Read 22-2 and answer the first 3 questions. Then read Chapter 23-1 through page 696 and answer the remaining 4 questions. Please post your answers to your blog. These are due at the beginning of your next class.
1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People became poor and hungry. Shanty towns appeared in cities that were poorly made homes where tey scrambled for food. There was a shortage of food because of the dust bowl and people didn't have money because they were in debt and lost everything.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
It was different for men because they were accostomed to taking care of their famillies, many became hobos. Some said women were having an easier time because some worked while some men couldn't find jobs. Women were to ashamed to reveal their hardships. Many children's schools closed and they worked in horendous conditions.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
A drought in the early 1930s. The previous decaDE farmers plowed millions of acres of land, leaving no protective layer. Wind scattered the topsoil and dust everywhere. Farm famillies migrated and looked for work.
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, recovery, reform
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Congress passed more than 15 major pieces for the New Deal.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
he said to many people demanded their savings in cash and that banks would fail if they did that so then many people returned it back to the banks.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
Glass-steagull Act reassured millions of bank customers that their money was safe. Repealed 21st amendment raised revenu by taxing alcohol. Federal Securities Act required all corporation's complete information on stocks and made them liable for misrepresentations. securities and exchange commisions regualted stock market and making in unable to "rig" a stock market.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Depression Thesis and Points
The Wall Street Crash was one of many causes of the Great Depression. Tariffs and war debts, crisis int he farm sector, and the unequal distrribution of income were other causes. The Crash was the "last straw" combined with all the other causes.
1. Tariffs and war debt
a. U.S. lent money to Germany to pay back France and England so they could pay back the U.S.
i.Germans couldn't give the money to Frabce/England so U.S. lost money
b. Hawley Smoot tariff (protective Tariff: reduced foreign goods coming into U.S.)
i.other coutries couldn'y but American goods leading to industries hurting badly and unemployment rises and other countries retaliated raising their tariff.
2. Crisis in the farm sector
a. WWI had farmers getting loans for equipment and land but when the war ended there was no longer a demand, farmers are stuck with a debt leading to foreclosures
i. annual farm income 1919-21 $10 billion to $4 billion
3.Unequal Distribuation of income
a. rich become richer and poor become poorer
i.only rich can afforrd luxuries
i. Rich control a magority of income control in the nation
4. Stock Market Crash is final straw
a.businesses lose profit and investors lose millions leading to consumer spending drops and workers are cut
b.banks close leading to world payments
1. Tariffs and war debt
a. U.S. lent money to Germany to pay back France and England so they could pay back the U.S.
i.Germans couldn't give the money to Frabce/England so U.S. lost money
b. Hawley Smoot tariff (protective Tariff: reduced foreign goods coming into U.S.)
i.other coutries couldn'y but American goods leading to industries hurting badly and unemployment rises and other countries retaliated raising their tariff.
2. Crisis in the farm sector
a. WWI had farmers getting loans for equipment and land but when the war ended there was no longer a demand, farmers are stuck with a debt leading to foreclosures
i. annual farm income 1919-21 $10 billion to $4 billion
3.Unequal Distribuation of income
a. rich become richer and poor become poorer
i.only rich can afforrd luxuries
i. Rich control a magority of income control in the nation
4. Stock Market Crash is final straw
a.businesses lose profit and investors lose millions leading to consumer spending drops and workers are cut
b.banks close leading to world payments
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Causes and Early Effects of the Great Depression
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
The stock market crashed.
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)
There was an uneven distribution in which the poor became poorer and the rich became richer. During WWI there was a demand for agriculture and then when the war ended there wasn't a strong demand and many farms were lost due to foreclosure. People were buying beyond there means and living on credit with money they didn't have. Then wit h the Dust bowl people became hungry. Shanty towns started appearing in all cities with the poor scavenging for foood.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
War debt, tariffs, crisis in the frarm sector, availibity of easy credit, unequal distribution of income.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
he said that the government should step in though he didn't believe in federal welfare.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
He said that peopel need to be optimistic and they believed it was a normal part of the business cycle.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
Depression.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They voted for republican but later thought that Hoover was a bad president.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
He told people not to fire anyone and that charities should donate to the poor and no one should gfo on strike.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
it did nothing, except Hoover Dam helped
The stock market crashed.
