Week 3 Discussion 1
Resources: When responding to these questions, draw material from ONE of the following videos:
- Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003). The great depression. [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36219&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
- Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003). The roaring twenties [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36218&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
- Stone, R. (Writer & Director). (2009). The civilian conservation corps [Television series episode]. In M. Samels (Executive producer), The 1930s. Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=44081&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
Also, draw from the material in AT LEAST TWO of the following primary sources:
- Bliven, B. (1925, Sept. 9). Flapper Jane. Retrieved from http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/1025/flapperjane.pdf
- Forquignon. (1932). Bonus army marches on Washington, DC 1932 [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWvCCxOUsM8&feature=youtu.be
- Hartt, R. L. (1921, Jan. 15). “The new Negro”: “When he’s hit, he hits back!”. Independent. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5127
- Long, H. (1934, Feb. 23). Share our wealth speech. Retrieved from http://www.hueylong.com/programs/share-our-wealth-speech.php
- Marshall, C. C. (1927, April). An open letter to the honorable Alfred E. Smith. Atlantic Monthly, 139, 540-544, 548-549. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5074
- Martin, T. T. (1923). Hell and high schools. Atlantic Monthly, 139, 540-544, 548-549. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5074
- McDougald, E. J. (1925). The double task of Negro womanhood.In A. Locke (Ed.), The New Negro: An Interpretation. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5126
- Roosevelt, F. D. (1933, May 7). Address of the President delivered by radio from the White House. Retrieved from http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat2.html
- Shafter, L. H. (1938). I’d rather not be on relief. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/todd:@field(DOCID+st045)
- The New Deal Network. (2003). TVA: Electricity for all. [Interactive Exhibit]. Retrieved from http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm
Instructions: Review the major social and economic developments in American society during the 1920s and 1930s. Please post a substantive discussion post of at least 200 words that compares and contrasts the decades of the 1920’s with the 1930s using the following questions as the basis of your analysis:
- How did American society change in the two decades after the First World War?
- How did the federal government change in response to those changes?
- How did the American people respond to the changing role of the federal government?
- How did the New Deal change over time and what alternatives were offered to it?
- Which groups benefited or suffered most from these changes?
- Should this period be regarded as having represented a revolutionary moment in American history?
Along with the general discussion, address developments across these two decades related to AT LEAST ONE of the following groups:
- Evangelical Protestants
- Farmers
- African Americans
- Women
- Business owners
- The middle class
MUST BE APA FORMAT AND DON’T FORGET TO CITE SOURCES! THANKS.