APUSH Period 5 Additional Topics

You might find it helpful to know these addition ideas for the exam tomorrow:

  • Lincoln’s views of slavery, of the war, of reconstruction
  • How do the states secede, what do they become
  • Reconstruction in the North
  • Reconstruction in the South
  • Migration to the United States (first wave), who, where, what did they face
  • 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments what were they, reactions to them
  • Fredrick Douglass
  • John C. Calhoun, view of secession and slavery
  • Differences between North and South
  • Manifest Destiny

US History Trading card assignment- Due 1/9

 GREAT DEPRESSION/ NEW DEAL COLLECTOR CARDS

Chapters 14 & 15

The Great Depression was a time of economic distress for the American people. One thing that helped people to cope with the depression was the New Deal. During the New Deal FDR and Congress created many programs to help pull the US out of the Depression.  For the following assignments, you will be asked to create trading cards for certain Great Depression events and New Deal programs, so that you have a tool to review and study from.  This project will be worth 30 summative points. You will need to meet the requirements for each card. It is due on January 9th.

Here are the requirements: 12 Cards Total

Front:

  • The Name of the event/program
  • Date of Event/Program
  • Date of end if applicable
  • Picture representation

Back:

  • What did it do?
  • Why is it significant?
  • Picture

THE FRONT AND BACK MUST BE SEPARATE AND CLEAR

Here are the Events/Programs to choose from, but you must do the bold terms:

AAA

TVA

WPA

CCC

PWA

FDIC

FHA

NRA

 

Bank Failures

Bonus Army

Election of FDR

Stock Market Crash

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Dust Bowl

Direct Relief

Shantytowns / Hooverville’s

 

Herbert Hoover

Hoover Dam

Fireside Chats

Deficit Spending

Social Security Act

Wagner Act

Soup Kitchens

 

 

Link to the Chapter 14: https://icomets.org/ush-textbook/ch14.pdf

Link To Chapter 15: https://icomets.org/ush-textbook/ch15.pdf