HIS 204 week 3 Discussion 2

  

Ashford 4: – Week 3 – Discussion 2

 

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the

Discussion Forum Grading Rubric

for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

 

     

Depression   and Mobilization

 Background: The Great Depression and World War II represented tumultuous years for Americans. From the widespread and appalling poverty of the Great Depression to the horror and excitement of World War II, Americans were forced to work together for the good of each other and the nation. The experiences of these years, both the good and the bad, forever changed the Americans who lived through them.
 

Required Sources: Choose one of the chapters from the Ashford University Library

• A Taste of Freedom. A Little Taste of Freedom: The      Black Freedom Struggle in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
• Honor and humiliation. Hard times: An oral history of      the great depression
• French Carpenter Clark. Women’s Diaries and Letters of      the South: Country Women Cope with Hard Times: A Collection of Oral      Histories.

Recommended Source

• WWII: Breadlines to boomtimes in Films on Demand database. 

Based on the oral history that you read and your textbook, consider the changes that the United States went through from the Great Depression through World War II. In your post, explain:

• At least three causes of the Great Depression and the      New Deal responses to them.
• How the societal changes of this period affected individual      Americans. Provide at least one example from the oral history that you      read to support your points. 

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Your references and citations must be formatted according to APA style as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center.  Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7. Each response should be at least 100 words. 

  

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