Monday- went over forum posts. Test tomorrow over the 1920's key questions. Talked about today's politics. and did a mock vote
Tuesday- Test day over the the 1920's tomorrow start on the videos of the 1930's
Wednesday- looked over tests and started on videos over the 1930's
Thursday- talked about videos
Friday - talked about President Hoover
1930’s Topics:
1.-Causes of the Great Depression
1.) overproduction of goods
2.) under consumption of goods by consumers- no one was buying things because they were in debt
3.) agricultural slump in the 1920's due to overproduction - During WWI they had to make a lot of crops and they kept producing a lot and led to over produced products and Europe didn't want it.
4.) High protective tariff policies of the 1920's- The raised the tariff during the 20's and in the 30's. Hoover raised the highest tariff in history. We put a high tariff on foreign products so the other countries put high tariffs on their products and so nobody was buying foreign goods.
5.) Taxes benefiting the rich-rich got richer, poor got poorer
6.) The stock market crash- people lost millions of dollars, business and banks lost money
7.)Banks closing- cause and effect- because of the great depression banks would close down and people lost all their money.
The Vicious Cycle of the Great Depression
*Companies lose $$$ so they lay people off
* unemployment rate goes up and less people buy goods as income has dropped
* companies profits fall so they have to lay more people off
*cycle repeats itself
The Dust Bowl of 1935
- after planting so much crops for so many years, and not taking care of the soil and it was really dry a year.
2.-Impact the Great Depression had on people and our country
-Hoovervilles- shanty towns in the outskirts of cities. Called Hoovervilles because they blamed Herbert Hoover for making them live like that.
-people lost their jobs
-they lost their homes and life savings
-business and banks shut down.
-Breadlines- people were giving away bread and people would wait in line to get bread.
-Created soup kitchens
-Hoboes Hopping Freight Trains- teens felt a burden to their parents and wanted to find jobs and support their family.
-Selling Apples- people would sell apples
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3.-President Hoover’s attempt(or lack thereof) to help solve Great Depression
-Hoover struggled because he really believed in the Republican Philosophy, Trickle-down theory, Rugged individualism, Lazzie-fair, and he raised the tariff
-Hoover was viewed uncaring and as a President who did very little to help with the Great Depression
Hoover’s Fight against the Great Depression
* Encouraged people to be patient, stay positive and volunteer to help each other
*Federal Farm Board
-stabilize prices and to promote the sale of agricultural products
*Norris -La Guardia Act
- strengthened labor unions
*Hoover Moratorium
- one year halt on German war payments to France
-One year halt on war payments from Great Britain and France to the US
* Mexican Repatriation
-Mexican immigrants were encouraged/ forced to go back to Mexico so that
* Revenue Act of 1932
-Increased taxes so US government had $$
*Hawley- Smoot Tariff
- Raised Tariffs to record levels
Reconstruction of Finance Corporation (RFC) -1932
* Gave loans to banks, state and local government, and business’ to create projects/ jobs for people
* Gave states loans for emergency relief needs
* started under Hoover
*Not as successful as Hoover had hoped
*Dissolved in 1946 after WWII
Boulder (Hoover) Dam
* Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) is located near Las Vegas
*The Hoover Dam project including the dam, the All-American Canal, the town of Boulder City, highways, railroads and various other works, cost $165 million to build
* Why do you think there were a lot of dam projects in the 1930’s??
- Because it created jobs
- and it would create energy so then it would make money itself.
4.-1932/1936 Presidential elections
5.-Bonus Army
6.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
-The Golden age of movies
-Sports were really big. Olympics in the 1936.
- Fads were still the flapper girl, smoking, Pez candies
- Sports- Baseball, football, tennis, boxing
7.-Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal
8.-The Three R’s
9.-The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal
10.-Fireside chats
11.-The Hundred Days
12.-Deficit spending and “priming the pump”
13.-FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue
14.-Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend
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