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The depression that began with the Stock Market Crash in 1929 shaped a generation.  Many would struggle to find work, food and shelter.  Still more would hope that FDR would show them the way to a brighter future.  Hundreds of thousands would be choked by dust storms bigger than anything ever seen before or since.  Others would leave their families, riding the rails, hoping to send money home someday.  These Americans would fight against hardship and Hitler.  They would rebuild the United States into the most powerful nation on the planet.  They would give birth to the Sixties generation.  They not only shaped a generation; they shaped the American century.  Here is their story… 

Note: This is a long assignment, expected to be completed over a pariod of days.  Each assignment is worth 100 points [300 points total]. 

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Text Analysis:
Describe 10 Facts & Research a Topic [Read, Describe, Choose, Research, Post & Respond]  Students will 1) read Chapter 24 in The American People (The Great Depression and the New Deal, Part One and Part Two) and AMSCO: Chapter 24: The Great Depression and then 2) describe ten facts (or statistics, events, individuals, issues, etc.) that represent some of the main ideas of your reading.  Students will then 3) choose one topic from their reading to research.  This topic may reflect any of the issues, events or individuals related to the political, economic or cultural aspects to the Great Depression or FDR’s New Deal.  Students will then 4) use the Internet to research their topic and then 5) post a descriptive essay concerning their findings (primary sources are encouraged and all sources must be cited).  Finally, students will be asked to 6) respond to another student’s post by explaining what you learned either a) from their essay or b) from their sources concerning their topic.  Your 10 facts and research topic will be worth 40 points each [80 total] and your question/comment will be worth 10 points.  Finally, your detailed response to a student’s post will be worth 10 points.  

Part II: 
 

Cast:
 Lewis Andreas | Dorothe Bernstein | Sam Heller | Jerome Zerbe | Robin Langston | Louis Banks | Emma Tiller | Buddy Blankenship | Jim Sheridan | Eileen Barth | Bob Stinson | Evelyn Finn | Dorothy Day | Max Naiman | Oscar Helein | Cesar Chaves | Doc Graham | Peggy Terry | Mike Widman | Arthur Robertson | John Beecher | Jane Yoder | Aaron Barkham | Earl Dickinson | Ed Paulsen | Vincent Murray | Larry Van Dusen

People:
Write a brief (1 page) biography based on your interviews and your understanding of the personal experiences of your character.  You may use ‘artistic license’ to add information as long as you don’t change the historical context of your character or the events/issues of the times. [Example: I am a 25 year old woman living in western Oklahoma whose husband left the farm two months ago in search of work.  The dust blows so hard at night that we have to cover our windows with wet towels…] [20 points]

Events
: Describe the historical events that have influenced your life during the Great Depression.  You may write a description in paragraphs or compile a list explaining the connections to your personal experiences.  Connections may be direct (personally experienced) or indirect (affecting the scenario around you). [Example: When the Federal Farm Board was established, we thought we could continue to grow more food to pay our mortgage, but no one was buying.  Prices plummeted.  We overproduced and were left with rotting crops.  Things even got worse when the Farmer’s Holiday Association tried to sabotage our food from going to market…] [20 points]

Issues
: How have any of these issues below affected you?  What is their relationship to the events you are connected to?  Explain in detail by analyzing the relationship between your experiences, historic events and these issues.  Choose a minimum of four of the issues listed here.  Justice | Patriotism | Racism | Politics | Economic Power | Rights | Prejudice | Gender | Equality   [Example: Hoover seems to want to protect the large farmer-owners and not the small ones. (Economic Power) Doesn’t everyone deserve to be protected from poverty in this country? (Equality)] [20 points]

Story:
  Randomly select groups.  Introduce yourselves and then create a story involving yourself and two others.  You may decide to either write a short story (4-5 pages) or outline a skit and then act it out in the class (10 minutes).  The objective of the story is to describe and explain the political, economic and social impact of the Great Depression through your collective experiences, but remember to have fun creating and/or acting out your story as well!] as well as adding feedback to each other's stories for accuracy and context. [40 points]

Part III:
  

