History Essay

Chapter 25

Definitions:

- Planned Obsolescence
- Black Tuesday          
- Buying on Margin    
- The Grapes of Wrath              
- Bonus Army
- Teapot Dome Scandal              
- Voluntarism

Essays:

- What were some of the causes of the depression? Did the government leadership understand these causes?
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What were some of thing that led the United States to unprecedented economic growth during the 1920"s

Chapter 26

Definitions:

- TVA              
- "Banking Holiday"  
- Wagner Act      
- Court Packing  
- "Broker State"  
- EPIC    
- Huey Long

Essays:

- Explain how the plan End Poverty In California (EPIC) was designed to help the people coop with the Depression. Do you like or dislike the way the EPIC was implemented and why? Would this be a better program than our current Social Security plan?
- Did the New Deal programs help deal with the problems of the depression and if so how? If not, were did they fail or come up short?
- There were a number of critics of the New Deal. Who where these groups or individuals and cite some of there concerns or objections to the New Deal?
- The "Banking Holiday" was one of the first acts proposed and implemented by Roosevelt. What did this law do and why did it create a sense of action on behalf of the President?
Chapter 27

Definitions:

- Kellogg-Briand Pact    
- Lend-Lease      
- Sudetenland      
- Manhattan Project        
- Internment Camps        
- Hiroshima

Essays:

- December 7 1941 is the date that the United States entered World War II. Cite some of invasions or actions that already indicated that World War II started before December 7, 1941.
- Although the United States will try to remain "neutral" during the 1930"s when there is war in other parts of the world, discuss some of the ways that we were able to help the British and their allies and still indicate a stance of neutrality.
- As World War II progressed, discuss the military...