Read 22-2 and answer the first 3 questions. Then read Chapter 23-1 through page 696 and answer the remaining 4 questions.
1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
Most people slept in parks or sewer pipes, built shacks out of scraps, had to go to soup kitchens or the bread lines, 400,000 farms were lost through foreclosure.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men tried to find work so that they could support their famillies, but most would give up and just abandon their famillies instead. Women would work really hard and do what they could to take care of the family such as canned food and sewed clothes. Children suffered more with health problems and they couldn't go to school because of the depression.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
Farmers had to leave their land and wandered around looking 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)
It was a program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression and the 3 goals were: Relief for the needy, Economic Recovery, and financial Reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
Congress passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
He let the people know what was going on and it made them feel good because they felt as though he were talking directly to them.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
The Glass-Steagall Act established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) which provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to $5,ooo, reassuring bank customers that their money was safe.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was when the government payed farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unplowed because lowering production would raise crop prices.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had men aged 18 to 25 work building roads, develop parks, plant trees, help in soil-erosion and flood-control projects.
The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.
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.
Thesis: The Wall Street Crash wasn't the main cause of the Great Depression, but it did help out the other reasons such as farming, industries, and easy credit.
I. Main Point 1: Farming
a. Evidence 1 that supports Main Point 1
b. Evidence 2 that supports Main Point 1
II. Main Point 2: Industries
a.
b.
III. Main point 3: Easy credit
a.
b.
Thesis: The Wall Street Crash wasn't the main cause of the Great Depression, but it did help out the other reasons such as farming, industries, and easy credit.
I. Main Point 1: Farming
a. Evidence 1 that supports Main Point 1
b. Evidence 2 that supports Main Point 1
II. Main Point 2: Industries
a.
b.
III. Main point 3: Easy credit
a.
b.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression
Read Chapter 22-1 and answer the first 3 questions. Then Read Chapter 22-3 (yes, skipping 22-2) and answer the remaining questions. pg 669
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
It was the day when the stock markets 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)
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
tarrifs and war policies that cut down the foreign market for american goods, a crisis in the farm sector, the availability of easy credit, an unequal distribution of income
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
they made a group called the Bonus Army
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
It was the day when the stock markets 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)
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
tarrifs and war policies that cut down the foreign market for american goods, a crisis in the farm sector, the availability of easy credit, an unequal distribution of income
4. What was Hoover
Hoover believed that one of the government's Cheif functions was to foster cooperation between compeating groups and interests in the society.
5. What was Hoover
he encouraged Americans to stay confident about the economy
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
depression deepend
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
he had the leaders of business, banking, and labor find ways to fix the problem without making it worse. He signed into law th Federal Home Loan Bank act, which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure.
they made a group called the Bonus Army
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Twenties Woman
Read Chapter 21-2 and answer the following questions. pg.646
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Cut their hair into bobs and wore their dresses an inch above the knees.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
They started smoking and drinking in public.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Flapper and
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
There were "women's professions" which gave them a job with paid employment.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
They were able to get information about birth-control and technological innovations simplified household labor.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Cut their hair into bobs and wore their dresses an inch above the knees.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
They started smoking and drinking in public.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Flapper and
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
There were "women's professions" which gave them a job with paid employment.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
They were able to get information about birth-control and technological innovations simplified household labor.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
Read Chapter 20-1 beginning on page 618
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
They thought that he was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations, and decided 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 harass any group unlike themselves.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Its criminal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
The Red Scare made people suspicious of foreigners and immigrants, and they both were italian immigrants and anarchists.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
There was no right to strike against the public's safety.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He saved Boston/the nation from communism and anarchy.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
They were able to hire other people while the striking workers walked out.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
He gave them eight-hour days, but the steelworkers still remained without a union.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
They thought that he was just looking for a campaign issue to gain support for his presidential aspirations, and decided 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 harass any group unlike themselves.
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
Its criminal activity.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
The Red Scare made people suspicious of foreigners and immigrants, and they both were italian immigrants and anarchists.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
There was no right to strike against the public's safety.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He saved Boston/the nation from communism and anarchy.
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
They were able to hire other people while the striking workers walked out.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
He gave them eight-hour days, but the steelworkers still remained without a union.
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