Dear Mrs. Roosevelt – Letters from Children of the Great Depression
Source: http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/
Assignment: Imagine yourself as Eleanor Roosevelt.  You’ve toured most of the country, visiting injured factory workers, climbing down mine shafts, ate dinner with dispossessed sharecroppers and listened to countless stories of unemployed and homeless Americans.  You return to the White House late at night from another trip abroad to a small mountain of letters.  You notice they are all from children.  You begin to imagine the Depression through their eyes as you read their letters… Choosing three of the letters available on the website, write a response for each in detail both to the child and to the parent explaining your efforts & feelings. [50 points]

Photo Essay of the Great Depression
Source: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/depression/photoessay.htm
Assignment: Imagine yourself a photographer during the Depression.  You’ve been given a position working for the government documenting the effects of the economic crisis.  Your supervisor visits you one day completely disheveled and speaks to you in a hurry.  You have been asked to bring your photos to the President himself.  He wishes to know more about your work and how it may help him create policies to help the nation.  You have to select ten of your best photos and explain why they are symbolic of the times.  Visit the website and choose ten images.  Explain what message each image tells and why it is important to remember. [50 points]

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I am Cesar Chaves.

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Peggy Terry

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I'm doing Jane Yoder

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I'll do Emmma Tiller. 



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Eileen Barth

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Buddy Blankenship

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i call evelyn finn

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buddy blankeship

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dorothy day

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I have Max Naiman

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Dorothe Bernstein

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Oscar Helein

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dibs on

J-rome Zerbe

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arthur robertson because i was snitched out of buddy

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Dorothe Bernstein null

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Vincent Murray

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Doc Graham

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Part I

1.One cause of the great depression was bad government policies. The government put    high taxes on foreign goods so they put high taxes on our goods. This hurt us because Americans couldn’t sell excess goods to foreign countries. 

 

2.The CCC (Civilian Conservative Corp) was the Roosevelt administration solution to the problem they had with young people.

 

3.Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash of 1929.

 

4. General Electric Stock fell from 396 to 34 in 3 years.

 

5. Farmers were the first group to fall into depression in the 1930’s.

 

6.7,000 banks failed during the 1920’s.

 

7.when the European economy went down, so did America’s.

 

8.Hoover used the power of the president and the Federal government more than any other president before him to fix and economic crisis.

 

9.In 1930 more than 4 million Americans were out of work.

 

10.The Depression had little immediate affect on blacks and tenant farmers because they were already poor.



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C.Santos

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AP US History 1                                                                                               Curt J. Santos

Forum Assignment Part 1                                                                          4-310 3/6/07 A

 
  • The Great Depression was one of the longest lasting economic crises in the United States.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1933 and was faced with the challenge of ending the national economic crisis.
  • Many bank foreclosed on many mortgages on houses in attempt to raise funds during this harsh time.
  • The institution of sharecropping was demolished at the time leaving many African Americans without work or anything to survive.
  • Soup Kitchens were created to feed the public in their time of need.
  • The Dust Bowl was a gigantic disaster for farmers in the West because their crops would be destroyed due to the lack of rain. Dust storms would also sweep through the area picking up dirt and allowing it to travel long distances. Some storms actually dumped dirt on Chicago.
  • Black Thursday and Black Tuesday were the days in which the Depression really hit home because the stocks plummeted meaning the big industries were losing mass amount of money.
  • People were actually fired or laid off entirely from work and without any money they would be forced out of their homes and forced onto the streets.
  • During the Great Depression 5% of the population still held the most money in the U.S. while the other 95% was left out in the dust with hardly anything to live off of.
           *  The New Deal proposed by FDR called for government support to the national crisis. The government would take out money from its national funds to help support the unemployed and the poor. It also taxed the wealthy to gain money to help the average people.

