The Great Depression and the New Deal: Key Themes and Documents

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Intended for AP-focused American history high school students, this book supplies a complete quick reference source and study aide on the Great Depression and New Deal in America, covering the key themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policies. The Great Depression and the New Deal remain key topics in American History that come up often as testing subject material. This bookcomprising an introduction, encyclopedic AZ entries, a chronology, thematic tagging, more than a dozen primary sources, Advanced Placement (AP) exam resources, and a bibliographyprovides a complete resource for studying the themes, events, people, legislation, economics, and policy of the Great Depression and New Deal in America. It is ideally suited as a study resource for high school students studying to take the AP U.S. history course as well as undergraduates taking an introductory U.S. History survey course. The Great Depression and the New Deal: Key Themes and Documents supplies an easy-to-use guide to the central concepts, themes, and events of a pivotal era in American history that presents the Great Depression and New Deal in 10 thematic categories. While the focus of this book is on the AP course content itself rather than on the exam, it also features exam preparation-specific content, such as a sample documents-based essay question, a list of "Top Tips" for answering documents-based essay questions, and period-specific learning objectives that are in alignment with the new fall 2014 AP U.S. History curriculum framework.

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This useful guide in the publisher's Unlocking American History series provides insights into the key causes of the Great Depression and initiatives started during the New Deal. . . . Recommended. High school through beginning undergraduates; general readers. * Choice *
High school students who are planning to take the AP American history exam may want to use the ABC-CLIO Unlocking American History series. . . . The Great Depression and the New Deal: Key Themes and Documents will serve well-advanced high school and lower-level undergraduates who can use it to test their knowledge of these crucial events in 20th-century U.S. history. * ARBAonline *

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James S. Olson, PhD, is distinguished professor of history at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX. Mariah Gumpert is a writer and former acquisitions editor specializing in American history, world history, and popular culture.