February 6th - February 15th - Blogs

1.-Causes of the Great Depression

stalk market crash of 1929 - people were getting loans but could not pay them back - banks went bankrupt.
people don't have money - don't buy stuff - companies stop making - lay people off - people don't have jobs - less money.
overproduction of goods and nobody buying them made stores close because they were loosing money
the dust bowl - great plains only got 17 inches of rain and corn was only 70 cents

2.-Impact the Great Depression had on people and our country

less marriages and more divorce, there was more crime because of Prohibition and people needing money
the suicide rate was up a lot, schools were under funded and the dropout rate was really high.
there was train jumping to get from city to city for free, soup kitchens were popular because it was free food.
hoovervilles where homeless people lived outside of big cities, they disliked hoover thats why they named it after him.
People had gardens where they would grow anything they could get their hands on, and if you had a cow u were lucky.
most people used trading instead of paper money,

3.-President Hoover’s attempt(or lack thereof) to help solve Great Depression

Ag marketing act tried to keep crop prices from rising and tried to help finance farmers.
tried to give money to comporations to make more money

4.-1932/1936 Presidential elections

1932 election was F.D.R (D) vs Hoover (R) people hated hoover because they blamed the depression on him
3rd parties started to come around at this time
FDR won 89% to 11% he wanted to create jobs and government help, regulate banks, and make more government spending
hoover wanted to raise taxes and spend more, also raise terrifs and block trade
red did not like him because he wanted to use to much money

1936 election was Alf Landon (R) and FDR (D) and it was a huge landslid in FDRs favor
FDR wanted more police to stop the crime, he wanted to make opportunity for all people, and start Aid programs
He wanted social security, and to also help the veterans and farmers
Alf wanted less spending, and wanted to get rid of new deal.

5.-Bonus Army

it was about 43,000 veterans who wanted a bonus to help their financial state.
they wanted $1 to $1.25 for every day served in the military.
when the bill didn't pass hoover sent the military to escort them out.
they couldn't get money until 1945 but wanted it early to help them with the depression.
Dwight D Eisenhower was a leader of the military and wasn't suppose to follow them to the camp.

6.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads

green bay beat the giants in the Superbowl but it wasn't called the Superbowl yet.
Jesse Owens ( famous track and field medalist) Lou Gehrig ( first baseman for the NY Yankees).
jazz music was popular, Shirley temple, Roy rogers, and Bing Crosby.
Most households owned radios but the rural areas not many people had radios.
Popeye was a famous cartoon, college kids swallowed gold fish.

7.-Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal

FDR was born into a rich family, went to Harvard but never got a degree because he said it was boring so he left and went to politics.
he ran as a (D) for new your senate and formed an alliance with Lewis Howe his political adviser.
he wanted to run for senate but her lacked white house support and made to many enemies so he lost.
he made the hoover dam, passed the new deal, the work progress administration, and made jobs that way.
he also payed farmers so they could still make crops.

8.-The Three R’s

government gave money and food out to help people and they wanted to get buisnesses going again

9.-The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal

10.-Fireside chats

FDR gave speeches giving people advice on what to do and how to get money.
Talked over the radio and talked to the public.
It gave Americans hope and made people feel like he was talking directly to them.

11.-The Hundred Days

Beginning of the presidency and it ended the great depression
put 250,000 men to work and passed the new deals
trump is trying to ban people from the middle east and try to get illegals out of the country

12.-Deficit spending and “priming the pump”

13.-FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue

Wanted to get rid of the supreme courts unfavorable rulings
he targeted to get rid of 6/9 of the supreme court justices because they were stopping progress
he wanted 15 justices instead of 9 and wanted new justices to balance out the opinion and wanted young people because the old justices were old and had different views.
Didn't like the NIRA and put new control on oil and production pricing

14.-Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend

he wanted to make government projects for workers
Caughlin was a radio priest but he was predigest and blamed Jews for the depression
he didn't believe in govnt programs