Aim: What new roles did the American government take on during the New Deal, and how did these roles shape the economy and society?
Bell Ringer: Current Events (10 min)
Agenda:
1. Review Journal 125 / A: Hoover and Congress believed that a government which governs least, governs best. He thought that charities, not the government, were better suited to help the poor and needy, although in 1931 he did secure funding for public works to provide jobs to Americans. Ignorant of the scale and repercussions of the national depression, congressmen urged the impoverished to work harder. Hoover and his administration did not move to secure a social safety net for Americans. (3 min)
2. "The new Deal represented a new form of liberalism, a fresh interpretation of the ideology of individual rights that had long shaped the character of American society and politics." page 734
"The division between the advocates and the critics of the New Deal shaped American politics for the next half century" page 734
3. Evaluate how Hoover approached the problem of the depression. Explain why his beliefs about the economy, which had been the bedrock of American economic theory in this period, did not serve him well in the depression.
Exam Alert: In previous AP exams, students have been asked to compare the responses of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt to the Great Depression.
4. Smoot-Hawley Tariff (WXT) (explain what this was), Bonus Army (___)
5. Hoovervilles and the Bonus Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxZnYALXpGE (5 min)
6. Election of 1932: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22I1DJBELJ4 (8 min)
7. Review #3
Terms to Know: Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Bonus Army,
Home Learning:
1. Read pages 740-747
2. Journal 126 - What specific new roles did the American government take up as a result of the legislation passed during the first hundred days?
3. Journal 127 - How did critics on the right and left represent different kinds of challenges to Roosevelt and the New Deal?
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