1. October 31
Describe the economic and social impact of the Great Depression on
minorities and women
2. November 1
Describe the responses of the Communists and Socialists to the
American economic experience during the Great Depression
3. November 2
In discussing the causes of the Great Depression, analyze and
compare historians of the “monetary” interpretation with those of
the “spending” interpretation.
4. November 3
Compare and contrast various radio presentations of the 1930s as
they represented American desires and expectations.
5. November 4
Describe how major literary figures reacted to the Depression, and
discuss how their works reflected the problems of society.
6. November 8
Compare and contrast President Hoover and President Roosevelt’s
attempts to deal with the depression and its victims
7. November 9
Describe the differing approaches to industrial and agricultural
recovery under the New Deal with special attention to the agencies
created and the persons assisted
8. November 10
Compare and contrast the first “Hundred Days” of the New Deal and
the “Second New Deal”.
9. November 11
Describe the attacks on Roosevelt from the right and the left. Explain
how those attacks helped to bring about the Second New Deal
10.
November 14
Discuss the court fight, the purge, and the recession of 1937. Explain
how they helped to undermine Roosevelt’s influence
11.
November 15
How did the New Deal change attitudes about the role of
government in the economy and the government’s responsibility for
the social welfare of ordinary Americans?
12.
November 17
Describe the long-range impact of the New Deal on the political
system of the United States. Include such concepts as the broker
state, the welfare system, and federal power
13.
November 18
Evaluate the effect of the Great Depression and the New Deal on
American environmental policy.
14.
November 22
Did the New Deal seriously threaten capitalism, as some
conservatives claimed?
15.
November 28
Describe in detail the circular pattern of international finance that
developed between Europe and the United States in the 1920s.
Include a description of the breakdown of that pattern in the 1930s
16.
November 29
Compare and contrast the approach to foreign affairs of President
Hoover between 1929 and 1933 with that of President Roosevelt
between 1933 and 1941.
17.
November 30
Discuss the approach to Latin American policy of Presidents Hoover
and Roosevelt between 1928 and 1941
18.
December 1
Discuss the differences between the foreign policies of isolationism
and internationalism. Illustrate those differences with examples
from the U.S. foreign policies between 1921 and 1941.
19.
December 2
Describe the foreign policy of President Franklin Roosevelt and the
United States toward Europe from 1939 to 1941. Contrast its stated
policy of neutrality with its actions during that period
20.
December 5
Describe the foreign policy of the United States toward Japan
between 1931 and 1941. Include a discussion of the goals of the
United States and its success in achieving them.
21.
December 7
Discuss Orson Welles’s radio broadcast “The War Of The Worlds”
and how it touched deep rooted American anxieties and
assumptions.
22.
December 8
Discuss the changing foreign policy of President Franklin Roosevelt
and the United States toward the Soviet Union from 1933 to 1941
23.
December 9
Compare and contrast the impact of World War II on minority
groups within the United States. Discuss specifically the impact on
African-Americans, Native Americans (Indians), Mexican Americans,
and women
24.
December 12
Discuss the American economy during World War II. Include the
war’s impact on labor, prices, industrial production, and federal
economic legislation
25.
December 13
Discuss the wisdom of using the atomic bomb on the Japanese at
the end of World War II. Include both the practical and moral
aspects of the question, and compare the atomic bomb with the
firebombing techniques widely used throughout the war
26.
December 14
Compare and contrast the way the Germans treated the Jews during
World War II with the way the Americans treated the Japanese
Americans during that time.
27.
December 15
Describe swing music of the 1940s and its impact and effect on the
diverse ethnic American music scene.
28.
January 4
Trace the development of tensions between the United States and
the Soviet Union during the Second World War, and demonstrate
how they led to the Cold War
29.
January 5
Compare and contrast the different interpretations that historians
have offered for the causes of the Cold War. Explain why the
interpretations have gone through so many changes
30.
January 6
Describe the Red Scare that occurred after World War II. Identify the
factors that caused it and its major results