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Part I:
My ten facts:

  1. Robert Symmonds was an example of what many young teens went through during the Depression. He went out to hitch rides like many young kids did.  He was eventually able to join the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), where he along with nearly 3 million other young men were able to find jobs in governmental positions.
  2. The Great Depression separated the current generation from the one that was coming.
  3. Many people didn’t think that the economy would suffer as much as it did. The General Electric stock went from selling 396 stocks in 1929 to going down to 34 in 1932.
  4. By 1932 almost one out of every four American was out of work and almost half of industry had come down to a halt.
  5. Many farmers didn’t have enough money to buy the goods that they made.  Prices didn’t go down during this Depression.
  6. The stock market crash showed the financial and banking systems weaknesses.  During the 1920s, over 7,000 banks had failed.
  7. Also during this time, Americans and Europeans had mostly done away with buying goods from each other, which greatly affected both countries in a big way.
  8. Not all Americans, though, were directly affected by the Depression.  William Danforth and Joseph Kennedy were two men who even during the Depression were making millions by slowly selling their stocks.
  9. For many unemployed blacks and tenant farmers, the Depression didn’t really affect them because their lives were already so depressed.  They didn’t even really know about the Stock Market Crash because they only thought that the Depression meant people losing their jobs and banks having to close left and right.
  10. Many of the veterans that fought in World War I were among those who were unemployed.  So they wanted to be able to receive some of their bonuses for taking part in the war.  Then in 1931 a bill was passed in Congress giving those veterans the opportunity to receive 50percent of those bonuses to help them at least get by.


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Brittney Howell                                                                                       The Great Depression Project 1. In November 1928 an average investor who bought $1,000 work of stocks would have doubled his or her money in less than a year. 2. Millions of people did invest in the boom market of 1928 and millions lost their money in October 1929, when it collapsed. 3. The top 5 percent of the richest Americans received over 33 percent of all income. 4. The U.S. Gross National Product which was the value of all the goods and services produced by the nation in one year dropped from $104 billion to $56 billion in four years, while the nations income declined by over 50 percent. 5. By 1933, the number of unemployed had reached 13 million people, or 25 percent of the workforce, not including farmers. 6. The social effects of the depression were felt by all classes. Even those who had never fully shared in the prosperity of the 1920s, such as farmers and African Americans, had increased difficulties.  7. Hoover believed that the nation could get through the difficult times. He urged businesses not to cut wages, unions not to strike, and private charities to increase their efforts for the needy and the jobless. 8. In June 1930 the Hawley-Smoot Tariff was passed by the Republican Congress and set tax increases ranging from 31 percent to 49 percent on foreign imports. 9. By 1931, conditions became so bad both in Europe and the United States that the Dawes Plan for collecting war debts could no longer continue. 10. Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC). A Federally funded, Congress created government-owned corporation early in 1932 as a measure for propping up faltering railroads, banks, life insurance companies, and other financial institutions.

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Part 1

10 Facts:

 
  1. Half a million African Americans joined unions through the CIO [Committee of Industrial Organization] during the 1930’s.
  2.  In 1935 the Public Utility Holding Company Act was passed which attempted to restrict the power of the giant utility companies.
  3. On May 11,1934 during a dust bowl 300 million tons of topsoil and day quickly turned into night.
  4. Between 1932 and1939 there was an average of 50 storms a year.
  5. In 1925 the number of people over the age of 65 was only 5.7 million and in 1935 that number increased to 7.8 million.
  6. In May of 1931,the leading Austrian bank collapsed, by June the German financial system.
  7. In Chicago on Memorial Day in 1937 at the Republic Steel plant police fired without provocation into a crowd of workers and their families killing 10 people who were shot in the back, this day was known as the Memorial Day Massacre.
  8. The black unemployment rate was triple that of whites, and blacks often received less per person in welfare payments.
  9. The top 14 states in per capita expenditure by federal agencies during the 1930’s were all in the West.
   10. More then 350,000 people left Oklahoma during the dust bowl and moved to California.

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The bonus Army/ Dust Storms PART 1

1. IN 1931 a bill overriding Hoover's veto was passed by congress to allow them to borrow 50% of the Bonus dues to pay war veterans. In mid-june the senate defeated the Bonus Bill which left many war veterans to resign.

2. On july 28 in attempt to remove some of the Veterans Washington ended up shooting to veterans while the protesting Veterans severely beat most of Washingtons army. Hoover then ordered federal troops to remove them from the area.


