today we talked about martin luther king jr.
then blog discussions:
psychological effects:
the sucide rate increase up to 30%
many people were sent to mental hospitals
people didn't like their new life styles
a positive thing would be that people would help others
no one could really show off what they had
hoover's background:
august 10 from iowa
parents died when he was 9
lived with his uncle and moved around a lot
31st president
before president he was an author and a mining engineer
in his election he easily won the republican votes
he got blamed a lot for the things happening in the great depression but he tried to help
he was a humanitarian
he didn't win the reelection
hoover's philosophy:
he believed that the gov't should not directly help people
he helped out ppl by having small group organizations help the poor; not the gov't's job
he wanted to find solutions so he called in business people
1. rugged individualism- people had to make their way for themselves; get a good education
2. laissez-faire- gov't should stay out of business; the less government the better
3. trickle-down theory- give tax breaks to the rich and it will eventually trickle down to help the poor
made it seem like hoover couldn't care less about you
boulder dam project:\
also known as the hoover dam
close to las vegas
made to help irigation, prevent floods, and produce hydroelectric power
it also created a lot of jobs
people died while making it; 112
big tourist attraction
the election of the senate:
many people were getting tired of hoover
so ppl voted democrat
republicans only had one vote in senate
you could see what was going to happen in th coming election
hoover takes action:
tried a lot of different things
tried to recover banking systems; make one big bank that went to smaller banks; didn't work very well
measures he was taking didn't really help at all
federal home loan bank act- lowered payments on homes and farms
the reconstruction finance corporation- gave billions of dollars to state and local gov't and banks; they were supposed to try and create jobs for people (trickle down theory)
it was unpresident and it wasn't enough to change anything; too little, too late
he wanted to be reelected
national credit corporation- lending money to banks to get them going again
boulder dam project
bonus army:
1932
ex ww1 veterans
they were going to be given a bunch of money
they tried to get the money
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