Compelling Question: How did Franklin Roosevelt respond to the crises of the Great Depression at home and the war against tyrannical states during World War II abroad?

Chapter Objectives:

• Students will assess the success of the federal government in solving the economic collapse of the Great Depression.
• Students will explain the changes and continuities in U.S. foreign policy objectives during the 1930s and 1940s.
• Students will explore the long-term changes to American society that were caused by World War II.

• The Dust Bowl Narrative
• The National Recovery Administration and the Schechter Brothers Narrative
• Court Packing and Constitutional Revolution Narrative
• New Deal Critics Narrative
• Labor Upheaval, Industrial Organization, and the Rise of the CIO Narrative
• Did the New Deal End the Great Depression? Point-Counterpoint
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933 Primary Source
• Photographs: The Dust Bowl and Rural Poverty, 1936-1937 Primary Source
• Art Analysis: The Art of the New Deal, 1934 Primary Source
• Sit Down,” Maurice Sugar, 1936-1937 Primary Source
• Franklin Roosevelt, Second Bill of Rights, 1944 Primary Source
• Huey Long and the American Liberty League, 1934 Primary Source

• Foreign Policy in the 1930s: From Neutrality to Involvement Narrative
• Pearl Harbor Narrative
• Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima Narrative
• D-Day Narrative
• The Manhattan Project Narrative
• Dropping the Atomic Bomb Decision Point
• The Atlantic Charter, 1941 Primary Source
• Dwight Eisenhower, D-Day Statement, 1944 Primary Source
• Images from the Congressional Committee Investigating Nazi Atrocities, 1945 Primary Source
• Was the Use of the Atomic Bomb Justified? DBQ Lesson

• Phil “Bo” Perabo, Letter Home, 1945 Primary Source
• World War II Propaganda Posters, 1941-1945 Primary Source
• Korematsu v. United Statesand Japanese Internment DBQ Lesson
• Double V for Victory: The Effort to Integrate the U.S. Military Narrative
• A. Philip Randolph, The Call to Negro America to March on Washington, 1941 Primary Source
• Photographs: Women at Work on the Homefront during World War II, 1941-1945 Primary Source

Additional Resources:

• Chapter 12 Introductory Essay: 1932-1945
• Eleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson Narrative
• Unit 6 Civics Connection: The Role of Government According to the Founders and the Progressives Lesson
• Unit 6 Civics Connection: The Constitution and Foreign Policy, 1898-1945 Lesson
• BRI Homework Help Video: Loyal American: Fred Korematsu