This year will cover topics ranging from the Stock Market Crash of 1929, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and America in the Modern World.  People, places, and events that will be the focus of study throughout the school year includes, but is not limited to, Herbert Hoover, Jim Braddock, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to EVENTS like the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, the Civil Rights Movement, and, of course, America in the Modern World.