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Chapter 12: 1932-1945 Inquiry Organizer
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?
In this organizer
- Lesson4
- Narrative12
- Primary Source13
- Point-Counterpoint1
- Decision Point1
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.
Supporting questions and resources
The filter narrows the resources under every question. Each card opens the resource.
Supporting question 1
How did the federal government respond to the economic collapse of the Great Depression? Was it successful?
- NarrativeThe Dust Bowl
- NarrativeThe National Recovery Administration and the Schechter Brothers
- NarrativeCourt Packing and Constitutional Revolution
- NarrativeNew Deal Critics
- NarrativeLabor Upheaval, Industrial Organization, and the Rise of the CIO
- Point-CounterpointDid the New Deal End the Great Depression?
- Primary SourceFranklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933
- Primary SourcePhotographs: The Dust Bowl and Rural Poverty, 1936-1937
- Primary SourceArt Analysis: The Art of the New Deal, 1934
- Primary SourceSit Down,” Maurice Sugar, 1936-1937
- Primary SourceFranklin Roosevelt, Second Bill of Rights, 1944
- Primary SourceHuey Long and the American Liberty League, 1934
Supporting question 2
How did U.S. foreign policy objectives change during the 1930s and 1940s?
- NarrativeForeign Policy in the 1930s: From Neutrality to Involvement
- NarrativePearl Harbor
- NarrativeRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima
- NarrativeD-Day
- NarrativeThe Manhattan Project
- Decision PointDropping the Atomic Bomb
- Primary SourceThe Atlantic Charter, 1941
- Primary SourceDwight Eisenhower, D-Day Statement, 1944
- Primary SourceImages from the Congressional Committee Investigating Nazi Atrocities, 1945
- LessonWas the Use of the Atomic Bomb Justified? DBQ
Supporting question 3
What were the wartime experiences of Americans?
- Primary SourcePhil “Bo” Perabo, Letter Home, 1945
- Primary SourceWorld War II Propaganda Posters, 1941-1945
- LessonKorematsu v. United Statesand Japanese Internment DBQ
- NarrativeDouble V for Victory: The Effort to Integrate the U.S. Military
- Primary SourceA. Philip Randolph, The Call to Negro America to March on Washington, 1941
- Primary SourcePhotographs: Women at Work on the Homefront during World War II, 1941-1945
- Chapter 12 Introductory Essay: 1932-1945
- NarrativeEleanor Roosevelt and Marian Anderson
- LessonUnit 6 Civics Connection: The Role of Government According to the Founders and the Progressives
- LessonUnit 6 Civics Connection: The Constitution and Foreign Policy, 1898-1945
- BRI Homework Help Video: Loyal American: Fred Korematsu
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