How did the U.S. handle WWII and the Depression?

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes of the Great Depression and its effects on the economy.

By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.

By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.

By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.

By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.

By the end of this section, you will explain how the Great Depression and the New Deal impacted American political, social, and economic life over time.

By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.

By the end of this section, you will explain the similarities and differences in attitudes about the nation's proper role in the world.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.

By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis Powers.

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Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.

Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.

Use this lesson with The Manhattan Project Narrative and the Dropping the Atomic Bomb Decision Point to show the development of the United States' nuclear program and subsequent use in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

Use this lesson to have students explore the challenges to civil liberties faced by Japanese Americans in internment camps during WWII.

This lesson is best used at the end of the unit as a review of key events of the period and how they connect to Founding principles.

This lesson is best used at the end of the unit as a review of key events of the period and how they connect to Founding principles.

Use this lesson as the conclusion of the unit.

How did Franklin Roosevelt respond to the crises of the Great Depression at home and the war against tyrannical states during World War II abroad?

Answer Key for Chapter 12 of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness