Saturday, February 21, 2009

Homework due Tuesday 2/24

Read mid 758-top of 780.
Remember to know laws, people, and main ideas

Optional Assignment:
Go back to the very beginning of chapter 33 and read the intro paragraph.  It does a great job summing up the decade. 
Describe the foreign economic policy of the 20's.  What was the effect of the tariffs?  What was the world history side effect of the policy?
Know the scandals.  (1 sentence summary about what it is about + list of those involved + 1 sentence summary of the resolution)  To whom was Harding compared?
Write a 1 sentence summary of Coolidge.
What 2 "forces" most undermined the farmers?  (think back a few chapters, what has the plight of the farmer been like for y-e-a-r-s now?)
Describe the make up of the Democratic party in the 1924 election.  What elements missing from the platform could have united the party and won the election?  Know the 3 candidates.
Know the various foreign policy problems of the 20's.
Know the Dawes Act, the effectiveness and the consequences of the policy.
Why did Hoover defeat Smith? (this one is not complex- just longer than the normal answer)
Know and summarize Hoover's early actions as president.
Draw the graph on 768.  On your graph record what life was like (at the low point) and the causes of the crash (at the high points and the turning point)
Summary Hoover's solution to the Depression.
What was the Bonus Army an was were the results?
What was the Stimson doctrine?  How was it hypocritical coming off earlier decades?
Describe the election of 1932.
Describe FDR.
What did Hoover do to hurt FDR?
Why did FDR win?


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