American History II – Honors
Unit 7 Syllabus
The Great Depression and The New Deal
R 10/30:The Great Depression begins: Causes of the Great Depression. (Sound Familiar?)
Essential Question: What “hidden” economic problems of the 1920’s caused the Great Depression of the 1930’s?
Due Today: Chapter 22 Sections 1 and 2.
Terms: price support, Dow Jones Industrial Average, speculation, buying on margin, Black Tuesday,
Great Depression, Hawley-Smoot Tariff, Dust Bowl, direct relief.
F 10/31: American History II Mid-Term Exam
M 11/3: Hoover responds to the Great Depression, too little too late.
Essential Questions: How did Hoover’s initial response to the Great Depression mirror his political philosophy?
What impact did Hoover’s actions have on the economic situation in the United States?
Due Today: Chapter 22 Section 3.
Terms: Herbert Hoover, Boulder Dam, Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
Bonus Army.
T 11/4: FDR offers America a New Deal and some people don’t like it.
Essential Question: In what ways did FDR’s New Deal bring relief, recovery, and reform to the American economic
system?
Due Today: Chapter 23 Section 1.
Terms: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, New Deal, Glass-Steagall Banking Act, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Civilian
Conservation Corps, National Industrial Recovery Act, deficit spending, Huey Long, Father Charles Coughlin,
Dr. Francis Townsend.
W 11/5: The Second New Deal, better than the first?
Essential Question: How did the New Deal impact various sectors of American society?
Due Today: Chapter 23 Sections 2 and 3.
Terms: Eleanor Roosevelt, Works Progress Administration, Wagner Act, Social Security Act, Frances Perkins, Mary
McLeod Bethune, New Deal Coalition, Congress of Industrial Organizations.
R 11/6: Assessing the impact of the New Deal.
Essential Questions: What long term impacts did the New Deal have on the way the federal government deals with
the American economy? How did the New Deal impact the expectations that American’s have
of the federal government during an economic crisis?
Due Today: Chapter 23 Section 4 and 5.
Terms: Tennessee Valley Authority, National Labor Relations Board, Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Orson Welles, The Grapes of Wrath.
F 11/7: Unit Test/Notebook Due