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)
There was an uneven distribution in which the poor became poorer and the rich became richer. During WWI there was a demand for agriculture and then when the war ended there wasn't a strong demand and many farms were lost due to foreclosure. People were buying beyond there means and living on credit with money they didn't have. Then wit h the Dust bowl people became hungry. Shanty towns started appearing in all cities with the poor scavenging for foood.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
War debt, tariffs, crisis in the frarm sector, availibity of easy credit, unequal distribution of income.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
he said that the government should step in though he didn't believe in federal welfare.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
He said that peopel need to be optimistic and they believed it was a normal part of the business cycle.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
Depression.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
They voted for republican but later thought that Hoover was a bad president.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
He told people not to fire anyone and that charities should donate to the poor and no one should gfo on strike.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
it did nothing, except Hoover Dam helped
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Twenites Women
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Sleek pumps and shorter skirts.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Demanded the same freedoms as men and rebellious.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
more assertive and independent.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
Booming industrial economyprovided them with jobs in offeices factories etc.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Simplified household labor and workers comensation.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Decline in birthrate, rebellious teenagers, and women strugggled juggling family and work.
Sleek pumps and shorter skirts.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Demanded the same freedoms as men and rebellious.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
more assertive and independent.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
Booming industrial economyprovided them with jobs in offeices factories etc.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Simplified household labor and workers comensation.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Decline in birthrate, rebellious teenagers, and women strugggled juggling family and work.
Wednesday, January 6, 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:
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
Yes, I do think that the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values. I think that in both cases the debates needed to be compromised for the country was moving into a more modern and varied country. People were now perfering cities over small towns and many immigrants were coming from all over with different backrounds. Though, with the Volstead Act I think it was a triumph in the fact that they learned it was a bad idea. With the Volstead Act it just created more crime, and cost more money so the fact that it proved to prohibitionists that it isn't a good idea. There were speakeasies all over selling illegal alcohol and people like Al Capone who would kill to make money off of smuggling alcohol. I think if they didn't try out the Volstead Act then prohibitionists would try to fight with the Act and there wouldn't have been valid arguements against wife and child abuse. By trying out the Volstead Act they learned that prohibition would not solve the problem.
The ruling of the Scopes trial was also a triumph because with all the new migrants and immigrants in America a lot of people had different views as to how the earth, people and animals came to be. The ruling was a good compromise for religion versus science in evolution. It made it fair to all in how teachers discussed evolution in school, that doesn't offend anyone. It was a tradition to not discuss scientific evolution in school but since the U.S. now had people with all different views and was becoming more modern it was time for a fair compromise. I feel both the Act and the ruling helped overcome traditional values.
• changes in urban life in the 1920s
• the effects of Prohibition
• the legacy of the Scopes trial
Yes, I do think that the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values. I think that in both cases the debates needed to be compromised for the country was moving into a more modern and varied country. People were now perfering cities over small towns and many immigrants were coming from all over with different backrounds. Though, with the Volstead Act I think it was a triumph in the fact that they learned it was a bad idea. With the Volstead Act it just created more crime, and cost more money so the fact that it proved to prohibitionists that it isn't a good idea. There were speakeasies all over selling illegal alcohol and people like Al Capone who would kill to make money off of smuggling alcohol. I think if they didn't try out the Volstead Act then prohibitionists would try to fight with the Act and there wouldn't have been valid arguements against wife and child abuse. By trying out the Volstead Act they learned that prohibition would not solve the problem.
The ruling of the Scopes trial was also a triumph because with all the new migrants and immigrants in America a lot of people had different views as to how the earth, people and animals came to be. The ruling was a good compromise for religion versus science in evolution. It made it fair to all in how teachers discussed evolution in school, that doesn't offend anyone. It was a tradition to not discuss scientific evolution in school but since the U.S. now had people with all different views and was becoming more modern it was time for a fair compromise. I feel both the Act and the ruling helped overcome traditional values.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Americans Struggle with postwar issues
Read Chapter 20-1 beginning on page 618 and answer the following questions. They are to be posted to your blog on Tuesday prior to the beginning of class.
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
He and his people went looking for people or evidence related to communism.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
People thought he was just looking for a campaign issue and that he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
they used anti-communism as an excuse to pick on Africans and jews, driving them out of the country.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
their criminal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
they were killed because they were radicals and Italians.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The public was afraid of their safety without police.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Because he said not to strike against public safety.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Propaganda said the strikers were communists.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
he appointed a judge.
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
He and his people went looking for people or evidence related to communism.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
People thought he was just looking for a campaign issue and that he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
they used anti-communism as an excuse to pick on Africans and jews, driving them out of the country.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
their criminal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
they were killed because they were radicals and Italians.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The public was afraid of their safety without police.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
Because he said not to strike against public safety.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
Propaganda said the strikers were communists.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
he appointed a judge.
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