

Congress refused to grant him any legislative authority.

the presidency received  unprecedented congressional support.

he aimed to permanently recover and reform the economy.

The phrase "prime the pump" (line 4) is used mainly to emphasize the fact that

the U.S. government was ready to face the Great Depression.

FDR spent federal money in order stimulate the U.S. economy.

the Great Depression was an overflowing faucet of economic issues.

the New Deal was designed to get Americans excited about going back to work.

The passage suggests that a particularly important feature of the Social Security Act of 1935 was its provision of

loans and job training for the unemployed.

health care for the poor and aged.

unemployment insurance and old-age pensions.

pensions for widows with children.

As used in line 4, paragraph 4, "costly" most nearly means

excessive.

valuable.

expensive.

damaging.