Monday:
voting test thing
Tuesday:
- test
Wednesday:
- talked about test
- started videos on the 1930's
Causes of the Great Depression:
- overproduction of goods
- under consumption of goods by consumers
- agriculture slump in 1920's due to overproduction
- High protective tariff policies of the 1920's
- taxes benefiting the rich got got richer, poor got poorer
- stock market crash
- banks closing
The Vicious Cycle of The Great Depression:
- companies lose $5 so they lay people off
- unemployment rate goes up and less people buy goods as income has dropped
- companies profits fall so they have to lay more people off or close
- cycle repeats itself
Thursday:
Hooverviles:
- Hoover was president at this time
- because of the poor living conditions they wanted to get back at Hoover
- so they named it Hoovervile
Breadlines:
- giving out bread and maybe coffee once in a while
- at that time, whites and blacks were separated
- only men went because men made the money so they brought home the bread
- if there was widows, the women were to afraid to go
- There wasn't welfare and people were embarrassed to go get a hand out
- they didn't want people to see that they needed a little help
African americans had worse than americans
for white women: give up bread for a man
Soup Kitchens:
Government didn't help support breadlines or soup kitchens, they were all supported by churches
Shared time:
- someone who used to work all day, would work until noon and another person would work until four
Hoboes Hopping Freight trains:
- Teens would run away from home and hop from train to train
- they felt like a burden to their family
- they left so their parents could feed and take care of the younger siblings
Selling Apples:
- people would buy apples and sell them for like 2 or 3 cents
- people who work for the day
- worked so they could have food on the table
Dorthy Alang wanted to help farmers by taking their pictures so the city people could she that their struggling more
Hoover Struggles with the Great Depression:
Why do you think he struggled with the great depression:
- individualism
- didn't believe in hand outs
- he rose the tariffs
- Hoover was viewed as uncaring and as a president who did very little to help with the Great Depression
- do as little as possible
1928 Presidential Election:
A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage--------everyone is going to be OK
Hoover's first against the Great Depression:
- Encouraged people to be patient, stay positive and volunteer to help each other
- federal farm board:
- stabilize prices and to promise the sale of agricultural products
- Norris--La Guardian Act:
- strengthen labor unions
Friday:
Herbert Hoover:
- Hoover Moratorium:
- one year halt on Germany war payments to France
- one year halt on war payments from Great Britain and France to the US
- Mexican Repatriation:
- Mexican immigrants were encouraged forced to go back to Mexico
- Revenue Act of 1932:
- Increase taxes so US government had money
- Hawley-Smoot Tariff:
- Raised tariffs to record levels
Reconstruction Finance corporation (RFC)--1932:
- gave loans to banks, state and local governments, and business to create projects/jobs for people
- gave states loans for emergency relief needs
Boulder(Hoover) Dam:
- Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) is located near Las Vegas
- the Hoover Dam project including the All-American Canal, the town of Boulder city, Highways, railroads and various other works, cost $165 million to build
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