1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
Some people in the cities that were evicted from their homes when they lost their homes slept in parks and in sewer pipes, wrapping themselves in newspapers to fend off the cold. While others made makeshift homes out of scrap metal.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Some men that had become unemployed could not cope with it and then began walking the country hitching rides and looking for work. While women worked sewing clothes and canning food much to the resentment of men who thought it unfair that women should have work when so many men were unemployed. The children suffered from malnutrition and some teenagers looked for a way out of suffering and so they became "wild boys" who hopped aboard freight trains and crossed country looking for food, work and adventure.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
The causes of the Dust Bowl is that many people went crazy and the rate of people that went into mental hospitals and the rate of suicides rose a lot. The effects of the Dust Bowl was that many people showed great kindness to strangers and invited them into their homes and gave food and clothing to the needy. While families helped other families and shared resources and strengthened the bonds within their communities.
Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.
4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
Relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Congress passed more than 15 major peices of New Deal legislation. These laws, and others that followed, significantly expanded the federal government's role in the nation's economy.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
Because they made people feel as if the president were speaking to them directly.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
The Glass-Steagall Act provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5,000, reassuring millions of bank customers that their money was safe. The Federal Securities Act, required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for many misrepresentations. The Agricultural Adjustment Act sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave certain amounts of every acre unseeded. The Civilian Conservation Corps put young men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Causes of the Great Depression Outline
To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples.
The Wall Street Crash was a cause of the Great Depression of 1929 because when the farmers were making more crops than they could sell they were then in debt. Once the farmers were losing money and their land they had to up the prices. With the prices risen the customers couldn't buy as much. And when the customers can't buy as much the stores lose money and the entire country falls. Then when the stock market came into play and bottomed out when homeowners could not pay the bank back for their loans that they used in the stock market the country as a whole no longer had money to pay back other European countries and didn't have money to pay to ship their goods to other countries.
Main Point 1
The Farms borrowed loans from the bank to pay for the mechinary that they bought when they were prosperous during the war.
Evidence
They had to pay for the mechinary but then when they no longer had money because America didn't have much money they had to get loans.
Details
When the farmers had to borrow money from the banks they couldn't pay them back so they went into debt and had to charge more money for their products.
Main Point 2
With the prices higher with farming the everyday buyer had to pay more money for their things.
Evidence
When the price of thing rose the buyers had less money because where they work isn't making enough money and they can't pay for the necesities.
Details
So therefore with the price rising on everyday goods the everyday people couldn't pay for it and so they resorted to the Stock Market.
Main Point 3
With the people of America resorting to the Stock Market they had no money to pay to buy stocks.
Evidence
Without money to buy the stocks they had to buy money from the bank. And since the bank never got paid back they were losing money and couldn't give people their money.
Details
With the people not making money and paying back the banks the stock market dropped.
Main Point 4
With the stock market crashing America couldn't pay foreign countries back such as Germany and Europe.
Evidence
With America not able to pay back foreign countries they also did not have the money to pay for the products to be sold in Europe.
Details
With the products unable to be sold in Europe America lost even more money because the demand was very low in America for buyers however they had no way to ship it to Europe.
Conclusion
So with the farming need dropping, the American need dropping and the Stock Market Crash it showed how the crash of the Stock Market affected America. What with them not being able to sell to Europe or pay back European countries.
Thesis
I. Main Point 1
a. Evidence 1 that supports Main Point 1
i. further supporting details
b. Evidence 2 that supports Main Point 1
II. Main Point 2.... and so on.
The Wall Street Crash was a cause of the Great Depression of 1929 because when the farmers were making more crops than they could sell they were then in debt. Once the farmers were losing money and their land they had to up the prices. With the prices risen the customers couldn't buy as much. And when the customers can't buy as much the stores lose money and the entire country falls. Then when the stock market came into play and bottomed out when homeowners could not pay the bank back for their loans that they used in the stock market the country as a whole no longer had money to pay back other European countries and didn't have money to pay to ship their goods to other countries.
Main Point 1
The Farms borrowed loans from the bank to pay for the mechinary that they bought when they were prosperous during the war.
Evidence
They had to pay for the mechinary but then when they no longer had money because America didn't have much money they had to get loans.
Details
When the farmers had to borrow money from the banks they couldn't pay them back so they went into debt and had to charge more money for their products.
Main Point 2
With the prices higher with farming the everyday buyer had to pay more money for their things.
Evidence
When the price of thing rose the buyers had less money because where they work isn't making enough money and they can't pay for the necesities.
Details
So therefore with the price rising on everyday goods the everyday people couldn't pay for it and so they resorted to the Stock Market.
Main Point 3
With the people of America resorting to the Stock Market they had no money to pay to buy stocks.
Evidence
Without money to buy the stocks they had to buy money from the bank. And since the bank never got paid back they were losing money and couldn't give people their money.
Details
With the people not making money and paying back the banks the stock market dropped.
Main Point 4
With the stock market crashing America couldn't pay foreign countries back such as Germany and Europe.
Evidence
With America not able to pay back foreign countries they also did not have the money to pay for the products to be sold in Europe.
Details
With the products unable to be sold in Europe America lost even more money because the demand was very low in America for buyers however they had no way to ship it to Europe.