3. The federal army when sent to remove the vets from the area torched the veterans tents and used tear gas for them to evacuate.  Veterans evacuated and shared their demands with the new president Roosevelt.

4. After the presidential election,with Roosevelt president, his wife Ellenor was sent to the veterans and pursuaded many of them to work on the roadway in Florida Keys that became known as the Overseas Highway

5. The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 ended up killing 259 veteran soldiers working on the Overseas Highway. After this horrid disaster Roosevelts veto was ignored making the Bonus Bill a reality

6. A dust storm on May 11 removed topsoil weighing 300 million tons and turned day into night. Cities kept their street lamps on 24 Hours and Many people were gettin ill from Dust pneumonia.

7. Twenty  "Black Bizzards" on April 14 1935 caused extensive damage turned day into night and many people couldnt see five feet in front of them.

8. President Franklin Roosevelt in attempt to restore the balance of the nation formed the Soil conservation serivce

9.  The Grapes of Wrath was written by John steinback to provide the reader with the classic study of economic heart break.

10. Many farmers were forced to move to California due to the massive destruction of the dust storms/dust bowl.  About 15% of Oklahoma migrated to California. People lived in their cars and used sheets to make tents off of the cars.


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The bonus Army  PART 1 Essay thing

      IN 1931 a bill overriding Hoover's veto was passed by congress to allow them to borrow 50% of the Bonus dues to pay war veterans. In mid-june the senate defeated the Bonus Bill which left many war veterans to resign.On july 28 in attempt to remove some of the Veterans Washington ended up shooting to veterans while the protesting Veterans severely beat most of Washingtons army. Hoover then ordered federal troops to remove them from the area.The federal army when sent to remove the vets from the area torched the veterans tents and used tear gas for them to evacuate.  Veterans evacuated and shared their demands with the new president Roosevelt.
After the presidential election,with Roosevelt president, his wife Ellenor was sent to the veterans and pursuaded many of them to work on the roadway in Florida Keys that became known as the Overseas Highway.  The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 ended up killing 259 veteran soldiers working on the Overseas Highway. After this horrid disaster Roosevelts veto was ignored making the Bonus Bill a reality



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Part 1:  Ten Facts

1. An estimated 250,000 young people were among the drifters who resorted to the often dangerous practice of hitching rides on trains around the country.

 

2. In exchange for their work, CCC workers earned $25 a month for their families back home plus $5 a month spending money for themselves.

 

3. By 1932, the median income had plunged to half of what it had been in 1929.

 

4. Two percent of the population received about 28 percent of the national income, but the lower 60 percent got only 24 percent.

 

5. By 1933, the number of unemployed had reached 13 million people (25 percent of the working people), not including farmers.

 

6. In many communities, farmers banded together to stop banks from foreclosing on their farms and evicting them from their homes.

 

7. Hoover created agencies and boards, such as the National Credit Corporation and the Emergency Committee for Employment, to obtain voluntary action to solve the problem.

 

8. Molly Dewson was a social worker with the Massachusetts Girls Parole Department and the National Consumers League and then became head of the Women’s Division of the Democratic Committee and then an advisor to Roosevelt.

 

9. Eleanor Roosevelt sponsored a White House Conference in November 1933 on the Emergency Needs for Women.

 10. The Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenancy Act of 1937 created the Farm Security Administration to aid tenant farmers, sharecroppers, and farm owners who had lost their farms.

