What caused the great depression

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SECTION I

Instructions: In four to five sentences per term (a short paragraph per term), identify and explain the historical significance of FOUR of the following items (12.5 points apiece, 50 points total):

Andrew Johnson
The Transcontinental Raiload
Muckrakers
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The "New South"
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Great Migration
Emancipation Proclamation
The Scopes Trial
Harlem Renaissance
Andrew Carnegie
The Dust Bowl

SECTION 2

Instructions: In a 750-1000 word essay, answer the prompt question below. Organize your essay, use specific examples, and incorporate materials from the readings and videos when applicable (100 points).

Prompt: What caused the Great Depression and how did it affect the lives of Americans in the 1930s and 1940s?

Discuss how the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt responded to the crisis and in what ways his New Deal policies exemplified a broader conception of the role of government in ensuring American liberty, opportunity, and prosperity.

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