May 11
Interwar Years 1919-1939 Unit – continued
- Intro to Assignment 2 – focus on Continuity vs. Change
- USA
- Video: “The Roaring 20s”
- Video: “Boom and Bust”
- Some key points:
- Post WWI Economic Recovery
- Isolationism vs Internationalism
- Tariffs & Protectionism
- Flappers
- Prohibition
- Red Scare
- Labour movement (and government reaction to)
- Spin-off Industries (ie. from automobile industry)
- Inflation vs deflation
- Ohio Gang
- Standardization
- Consumerism
- Credit
- On-Margin
- Mass Production/Overproduction
- Black Tuesday
- Alphabet Laws – AAA, CCC, etc.
- New Deal
- Fireside Chats
- Harding –> Coolidge –> Hoover –> FD Roosevelt
- Russia
- Italy
- Germany
- USA
- Homework Readings for this week due Wednesday:
- Global Forces p.45 “The Great Depression”
- “Age of Excess” Moodle PDF
- “Great Depression in the USA” Moodle PDF
- *other PDF Articles optional
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