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PART I

10 FACTS:

  1. Many World War I veterans lost their jobs during the Great Depression, and beginning in 1930, they lobbied for the payment of their veterans’ bonuses, which were not due until 1945.
  2. A bill passed Congress in 1931, over Hoover’s veto, allowing them to borrow up to 50 percent of the bonus due them, but this concession did not satisfy the destitute veterans.
  3. Within the next few years, Congress passed additional legislation that gave the federal government more regulatory power over the stock market and over the process by which corporations issued stock.
  4. It also passed the Banking Act of 1933, which strengthened the Federal Reserve System, established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and insured individual deposits up to $5,000.
  5. The Economy Act, which passed Congress easily, called for a 15 percent reduction in government salaries as well as a reorganization of federal agencies to save money.
  6. In 1933, most farmers were desperate, as mounting surpluses and falling prices drastically cut their incomes, some in the Midwest talked of open rebellion, even revolution.
  7. One of the most popular and successful of the New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), combined work relief with the preservation of natural resources.
  8. The furious legislative activity during the first 100 days of the New Deal helped alleviate the pessimism and despair hanging over the country, stock market prices rose slightly, and industrial production was up 11% at the end of 1933.
  9. The New Deal probably aided the West more than any other region. The CCC, AAA, drought relief measures, and various federal agencies helped the region to an extent that was out of proportion to the people who lived there.
  10. Roosevelt supported the National Labor Relations Act. Passed in 1935, it outlawed blacklisting and a number of other practices and reasserted labor’s right to organize and to bargain collectively.

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When President Roosevelt took office in 1933, he feverishly created program after program to give relief, create jobs, and stimulate economic recovery for the U.S. These programs were called "alphabet soup" as well as the "New Deal." Some of these programs included: The Emergency Banking Act/Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) which was created and on March 6, 1933. He shut down all of the banks in the nation and forced Congress to pass the Emergency Banking Act, which gave the government the opportunity to inspect the health of all banks. Next, The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was formed by Congress to insure deposits up to $5000. These measures reestablished American faith in banks. Americans were no longer scared that they would lose all of their savings in a bank failure. Government inspectors found that most banks were healthy, and two-thirds were allowed to open soon after. After reopening, deposits had exceeded withdrawals. The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) was also created in June of 1933. The decline in the industrial prices in 1930s caused business failures and unemployment. The NIRA was formed in order to boost the declining prices, helping businesses and workers. The NIRA also allowed trade associations in many industries to write codes regulating wages, working conditions, production, and prices. It also set a minimum wage. The codes stopped the tailspin of prices for a short time, but soon, when higher wages went into effect, prices rose too. Thus, consumers stopped buying. The continuous cycle of overproduction and under consumption put businesses back into a slump. Some businesses felt that the codes were too complicated and the NRA was too rigid. It was then declared unconstitutional later on. One of the main act’s passed was the Social Security Act, which is still in use today. This act established a system that provided old-age pensions for workers, survivor’s benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for defendant mothers and children, the blind and physically disabled. Although the original SSA did not cover farm and domestic workers, it did help millions of Americans feel more secure. These programs were based on federal agencies that had controlled the economy during WWI or on programs started by Hoover or by state governors. He assured the people of America that recovery was near, because of these programs, thus, increasing their confidence.


Work Cited:

  • http://www.bergen.org/AAST/Projects/depression/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression
  • http://www.amatecon.com/greatdepression.html
 

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PART I – 10 facts 
  1. The government began to help employ people, including artists who would draw murals.  Although this was an act of giving artists work and food, it also recognized many talented people

    2. Many boys 17 and older encountered Roosevelt  Administration's solution for the "youth problem":  The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC).  Over 3 million men found government sponsored work which dealt with government concervation projects.

    3. The CCC was known as Roosevelt's "tree army" because the corps planted trees covering more than 2 million acres, improved more than 4 million acres of existing forests, and fought forest fires.  They also worked on a wide variety of conservation-related projects in a nation suffering from deforestation, erosion, drought, dust storms, etc.

    5. The great depression changed the lives of all americans separating that generation from the one that followed.  An exaggerated need for security, the fear of failure, a nagging sense of guilt, and a real sense that it might happen all over again divided the Depression generation from everyone born after 1940.

    6. one of the main reasons for the Great depression was the stock market crash in 1929.    Goods declined and median income plunged.  At least 1 in 4 American breadwinners were out of work.

    7. At the sign of a depression, Hoover immediately took action.  Many people dont give him much credit, but he used power from the federal government to help solve the problem.  He called conferences of labor leaders and business men and met with mayors and governers and encouraged them to speed up public works projects.  He created the National Credit Coorporation and the Emergency commitee of Employment.  He even supported a tax cut.

