FDR’S New Deal, which followed the 1929 stock market crash, was a hugely influential moment in the history of the United States, encompassing everything from the arts to finance, labor to legislation, and some think it helped bring the country out of the Great Depression. Here, Tonya Bolden, writing in her trademark accessible style, creates a portrait of a time that changed American history both then and now. FDR’s First 100 Days and how the United States was changed by it then are closely examined, especially now. The 2009 financial situation is eerily mirrored by that of the late 1920s, and this is a perfect book to help teens understand history and its lasting impact on current events. From the Hardcover edition.
From woman's suffrage to Babe Ruth's home runs, from Louis Armstrong's jazz to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's four presidential terms, from the finale of one world war to the dramatic close of the second, War, Peace, and All That Jazz presents the story of some of the most exciting years in U.S.history. With the end of World War I, many Americans decided to live it up, going to movies, driving cars, and cheering baseball games a plenty. But alongside this post WWI spree was high unemployment, hard times for farmers, ever present racism, and, finally, the Depression, the worst economicdisaster in U.S. history, flip flopping the nation from prosperity to scarcity. Along came one of our country's greatest leaders, F.D.R., who promised a New Deal, gave Americans hope, and then saw them through the horrors and victories of World War II. These three decades full of optimism anddespair, progress and Depression, and, of course, War, Peace, and All That Jazz forever changed the United States.
The 1920s is one of the most fascinating decades in American history, when the seeds of modern American life were sown. It was a time of prosperity and recovery from war, when women's roles began to change and advertising and credit made it desirable and easy to acquire a vast array of new products. But there was a dark side of crime and corruption, racial intolerance, hard times for immigrants and farmers, and an impending financial collapse. The Roaring Twenties: Discover the Era of Prohibition, Flappers, and Jazz explores all the different aspects of the time, from literature and music to politics, fashion, economics, and invention. To experience one of the most vibrant eras in US history, readers will debate the pros and cons of prohibition, create an advertising campaign for a new product, and analyze and compare events leading to the stock market crashes of 1929 and 2008. The Roaring Twenties meets common core state standards in language arts for reading informational text and literary nonfiction and is aligned with Next Generation Science Standards. Guided Reading Levels and Lexile measurements indicate grade level and text complexity.
A generously illustrated story of the decade that brought prohibition, the Scopes Trial, a major stock market crash, as well as the first radios, the first transatlantic flights, and the first talking movies. Lindop also discusses the effects of World War I on the decade, as he offers insights into the economic, social, and political aspects of the time.
What were Americans doing in the 1930s? Listening to radio shows like the Lone Ranger, watching King Kong and the Marx Brothers at the movies, and dancing to swing music. But the 1930s were also years of fear and struggle. the United States was in the Great Depression, with banks and businesses shut down and millions of people unemployed. the government launched a program called the New Deal to try to jump-start the economy. the program helped farmers and factory workers. It put people to work on construction jobs and even art projects. But Americans still had reason to worry, especially as tensions in Europe and Asia boiled over into World War II at the end of the 1930s. the decade's prominent personalities included President Franklin D. Roosevelt, aviator Amelia Earhart, boxer Joe Louis, and novelist John Steinbeck. They helped Americans through a decade of hunger, hard work, and hope. Read about this fascinating decade - its ups, downs, and ordeals - from start to finish.
In the 1940s, Americans focused on fighting World War II. They bought war bonds, watched war movies, and grew backyard victory gardens to supply their own fruits and vegetables. When the war ended, Americans celebrated and enjoyed new-found prosperity. World War II dominated U.S. society in the 1940s, but the decade delivered many other significant events. Americans of the 1940s watched Jackie Robinson become the first African American to play big-league baseball. They listened to Groucho Marx and Kate Smith on the radio and then watched radio make way for the first television shows. from Pearl Harbor to the Pentagon, from Broadway to the new American suburbs, read about this decade of hard times, hard work, and success.
Two major historical events dominated the period from 1929 to 1949: the Great Depression and World War II. When the stock market crashed in October of 1929, economic hardship struck many American citizens. Over the next 10 years the economy fell into a deep depression, alleviated only by vast government expenditures on wartime materials manufactured in the 1940s. Meanwhile, World War II dominated the political arena. Most significantly, the development and implementation of the nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki changed the practice of warfare and international diplomatic relations forever, ushering in the arms and space race with the Soviet Union, also known as the Cold War.
In The Great Depression: Experience the 1930s From the Dust Bowl to the New Deal, readers ages 12 to 15 investigate the causes, duration, and outcome of the Great Depression, the period of time when more than 20 percent of Americans were unemployed. They discover how people coped, what new inventions came about, and how the economics of the country affected the arts, sciences, and politics of the times. The decade saw the inauguration of many social programs that Americans still benefit from today. The combination of President Roosevelt's New Deal and the dawning of World War II gave enough economic stimulus to boost the United States out of its slump and into a new era of recovery. In The Great Depression, students explore what it meant to live during this time. Projects such as designing a 1930s outfit and creating a journal from the point of view of a kid whose family is on the road help infuse the content with realism and practicality. In-depth investigations of primary sources from the period allow readers to engage in further, independent study of the times. Additional materials include a glossary, a list of current reference works, and Internet resources.
