Topic 12: The Great Depression in the Americas Mid 1920s- 1939
Topic
Great Depression: political
causes
Great Depression: economic
causes
Impact of Great Depression
on society: women and
minorities
Impact of Great Depression
on the arts and culture
United States
Canada
Brazil (Latin America)
Topic
Specific topics to cover
Nature and efficacy of solution in
the United States
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal
Critics of the New Deal
Impact of the New Deal on US
Political systems
Economic systems
Topic
Specific topics to cover
Nature and efficacy of solutions
in Canada
Mackenzie King
RB Bennett
Impact of the Great Depression
on Latin America
Political instability
Challenges to democracy
Economic challenges
Social challenges
Topic
Specific topics to cover
Latin American Responses to the
Great Depression
Import substitution industrialization (ISI)
Social policies
Economic policies
Popular mobilization
Repression