    8.  Mexicans were not secluded from immigration into American, during this time many Mexicans crossed boarders into the already racial segregated US.  Just like African Americans, Mexicans were targeted because of their race and when the depression hit they too were not afforded any jobs and money for basic survival.  Some adopted Militant tactics to obtain fair treatment.

    9. The first New Deal of 1933-1934 concentrated on relief and recovery while the legislation passed in 1935 and 1936 was involved with social reform.  1936 marked the high point in FDR’s power.  But in 1937 the pace of social legislation slowed because of the growing threat of war and the increasing opposition in congress.
 10. When the depression hit, no body really called it a “depression”.  Instead they called it a “panic” consisting of economic ups and downs followed by prosperity.  This was known as a business cycle.  The depression in 1930 was much different from the panics of 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, and 1893.  It lasted much longer and caused more business failures and more unemployment and affected way more people – the middle class AND working class.

i have no idea if someone has the same facts as me.... if i do, do i really have to redo them???? 


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part 1. ten facts.

1.General Electric stock fell, U.S. steel declined, the median income split in half, construction spending fell, American breadwinners went out of work, and industrial production almost stopped.
2. The farmers were the first people to go into depression.
3. There was a tax cut enacted be Congress in 1929.
4. The New Deal was about the idea of the possibility that by putting a welfare state on the capitalist system, there could be a just society.
5. The Banking Crisis led to the Banking Act of 1933.  This Act insured individual deposits up to $5,000, made the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and strengthened the Federal Reserve System.
6. Between 1932 and 1939, there was an average of 50 dust storms per year.
7. More women occupied high government positions with the New Deal, but it didn't do much for poor women.
8. Radios, movie attendance, and literature increased during the 1930's.
9. Some technological advances in the home became a major outbreak, such as the washing machine and electric iron.
10. Sports became popular such as football, baseball, softball, and mini-golf.

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ten facts

roosevelts suport of segregation:

1) ccc was segregated

2) PWA segreagted housing projects

3) aaa drove blacks off southern land

4) refused to support civilrights biils, including antilynching bills and bills to sbolish poll taxes

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5) wpa employed 3 million a year in socially usefull projects

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6) more than 1.7 million farmers made less than $500 a year

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dust bowl

7) 50 storms a year

8) cities forced to leave streetlights on 24 hours a day

9) 3.5 million forced to leave midwest homes

10) many left to CA ,especially from oklahoma, okie became term for midwestern farmer migrants

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Part 1

 facts 1-7
  • The Civilian Conservation Corps was the Franklin D. Roosevelt administrations plan for the nearly 250,000 teenagers who were graduating from high school and had no jobs waiting for them.
  • The stock market crashed in the fall of 1929 leading to the economy going into a tailspin that would lead to a decade of depression.
  • Herbert Hoover did more that any other president to stem the depression by using the power of the federal government and the presidential office.
  • Not everyone lost money in the depression. Some people (like Joseph Kennedy – JFK’s father) made millions by selling short as the market went down.
  • For the great majority of Americans the Depression hit them hard. Most Americans blamed themselves for years about the time when they lost their jobs and let their families down. For example, when they lost jobs and had to stand in bread lines they would hide their faces so no one would recognize them.
  • After World War 1 the economy of Europe was in shambles. When the United States went into depression Europe followed leading to a world depression that left a great part of the world hungry and unemployed.
  • In Washington, D.C. a group of several thousand veterans took up residence outside the city and demanded their pensions which were not due until 1945. The president forced them to leave and go home.


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Jessica

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C.Santos wrote:

AP US History 1                                                                                               Curt J. Santos

Forum Assignment Part 1                                                                          4-310 3/6/07 A

 
  • The Great Depression was one of the longest lasting economic crises in the United States.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1933 and was faced with the challenge of ending the national economic crisis.
  • Many bank foreclosed on many mortgages on houses in attempt to raise funds during this harsh time.

