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Module 5: Prosperity, Depression, and World War

6 dot points across 6 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Why did the modern culture of the 1920s spark a backlash of fear and division?

Analyze the social and cultural conflicts of the 1920s, including Prohibition, nativism and immigration restriction, the revived Ku Klux Klan, and the debate between modernism and traditionalism (GSE SSUSH16, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on the cultural conflicts of the 1920s for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: Prohibition and its failure, nativism and immigration quotas, the revived Ku Klux Klan, and the clash between modern urban culture and traditional rural values seen in the Scopes Trial, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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What caused the Great Depression, and how did it affect ordinary Americans?

Analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression, including the stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction, the Dust Bowl, and the human impact of unemployment and poverty (GSE SSUSH17, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on the Great Depression for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: the causes (the 1929 stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction, and buying on margin), the Dust Bowl, the human toll of unemployment and poverty, and the failure of Hoover's response, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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How did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal try to end the Depression and change the role of government?

Evaluate Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal as a response to the Great Depression, including relief, recovery, and reform programs, Social Security, and the expanded role of the federal government (GSE SSUSH18, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on the New Deal for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: Franklin Roosevelt's relief, recovery, and reform programs, the goals of the alphabet agencies, Social Security, the debate over the New Deal, and how it permanently expanded the role of the federal government, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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How did consumer culture, mass media, and new freedoms transform American life in the 1920s?

Analyze how the rise of big business, consumer culture, and mass media transformed American life in the 1920s, including the automobile, credit, radio and movies, and the Harlem Renaissance (GSE SSUSH16, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on the Roaring Twenties for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: the consumer economy built on the automobile and credit, the rise of mass media in radio and movies, the new role of women, and the Harlem Renaissance, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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How did the United States move from neutrality to total war after Pearl Harbor?

Examine the origins of World War II and US entry, including the aggression of the Axis powers, the move from neutrality to Lend-Lease, and the attack on Pearl Harbor (GSE SSUSH19, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on US entry into World War II for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: the aggression of the Axis powers and the failure of appeasement, the shift from neutrality through Lend-Lease, and the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the war, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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How did the United States win World War II abroad while transforming life at home?

Examine the major developments and domestic impact of World War II, including key turning points, the Holocaust, the home front and the role of women, Japanese American internment, and the atomic bomb (GSE SSUSH19, Domain 4).
An EOC-level answer on World War II for the Georgia Milestones US History exam: the war in Europe and the Pacific (D-Day, the Holocaust, island hopping), the home front and the role of women and minorities, Japanese American internment, and the atomic bombs that ended the war, with worked stimulus and technology-enhanced questions.
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