Hey Folks! Last week we covered the causes and beginnings of the Great Depression. This week we compare and contrast Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt and look at FDR’s response to the Depression, known as the New Deal, which was some of the most important government policies the nation has ever seen.

Classes: Monday/Wednesday, 8:45 – 9:30 AM

 Zoom Meeting ID: 727 1779 5548

Weekly Objectives

Topic 13.3 Two Presidents Respond

Objectives: Contrast Hoover’s Approach to the economic crisis with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s approach. Describe the programs that were part of the first New Deal and the effect on the lives of Americans.

Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands

Objectives: Analyze the ways that the New Deal promoted social and economic reform and its long-term effects. Explain how New Deal legislation affected the growth of organized labor. Evaluate Roosevelt’s plan to increase the number of US Supreme Court justices on the course of the New Deal.

New Assignments Due 11/23

1. Topic 13.3 Two Presidents Respond
2. Topic 13.4 The New Deal Expands

Late Assignments Due 11/23

1. Topic 12 Quiz
2. 13.1 Causes of the Great Depression
3. 13.2 Americans Suffer