OLLI0141 - The United States in the 1930s: From the Great Depression to the Arsenal of Democracy

Course Description

In this course, Carole Bucy will begin with the mood of the country as the reality of a nationwide economic depression took hold. The class will examine the ideas about how to end the Depression, the political consequences of the Depression, and the "bold experimentation" that led to an expansion of governmental programs and services. The course will provide an examination of the New Deal programs, with particular emphasis of those programs that came to Tennessee, as well as the rest of the nation. It will also examine the racial tensions in the country during this period and the steps toward desegregation that did not become a reality until the 1950s. The class will also discuss the global roots of the Depression and the responses of other countries to it. The course ends with the beginnings of World War II in Europe and the response of the United States to it. This course will be recorded.