WEDNESDAY--APRIL 6

US History
EQ:
What factors/events caused the Great Depression (1929--41)?
How did the USG and the American people respond to the Great Depression?


CW:
1920s notes quiz
brief discussion on religion in schools (if time)
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1920s: Republican presidents
1928 presidential election results 
notes: signs of trouble in the US economy (causes of the GD)
industries in decline; stock market issues
Black Tuesday--10-29-1929 (14:00---19:00)-Part I
Part II: 35:44--41:44)
notes: How the American people responded to the Depression
Portland's Hoovervilles 
homeless camps in Portland today
the Depression hits young people--clips of teenage hobos
hobo symbols


HW:
Read pp.694-97
FDR's New Deal
first major action as president--banking crisis
AAA; CCC; NIRA
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IB HOTA
EQ:
What were the social, economic, and political impacts of American imperialism?


CW:
President McKinley's Open Door Policy with China
Boxer Rebellion 1900-01
imperialism under TR:
the Panama Canal--video clip from The Roosevelts (30:00--39:00)
Roosevelt Corollary
video clip: voting and citizenship in US territories today

HW:
STUDY FOR UNIT 4 EXAM