Week 3 Discussion 1

Resources: When responding to these questions, draw material from ONE of the following videos:

1. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003).  The great depression.  [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36219&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
2. Hogan, H. (Writer). (2003).  The roaring twenties [Television series episode]. In R. Hawksworth (Executive producer), America in the 20th Century. New York, NY: Films for the Humanities & Sciences. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=36218&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=
3. Stone, R. (Writer & Director). (2009).  The civilian conservation corps [Television series episode]. In M. Samels (Executive producer), The 1930s. Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved from http://digital.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?Token=44081&aid=18596&Plt=FOD&loid=0&w=640&h=480&ref=

Also, draw from the material in AT LEAST TWO of the following primary sources:

1. Bliven, B. (1925, Sept. 9). Flapper Jane. Retrieved from http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/1025/flapperjane.pdf
2. Forquignon. (1932).  Bonus army marches on Washington, DC 1932 [Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWvCCxOUsM8&feature=youtu.be
3. Hartt, R. L. (1921, Jan. 15).  “The new Negro”: “When he’s hit, he hits back!”. Independent. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5127 
4. Long, H. (1934, Feb. 23).  Share our wealth speech. Retrieved from http://www.hueylong.com/programs/share-our-wealth-speech.php
5. Marshall, C. C. (1927, April).  An open letter to the honorable Alfred E. Smith. Atlantic Monthly, 139, 540-544, 548-549. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5074 
6. Martin, T. T. (1923).  Hell and high schools. Atlantic Monthly, 139, 540-544, 548-549. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5074 
7. McDougald, E. J. (1925). The double task of Negro womanhood.In A. Locke (Ed.), The New Negro: An Interpretation. Retrieved from http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5126  
8. Roosevelt, F. D. (1933, May 7).  Address of the President delivered by radio from the White House. Retrieved from http://www.mhric.org/fdr/chat2.html 
9. Shafter, L. H. (1938). I’d rather not be on relief. Retrieved from http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/todd:@field(DOCID+st045) 
10. The New Deal Network. (2003).  TVA: Electricity for all.  [Interactive Exhibit]. Retrieved from http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/index.htm

Instructions: Review the major social and economic developments in American society during the 1920s and 1930s. Please post a substantive discussion post of at least 200 words that compares and contrasts the decades of the 1920’s with the 1930s using the following questions as the basis of your analysis: 

• How did American society change in the two decades after the First World War? 
• How did the federal government change in response to those changes? 
• How did the American people respond to the changing role of the federal government? 
• How did the New Deal change over time and what alternatives were offered to it? 
• Which groups benefited or suffered most from these changes? 
• Should this period be regarded as having represented a revolutionary moment in American history?

Along with the general discussion, address developments across these two decades related to AT LEAST ONE of the following groups: 

• Evangelical Protestants 
• Farmers 
• African Americans 
• Women 
• Business owners 
• The middle class

MUST BE APA FORMAT AND DON'T FORGET TO CITE SOURCES! THANKS.