Come on Curt ..^ those are facts I could easlily come up with ...details l0l




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for part 2 my topic is going to be migrant farmers of the dust bowl

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  1. After the stock market crash of 1929, the American economy went into a downward spiral.
  2. The crash went down so far due to the unstable economy created by the 1920’s seeming “prosperity”. Economy was imbalanced, as well as consumer’s purchasing power due to low wages.
  3. 2 % of the population received 28% of national income while another 60% (lower class) received only 24%. Americans did not have the money to buy the products they helped to make.
  4. Stock market crash revealed the instability of banking and financial systems
  5. World War 1 was also a major factor in the decline of American economy. Collapse of German economy & high tariffs reduced international trade. This lead to less American investments in Europe, and led to a decline of European economies. European imports slowed, and Americans bought less. European economy got along well without American products being imported. The decline of European economy was slower than that of the American economy.
  6. Herbert Hoover tried to battle off the growing economic problems by helping mayors and governors to create public works projects. The President created different agencies such as the Emergency Committee for Employment to receive voluntary employees to help solve the unemployment problems.
  7. Around 1,300 banks failed during the first year of the Great Depression.
  8. Marriage, divorce and birth rates all dropped during the Depression years.
  9. The fact that a stock market crash in America lead to a world-wide depression was an indication that by 1930, the United States was an economic world power.
  10. Hoover created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and helped by making loans to banks, insurance agencies, mortgage companies and railroad companies that were near failure. It remained the lead government finance agency up until WW2.


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250,000 young men resorted to hitching rides across the country on rail roads to find work.

 

By 1932 the median income had plunged to half of what it had been in 1929

 

William Danforth, found of Ralston Purina and Joseph Kenned, film magnate, entrepreneur and the father of future president, were among those who made millions of dollars by selling short as the market went down.

 

Between 1932 and1939 there was an average of 50 dust storms a year.

 

By the end of the 1930’s 10,000 farm homes were abandoned to the elements, and 9 million acres of farmland were reduced to a wasteland. 3.5 million people had abandoned their farms and joined a massive migration to find better lives



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Part 1 Ten Facts
-The US Gross National Product was the value of all goods and services in one year that the nation produced, which dropped from $104 billion to $56 billion in four years.  The income of the nation decreased by over 50 percent.  About 20 percent of all banks closed, and 10 million bank accounts were destroyed.
 

-The power of the Republicans and their dominance over the government decreased and eventually came to an end.  The Federal government began to increase.  People began to accept these changes in government because of the circumstances the nation was in.  
 

-Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930- The tariff was passed by the Republican Congress.  It set tax increases that went from 31 to 49 percent on foreign imports.  It was supposed to politically make US business leaders happy who thought that a higher tariff would protect their markets from foreign competition.  But instead Europeans made higher tariffs against US goods. 
 

-Farm Holiday Association- Farmers came together to stop banks from foreclosing on their farms.  They were being evicted from their homes.  So the farmers in the Midwest formed the Farm Holiday Association to try to reverse the drop in prices.  They tried to stop the entire crop of grain harvested in 1932 from reaching the market.  This effort did not succeed because of some violence that took place. 
 

-A thousand unemployed World War I veterans marched to Washington DC in 1932.  Their purpose was to demand immediate payment of the bonuses that they were promised to get in 1945.  Other veterans brought their wives and children and joined the other thousand.  Congress failed to pass the bill they wanted, and two veterans were killed by police.  Hoover broke up the army.  General Douglas MacArthur drove the veterans out of Washington by using tanks and tear gas.  
 

-Federal Emergency Relief Administration- offered grants of federal money to states and local governments that were operating soup kitchens and that gave other kinds of relief to the homeless.  
 

-The Public Works Administration- It gave money to states and local governments for building roads, bridges, dams, and other public things.  These construction projects also supplied people with jobs. 
 

-Agricultural Adjustment Administration- It encouraged farmers to reduce production by offering to pay subsidies for every acre they plowed under.  But it was later declared unconstitutional.  
 

-Federal Housing Administration- gave the construction industry and homemakers bank loans for building new houses and repairing old ones. 
 

-During the depression, high unemployment and drought in the Midwest caused a big growth in white migrant workers who began to push west in search of work.  Mexican Americans were forced to return to Mexico because of discrimination in the New Deal programs and the competition for jobs.


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kathryn

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PART I - My chosen Topic

How the Great Depression affect all the classes? 


or I might do Roosevelts New Deal.

