Describe some of the economic limits of the “Roaring 1920s.” Describe how an era that seemed so prosperous could help fuel the Great Depression, the leading warning signs that signaled some key underlying economic weaknesses, and the vulnerable position that many Americans placed themselves in by embracing the consumer economy of the 1920s.

Great Depression

1.  Describe some of the economic limits of the “Roaring 1920s.” Describe how an era that seemed so prosperous could help fuel the Great Depression, the leading warning signs that signaled some key underlying economic weaknesses, and the vulnerable position that many Americans placed themselves in by embracing the consumer economy of the 1920s.

2. Describe the experience of the Great Depression. Please include the various factors that contributed to the Great Depression, the key events of that depression, and assess the federal response to the economic crisis by the Hoover Administration. Please include the principles that guided Hoover’s policies and how Hoover’s policies evolved over the course of the depression.

3. Describe the federal response to the Great Depression with the New Deal programs of Franklin Roosevelt’s Administration. Please include the strategies that guided New Deal policymaking, the key areas of New Deal reform, the various challenges that FDR faced with his New Deal programs, and assess the overall effectiveness of the New Deal and whether it ended the Great Depression.