Roosevelt Era Goals

• New Deal Goals: To be able to answer the questions:
  Did the New Deal end the Great Depression?
  How "radical" were the New Deal reforms?
  42. The Great Depression: Causes, Hoover response, and early New Deal; Divine pp. 761-773; Please read and listen to Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address
  43. The later New Deal and the end of the New Deal; Divine pp. 773-787
  a. What explains the growing radicalism of the New Deal and its ultimate demise?
• 1920-1945 Foreign Affairs Goals: To be able to answer the questions:
  How did the conflict between internationalists and isolationists affect US foreign policy before and during World War Two?
  44. Isolationism; Divine pp. 795-798.
  45. The Road to War; Divine pp. 798-802
  a. Did Roosevelt genuinely believe he could keep the USA from entering the war or was he slowly accustoming Americans to ultimate participation in the struggle?
  46. Turning the Tide; Divine pp. 802-806
  a. What divisions among the Allies influenced the overall strategic effort against the Axis?
  47. Victory; Divine pp. 812-817
  a. Did Truman drop the A-Bomb to end the war or to "send a message" to the Soviet Union?

Maps to know for this assignment:

• page 806
• page 813