Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness Chapter 12
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Chapter 12 Introductory Essay: 1932-1945
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How did the U.S. handle WWII and the Depression?
The Dust Bowl
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy.
The National Recovery Administration and the Schechter Brothers
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Court Packing and Constitutional Revolution
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Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
New Deal Critics
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Labor Upheaval, Industrial Organization, and the Rise of the CIO
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?
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Under the New Deal, federal programs spent huge amounts of money in an attempt to combat the Great Depression. Were these programs an effective way to restore economic prosperity in the country? Glenda Gilmore and Michael Parrish debate this question.
Did the New Deal End the Great Depression Graphic Organizer
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A handout to accompany the scholarly claims made in the corresponding Point-Counterpoint readings that helps student synthesize the claims put forth.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Photographs: The Dust Bowl and Rural Poverty, 1936–1937
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
“Sit Down,” Maurice Sugar, 1936–1937
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Franklin Roosevelt, Second Bill of Rights, 1944
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Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Huey Long and the American Liberty League, 1934
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Foreign Policy in the 1930s: From Neutrality to Involvement
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By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Pearl Harbor
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By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
D-Day
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
The Atlantic Charter, 1941
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Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Dwight Eisenhower, D-Day Statement, 1944
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Images from the Congressional Committee Investigating Nazi Atrocities, 1945
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Primary Sources Use of the Atomic Bomb
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Seven sources to help students evaluate the use of the atomic bomb on Japan during World War II and a culminating essay activity.
Phil “Bo” Perabo, Letter Home, 1945
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
World War II Propaganda Posters, 1941–1945
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Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Primary Sources Korematsu DBQ Part 1
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How did wartime experiences lead to challenges to the civil liberties Japanese Americans? Use these eight primary sources which include excerpts of the U.S. Constitution, Executive Order 9066, and opinions for the Korematsu v. United States Supreme Court Case to help students explore this question.
Primary Sources Korematsu DBQ Part 2
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How did wartime experiences lead to challenges to the civil liberties Japanese Americans? This set contains the majority and dissenting opinions from the Korematsu v. United States Supreme Court Case and a 1983 White House Report to help students explore this question.
Double V for Victory: The Effort to Integrate the U.S. Military
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.
A. Philip Randolph, The Call to Negro America to March on Washington, 1941
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40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Photographs: Women at Work on the Homefront during World War II, 1941–1945
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40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson
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By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.
Loyal American: Fred Korematsu | BRI’s Homework Help Series
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In this Homework Help narrative, learn the story of Fred Korematsu and his lifelong struggle for justice for himself and the thousands of Japanese-Americans wrongfully interned by the U.S. government during World War II.
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