U.S. History, Unit 3: Roaring 20’s, Great Depression and New Deal (1920-1940)

After war and a global pandemic, America was ready to party. The roaring 20’s saw a great deal of social and cultural change. The Great Depression unexpectedly hit the economy at the end of the decade. Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt took opposite approaches to the disaster. Students will compare the political approach to the Great Depression to modern political leaders’ approaches to the Covid-19 economic crisis which hit in 2020.