Evaluate the following statement: The 1920s represented the first modern decade. Then consider: In what ways did the decade of the 1920s see a reaction to the emergence of modern values? Do you think the 1920s should be most noted as a decade of anxiety and intolerance, hedonism ad liberation, or both?
What did Herbert Hoover do to combat the Great Depression? What more do you think he should have done? Why didn’t he? Account for Franklin Roosevelt’s election victory in 1932 and his landslide triumph in 1936. How “revolutionary” was the New Deal? Evaluate the significant changes that it wrought and determine how different the nation became because of it.
