My assigned blog topic is the Empire State Building.
City Life:
Most people didn’t have money to buy coal for heat. Thousands of people were put on the street. Many were working for pennies. Men also started hunting to provide food for the families.
Hoovervilles were named after President Hoover because they were just a bunch of shanty houses. They were near soup kitchens. They were near Central Park also.
Women worked long hours during the Great Depression. Many people thought they were taking men’s’ jobs. They also depended on other women to take care of their own children.
What did the U.S. government do to help alleviate the problems the Great Depression brought to our country?
Herbert Hoover believed in the Trickle Down theory, Laissez-Faire, and rugged individualism. He believed the economy had ups and downs and would fix itself. Under his presidency people were hired to build highways, schools, dam and other things. He wanted businesses to help each other. He created the RFC.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation supplied money to banks insurance companies, and railroads, so they could provide money for other people. It didn’t work.
The New Deal was economic policies to provide relief to Americans. The Firs New Deal helped businesses, banks, railroads, industry, and farming. The Second New Deal focused on individual people.
FDR’s presidency: many government agencies were formed: CCC was a program to bring relief to men who didn’t have jobs. The FERA worked with the state government to provide federal grant for relief purposes. The AAA raised the prices of crops to stimulate the economy.
Our group went and talked about what long lasting impact the Great Depression had on the U.S. and the world.
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