HOMEWORK QUESTIONS 24-27
24. THE GREAT DEPRESSION
1. What were the origins and consequences of the Great Depression?
2. How did American families react to the deprivations of the Great Depression?
3. Describe popular American culture of the early 1930s.
4. Evaluate Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression.
5. How and why did the nation election of 1932 mark a turning point in American politics?
25. THE NEW DEAL 1933-1939
1. How and why did the federal government influence American economic and political issues
during the 1930s?
2. How did President Roosevelt respond to economic depression, and why did he respond in this
manner?
3. How did the New Deal affect American society both during the 1930s and thereafter?
26. THE WORLD AT WAR 1939-1945
1. What were the key elements of American foreign policy prior to World War II?
2. How and why did America edge closer to war between 1939 and 1941?
3. How did mobilization and war affect American society?
4. How did the Allies fight and win World War II?
5. How did American war aims affect plans for postwar settlement?
27. COLD WAR AMERICA 1945-1960
1. What were the origins of the Cold War? Explain its broad ideological, economic, political, and
military components.
2. Analyze and discuss America’s plans of containment and economic aid between 1945 and 1952.
3. What were the causes, conduct and consequences of the Korean War?
4. How did the Cold War affect domestic economic and political affairs in the 1950s?
5. How and why did civil rights emerge as a national domestic issue after 1954?