Conclusion
So with the farming need dropping, the American need dropping and the Stock Market Crash it showed how the crash of the Stock Market affected America. What with them not being able to sell to Europe or pay back European countries.
Thesis
I. Main Point 1
a. Evidence 1 that supports Main Point 1
i. further supporting details
b. Evidence 2 that supports Main Point 1
II. Main Point 2.... and so on.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
The bottom fell out of the market and the nation's confidence. Shareholders frantically tried to sell before prices plunged even lower.
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
The important industries struggled, farmers grew more crops and raised more livestock than they could sell, and both consumers and farmers were steadily going into debt. In industry railroads and textiles barley made a profit and mining and lumbering were no longer in high demand. Also housing declined and when housing declines so do jobs.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
Tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods, a crisis in the farm sector, the availablity of easy credit, and an unequal distribution of income
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
To provide security from poverty and want, a nation built of home owners and farm owners, to have the people of America with their savings protected, steady jobs and all to be secured.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
It was that it wasn't a big deal and tried to reasure them that the nation's economy was on a sound footing.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
It became worse however the Democrats took advantage of anti-Hoover sentiments to win over the seats in the Congress.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They became more frustrated with the Depression and so they expressed their anger with strikes in a number of ways.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
He took a more Activist approach by signing into the law the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
The RCF loaned more than $805 million to large corporations however businesses still failed.
The bottom fell out of the market and the nation's confidence. Shareholders frantically tried to sell before prices plunged even lower.
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
The important industries struggled, farmers grew more crops and raised more livestock than they could sell, and both consumers and farmers were steadily going into debt. In industry railroads and textiles barley made a profit and mining and lumbering were no longer in high demand. Also housing declined and when housing declines so do jobs.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
Tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods, a crisis in the farm sector, the availablity of easy credit, and an unequal distribution of income
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
To provide security from poverty and want, a nation built of home owners and farm owners, to have the people of America with their savings protected, steady jobs and all to be secured.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
It was that it wasn't a big deal and tried to reasure them that the nation's economy was on a sound footing.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
It became worse however the Democrats took advantage of anti-Hoover sentiments to win over the seats in the Congress.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They became more frustrated with the Depression and so they expressed their anger with strikes in a number of ways.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
He took a more Activist approach by signing into the law the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
The RCF loaned more than $805 million to large corporations however businesses still failed.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Twenties Woman
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Close fitting felt hats, bright weighless dresses an inch above the knee, skin-toned silk stockings, sleek pumps,and strings of beads. And more boyish hair styles.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Young women became more assertive, married middle class couples started viewing men and women as more of an equal partnership.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
assertive and equal
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
A booming industrial economy opened new work opportunities for women in office, factories, stores, and professions.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Social and technological innovations simplified work in the household.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Rebellious adolescents, having to juggle work and family, and teens having to go through peer pressure.
Close fitting felt hats, bright weighless dresses an inch above the knee, skin-toned silk stockings, sleek pumps,and strings of beads. And more boyish hair styles.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Young women became more assertive, married middle class couples started viewing men and women as more of an equal partnership.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
assertive and equal
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
A booming industrial economy opened new work opportunities for women in office, factories, stores, and professions.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Social and technological innovations simplified work in the household.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Rebellious adolescents, having to juggle work and family, and teens having to go through peer pressure.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values? Think About:
I believe that the Volstead Act was not accomplished and that the Scopes trial was a triumph for traditional values. I believe that the Volstead Act which is what made alcohol illegal was not triumph for traditional values because people just went and made their own alcohol in they're tubs that was toxic and ended up killing people.
Also having alcohol prohibited made it a thing that people wanted to do more because they we're not allowed.
I also believe that the Scopes trial, which made sure that teachers were unable to teach evolution in class, represented genuine triumphs for traditional values. I believe this because in the classroom teachers would start talking more about the Bible and religion.
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
I believe that the Volstead Act was not accomplished and that the Scopes trial was a triumph for traditional values. I believe that the Volstead Act which is what made alcohol illegal was not triumph for traditional values because people just went and made their own alcohol in they're tubs that was toxic and ended up killing people.
Also having alcohol prohibited made it a thing that people wanted to do more because they we're not allowed.
I also believe that the Scopes trial, which made sure that teachers were unable to teach evolution in class, represented genuine triumphs for traditional values. I believe this because in the classroom teachers would start talking more about the Bible and religion.
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
Monday, January 4, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
They hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists. They trampled people's civil rights and sent foreigns back without legal counsel.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer's raids failed to turn up evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy- or even explosives. Many thought Palmer was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They used the result of the Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings as an excuse to harass any group unlike themselves.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Because of all of its crimal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
They were killed because they were both Italians and there was a murder which they were blamed for because they were Italians.
They hunted down suspected Communists, socialists, and anarchists. They trampled people's civil rights and sent foreigns back without legal counsel.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
Palmer's raids failed to turn up evidence of a revolutionary conspiracy- or even explosives. Many thought Palmer was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
They used the result of the Red Scare and anti-immigrant feelings as an excuse to harass any group unlike themselves.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Because of all of its crimal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
They were killed because they were both Italians and there was a murder which they were blamed for because they were Italians.
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