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1、ConnecticutTechnicalHighSchoolSystemModernAmericanHistory6/28/11Unit3:Significantsocial,politicalandeconomicchangespostWorldWarIthroughtheGreatDepression.Goal:StudentswilldemonstrateanunderstandingofhowtheUnitedStateschangedinthe1920’s.Specifically,studentswillbeabl
2、etoexplainthecausesoftheGreatDepression,howitaffectedAmericansociety,andhowtheNewDealaddressedtheGreatDepression,transformedAmericanfederalism,andinitiatedthewelfarestate. BigIdea(s):oChangesintechnologiesoftransportationandcommunication,invaluesandhabits,andeconomi
3、clifetransformedthefaceofAmericanlifeinthe1920’s.oTheUnitedStatesbecameanurbannation,withadiversepopulationandvarietyofvalues.oAfterthestockmarketcrashof1929,theUnitedStateseconomysankintotheworstdepressioninitshistory.FranklinD.Rooseveltinitiatedfederalprogramsthat
4、putAmericansbacktoworkandprovidedaneconomicsafetynet.oTheGreatDepressionandtheNewDealdramaticallychangedthelivesofmostAmericansandbegantochangeboththeirunderstandingoftheeconomicsystemandtheroleofgovernmentinAmericanlife.oTheNewDealhadmanylongtermeffectsonUnitedStat
5、esgovernmentandsociety;andasaresultoftheNewDeal,theroleoftheFederalgovernmentchanged,transformingAmericanpolitics,theeconomyandsociety.oBusinesswasboominginthe1920’sandthestandardoflivingroseformanyAmericansbringingmanysocial,economicandpoliticalchanges.Inventionsan
6、dtechnologicaladvancestransformedproductionandwork,aswellasruralandurbanlife.oSocialandpoliticalchangesinsocietybroughtnewattitudesandlifestylestothenation,bustsomechangescausedconflict.oPopularculturewasinfluencedbythemassmediaandnewformsofpopularentertainmentandte
7、chnologyweredeveloped.oEconomicconditionsaffectpolitics,individualsandsocieties.Economicsecuritybecamerecognizedasaconditionofpersonalfreedom.oTheidealsoffreedomandequalitycontinuedtoevolveforvariousgroupsandinvariousways(i.e.women’sstruggleforsuffrageandequalrights
8、,African-Americans-racialtensionsmanifestedintheriseofblacknationalism,theHarlemRenaissance,thefirstgreatnorthmigration,theresponseoftheKK
