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Module 3: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

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

What caused the Great Depression, and how did it affect ordinary Americans?

Analyze the causes of the Great Depression, including the stock market crash of 1929, overproduction, bank failures, and uneven wealth, and its effects on American life (TEKS US History RC4 Economics; RC1 History).
A STAAR-level answer on the causes of the Great Depression for the Texas US History EOC: the stock market crash of 1929, overproduction, buying on margin, bank failures, uneven distribution of wealth, and the human effects of the Depression, with worked stimulus questions.
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What social and cultural conflicts divided Americans during the 1920s?

Analyze the social tensions of the 1920s, including Prohibition, nativism and immigration restriction, the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan, and the clash between modernism and fundamentalism in the Scopes Trial (TEKS US History RC2 Geography and Culture; RC3 Government and Citizenship).
A STAAR-level answer on the cultural conflicts of the 1920s for the Texas US History EOC: Prohibition and its effects, nativism and immigration quotas, the revival of the Ku Klux Klan, and the modernism versus fundamentalism clash in the Scopes Trial, with worked stimulus questions.
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How did Americans debate the New Deal, and what was its lasting impact on the role of government?

Analyze the debate over the New Deal, including criticism from the left and right, the Supreme Court conflict, and the New Deal's lasting impact on the relationship between citizens and the federal government (TEKS US History RC3 Government and Citizenship; RC1 History).
A STAAR-level answer on the impact of the New Deal for the Texas US History EOC: the criticisms from the left and right, the conflict with the Supreme Court and the court-packing plan, what the New Deal did and did not achieve, and its lasting legacy for the role of the federal government, with worked stimulus questions.
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What was the Dust Bowl, and how did geography and human activity combine to displace thousands of families?

Analyze the causes of the Dust Bowl, including drought and farming practices, and its effects, including migration from the Great Plains, as an example of human-environment interaction (TEKS US History RC2 Geography and Culture; RC4 Science, Technology, and Society).
A STAAR-level answer on the Dust Bowl for the Texas US History EOC: the combination of drought and poor farming practices, the great dust storms of the 1930s, the migration of farm families to California, and the lesson in human-environment interaction, with worked stimulus questions.
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How did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal respond to the Great Depression?

Analyze the New Deal under Franklin D. Roosevelt, including relief, recovery, and reform programs such as the CCC, WPA, and Social Security, and the expansion of the federal government's role (TEKS US History RC3 Government and Citizenship; RC4 Economics).
A STAAR-level answer on the New Deal for the Texas US History EOC: Franklin Roosevelt's relief, recovery, and reform programs, key agencies such as the CCC, WPA, and TVA, the Social Security Act, and the expansion of the federal government's role, with worked stimulus questions.
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What made the 1920s a decade of economic prosperity and cultural change?

Analyze the economic prosperity and consumer culture of the 1920s, new technology, the Harlem Renaissance and jazz, and changing roles for women (TEKS US History RC4 Economics, Science, Technology, and Society; RC2 Geography and Culture).
A STAAR-level answer on the Roaring Twenties for the Texas US History EOC: the consumer economy and credit, the impact of the automobile, radio, and mass production, the Harlem Renaissance and jazz, and the changing role of women, with worked stimulus questions.
12 min answer →