Great Depression and WWII Reading Passages
Reading Results
The Stock Market Crashes in 1929
This educational passage explores the Stock Market Crash of 1929, a key event in U.S. history that led to the Great Depr...
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The Great Depression: Hard Times
This U.S. history reading passage explores the Great Depression, a time of struggle and resilience in the United States ...
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The Dust Bowl Destroys Farms
This engaging U.S. history reading passage introduces students to the Dust Bowl, a time in the 1930s when severe drought...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal
This engaging history reading passage explores the life and leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt and his creation of the ...
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World War II Begins in Europe
This engaging reading passage introduces students to the beginning of World War II in Europe. Students will learn how ev...
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Pearl Harbor: America Enters the War
This engaging reading passage introduces students to the historic event of Pearl Harbor and America’s entry into World W...
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American Soldiers Fight Overseas
This engaging reading passage explores the experiences of American soldiers who fought overseas, focusing on World War I...
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Women Work in Factories: Rosie the Riveter
This engaging U.S. history reading passage tells the inspiring story of Rosie the Riveter and the vital role women playe...
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Rationing and Life on the Home Front
This history reading passage explores rationing and life on the home front during World War II, focusing on how American...
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Japanese Americans in Internment Camps
This engaging U.S. history reading passage introduces students to the story of Japanese Americans in internment camps du...
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D-Day and the End of World War II
This engaging reading passage explores the key events of D-Day and how it helped bring World War II to a close. Students...
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America Becomes a World Power
This engaging history reading passage explores how America became a world power, focusing on key events, figures, and ca...
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Roaring Twenties: Economic Prosperity 1920s
This engaging U.S. History reading passage explores the economic prosperity of the 1920s, known as the Roaring Twenties....
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1920s Consumerism: Buying on Credit Explained
This passage explores the rise of consumerism during the 1920s in the United States, focusing on how buying on credit an...
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Harlem Renaissance: African American Cultural Movement
This reading passage examines the Harlem Renaissance, a major African American cultural movement that transformed art, m...
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Jazz Age 1920s: Music and Culture
This engaging history reading passage explores the Jazz Age of the 1920s, a vibrant period that profoundly transformed A...
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Prohibition 1920-1933: Unintended Consequences
This reading passage explores the complex history of Prohibition in the United States from 1920 to 1933. Students will a...
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Organized Crime During Prohibition: Bootleggers
This engaging U.S. history reading passage explores the rise of organized crime and bootleggers during Prohibition, a tr...
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Immigration Restriction 1920s: Closing America's Doors
This rigorous U.S. history reading passage examines the causes, debates, and consequences of immigration restriction in ...
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Stock Market Speculation 1920s: Risky Investments
This detailed reading passage explores stock market speculation in the 1920s, a key factor that contributed to the onset...
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Black Tuesday 1929: Stock Market Crash
This engaging history reading passage explores Black Tuesday, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, and its lasting effects on Am...
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Bank Failures During Great Depression
This detailed history reading passage examines the causes, motivations, and impact of bank failures during the Great Dep...
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Great Depression Unemployment: 25 Percent Jobless
This U.S. history reading passage explores the critical issue of unemployment during the Great Depression, when nearly 2...
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Dust Bowl 1930s: Environmental Economic Disaster
This detailed history reading passage examines the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, a catastrophic environmental and economic dis...
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Migrant Workers During Great Depression
This U.S. History reading passage examines the experiences of migrant workers during the Great Depression, focusing on t...
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Hoovervilles: Great Depression Homeless Camps
This passage explores the history and complexity of Hoovervilles, which were makeshift homeless camps that appeared acro...
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Herbert Hoover Response to Great Depression
This engaging history reading passage explores President Herbert Hoover's complex and often debated response to the Grea...
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Bonus Army 1932: Veterans March on Washington
This history reading passage explores the Bonus Army protest of 1932, when thousands of World War I veterans marched on ...
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Franklin D Roosevelt Election 1932: New Hope
This history reading passage explores the pivotal 1932 election of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the hope it sparked during ...
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FDR First 100 Days: Immediate Action
This reading passage explores President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR) First 100 Days and his immediate actions to addres...
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Bank Holiday 1933: FDR Restores Confidence
This rigorous passage explores the 1933 Bank Holiday declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) to address the na...
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New Deal Programs: Relief Recovery Reform
This rigorous U.S. history reading passage explores the New Deal, focusing on the three pillars of Relief, Recovery, and...
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New Deal Alphabet Agencies: Government Expands
This passage explores the rise of the New Deal alphabet agencies during the Great Depression, focusing on the causes, mo...
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Civilian Conservation Corps CCC: New Deal Jobs
This reading passage examines the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a major New Deal program launched during the Great ...
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Works Progress Administration WPA: Creating Jobs
This rigorous U.S. history reading passage explores the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a major New Deal program cr...
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Social Security Act 1935: Safety Net Created
This reading passage explores the Social Security Act of 1935, a groundbreaking law during the New Deal era that transfo...
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Tennessee Valley Authority TVA: Electrifying the South
This engaging U.S. history passage explores the causes, motivations, and long-term impact of the Tennessee Valley Author...
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New Deal Critics: Too Much Government?
This passage explores the critics of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal and the intense debates about the expans...
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FDR Court-Packing Plan 1937: Controversial Power
This history reading passage explores President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1937 Court-Packing Plan, a controversial moment ...
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Wagner Act 1935: Protecting Labor Unions
This rigorous U.S. History reading passage explores the Wagner Act of 1935, a foundational law for American labor unions...
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Did New Deal End Great Depression?
This passage explores the critical question: Did the New Deal end the Great Depression? Students will analyze the causes...
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Rise of Fascism 1930s: Global Threats
This comprehensive history reading passage examines the rise of fascism during the 1930s and its impact as a global thre...
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America First Movement: 1930s Isolationism
This rigorous U.S. History reading passage focuses on the America First Movement and American isolationism during the 19...
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Neutrality Acts 1930s: Avoiding European War
This comprehensive history reading passage explores the Neutrality Acts of the 1930s and how the United States tried to ...
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Lend-Lease Act 1941: Supporting Britain
This rigorous history reading passage explores the Lend-Lease Act of 1941, focusing on the causes, motivations, and cons...
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Pearl Harbor Attack December 7 1941
This detailed history reading passage explores the causes, events, and consequences of the Pearl Harbor attack on Decemb...
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America Declares War: Entering World War II
This history reading passage analyzes America’s entry into World War II, focusing on the causes, perspectives, and conse...
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World War II Home Front: Mobilizing America
This rigorous U.S. history reading passage explores the complexities and challenges of the World War II Home Front, focu...
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Rosie the Riveter: Women in WWII Factories
This reading passage explores the story of Rosie the Riveter and the experiences of American women who entered factory w...
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Rationing During World War II: Shared Sacrifice
This rigorous reading passage examines the causes, motivations, and consequences of rationing on the American home front...
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