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Intro to WWII January 7, 2010

Filed under: WWII — makinghistoryfun @ 4:22 pm

Click here –> Intro to WWII

 

The New Deal

Filed under: FDR,Great Depression — makinghistoryfun @ 4:16 pm

How the New Deal Affected Americans

Click here –> HowtheNewDealAffectedAmerica

 

FDR

Filed under: FDR,Great Depression — makinghistoryfun @ 4:15 pm

Discusses his election, his response to the Great Depression, Eleanor, and court-packing accusations (among other things).

Click here –>  Ch22Section1

 

Hoover, the Great Depression, & the Dust Bowl

Filed under: Great Depression — makinghistoryfun @ 4:10 pm

Click here –> GreatDepression-DustBowl-Hoover

 

The Roaring 20s & the Stock Market Crash

Filed under: 1920s,Great Depression — makinghistoryfun @ 4:07 pm

Briefly talks about the Roaring Twenties & the boom in demand for consumer products, but focuses on the underlying economic weaknesses in the 1920s that led to the Economic Collapse of 1929.

Click Here –>The Great Depression

 

Harlem Renaissance

Filed under: 1920s — makinghistoryfun @ 4:03 pm

Here’s a cute PowerPoint on the Harlem Renaissance!

Click Here –> Ch20Sec2and3

 

Span-Am War, Panama Canal

Filed under: Imperialism,Spanish American War,Taft — makinghistoryfun @ 3:45 pm

Includes: Platt Amendment, Teller Amendment, Panama Canal, Taft, etc.

Click Here–> Ch17Sections3and4

 

Span-Am War

Filed under: Spanish American War — makinghistoryfun @ 3:41 pm

**this PowerPoint goes with the lesson set listed under the category “Fun Lesson Sets!”

Includes: Spanish American War, Yellow Journalism, Cuba, de Lome letter, U.S.S. Maine, etc.

Click Here –> Ch17Sect2

 

Imperialism

Filed under: Imperialism — makinghistoryfun @ 3:38 pm

Includes: Scramble for Africa, Hawaii, Alaska, etc.

Click Here –> Chapter 17 Sections 1

 

Roosevelt, Taft, & the 19th Amendment

Filed under: Nineteenth Amendment,Roosevelt,Taft — makinghistoryfun @ 3:33 pm

Click Here–> Chapter16Sections3and4