Agenda for 3/16

1. Modern American Financial History - Timeline

2. Great Depression - causes?

• Crash Course

3. Depressing statistics from the Great Depression (History Sage notes).

4. Hoover's Response to the Great Depression

• Use this source and the History Sage notes to answer the following questions. Be sure to specifically reference the two letters written by Hoover from the article linked above, in your responses. 
• How did Herbert Hoover respond to the Great Depression while in office?  
• Once out of office, what were his opinions on FDR's "New Deal?" What prediction did he make?

5. FDR's First Inaugural Address. Video of the speech.

• In what way did FDR address the psychological causes/effects of the Great Depression?
• What analogy did FDR make for how he wanted to tackle the economic crisis? How did he justify the expansion of federal power that would be necessary to fight the depression?

HW

• Ch. 26 Reading Assignment
• Describe/Analyze an example of each of the following:
• A New Deal "relief" program
• A New Deal "recovery" program
• A New Deal "reform" program