I dont like how we have to race for our topics.  Its too much like Darwinian theory... Survival of the fittest - yuck

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C.Santos

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Jessica wrote:

C.Santos wrote:

AP US History 1                                                                                               Curt J. Santos

Forum Assignment Part 1                                                                          4-310 3/6/07 A

 
  • The Great Depression was one of the longest lasting economic crises in the United States.
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected president in 1933 and was faced with the challenge of ending the national economic crisis.
  • Many bank foreclosed on many mortgages on houses in attempt to raise funds during this harsh time.

Come on Curt ..^ those are facts I could easlily come up with ...details l0l




  • The Great Depression lasted for about nine years and ended at the time of World War 2. When Germany attacked Poland to start the war.
  • Franklin Roosevelt was elected president especially beacuse the people believed he was a great man but also because FDR was believed that as a nation they coudl pull through this crisis and get the U.S. back on track.
  • The banks that foreclosed were just trying to get the money they lent out back to try and keep the money and stay in business for the most part (which was futile). the People were left homeless and would often live outside in a shack.



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Kristen

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My topic will be the Dust Bowl.

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Tanya

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Part 1: Topic

Woment and the New Deal
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The Electric Home


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Jarred

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My essay is on the CCC

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L. Gonzalez

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Part I:
My topic is the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934


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Julia Greene

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Dear Miss E.B:

I am so happy that you’ve worked this hard to achieve an education.

 

I think it’s very important for a young woman to make something of herself, especially at times like this.  The struggle of women is still continuing but hopefully we can all work together to stop it.

 

Although I have received many requests to help families in need, I have enclosed a dress that was indeed my own.  I hope it fits right and keep on working to get those shoes! You’ve earned them.

 

Yours truly,
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt



To the Parents of Miss E.B:

I would like to take the time to congratulate you on having such a wonderful daughter.

 

She seems like she has a lot going for her, and I hope you support her as much as I do.  It is very important for her to get an education and continue to pursue a career, so don’t take that away from her.

 

If there is anything else I can do, please let me know.

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt



Dear Miss L.H:

 

It breaks my heart that you are not able to attend school because you do not have any clothes to wear of your own.

 

Although it is tough for me to give to everybodies needs, education is very important to me so I will make it on the top of my list to send you at least a shirt or two.

 

Hope everything turns out okay, and keep focused in school! Who knows, maybe you’ll be the next first lady!

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

  


To the Parents of Miss L.H:

 

Your daughter has worked very hard to become a well educated young lady.

 

Now let’s help her continue this.  She has written me a letter telling me that she is unable to attend school because of her lack of clothing.  I personally have donated much of my money and old clothes to nearby shops that you could stop by.  It is completely free, and you will be able to help your daughter out a lot.  Don’t let a minor struggle get in the way of pursuing your daughters dreams.

 

If you would like to know the addresses of any of these shops, or any other questions, feel free to return a letter or call my office.

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

 


Dear A.L.C:


I am truly sorry about your unfortunate travels everyday to help your step-mother out.  You are a very special young lady and you work hard to please your family, which I admire.

 

I cannot provide you with a bicycle of my own, but I will do my best to look around and use my power to request a bicycle for your working purposes.

 

If this doesn’t work out, I hope you will continue to help your family, which I assume you will because you sound like a very pleasant young woman. Keep up the good work!

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt

 


To the Parents of A.L.C:

 

It has been brought to my attention that you are facing a lot of trouble at home, and I am writing to give you my sympathy.

 

Your daughter is a brilliant young woman, who tries her best to help around the house, and I hope you appreciate this.

 I am also working to help your family out.  I will be looking around to help find a bicycle for your daughter to help her with her chores. 

I hope your luck changes around and that your health will get better. Write back if you have any questions or comments.

 

Yours truly,

Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt



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Brandi

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Topic: Different ethnic groups during the depression such as the Mexicans and others.

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sarah

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Im researching the Great Depression's effect on the rest of the world, and how this validated America as a major economic world power.



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Krystal

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my topic is technology during the great depression

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Jessica

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I picked Bob Stinson kk

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C.Santos

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I got the Bonus ARMY

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