To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples.
While the Wall Street was a factor of the Great Depression, there were many greater cause of it such as farming, industry, consumer spending, credit, and bank failure.
the wall street crash was risky because people were spending to much on credit. they couldn't pay the debts and the stocks were risky because they were like the lottery.
1. Farming
a. After war many farmers couldn't sell and pay for the supplies and machines that they were buying before.
b. many farmers lost their jobs
2. Industry
a. railroads were not used as much because of busses, and cars
b. coal mining wasn't used as much because of electricity can now be made using turbines
3. Consumer Spending
a. people were losing their jobs
b. people were buying less because of the lost jobs
4. Bank Failure
a. because no one was paying the loans back
b. they gave away people's savings to people that needed loans for the market
Friday, January 29, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
On Back Tuesday, the market dropped and the shareholder's dropped a record number of 16.4 million stocks. People who were stucks with stocks were often left in huge debt.
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
Railroads lost a lot of money because people now used buses and cars more frequently. Coal mining was also not needed as much because there was new advances in hydroelectric power and natural gas. Also, one of the most important ones was that the number of houses being built was declining rapidly, which made many people lose any jobs relating to housing, such as manufacturing and lumber companies. Farmers also foretold a great depression because after demand for wheat and corn fell after World War I, farmers found that they had too much crops and loans that they couldn't pay off. Americans were also buying less because prices were rising and they found that they didn't have a lot of money.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
The major causes were farmers taking loans that they couldn't afford, people buying less because they were losing jobs and had less money, and the sudden drop in use of railroads and mining.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover believed that the government shouldn't control, but find peaceful solutions and find mutual solutions between business and labor.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
He thought that to doubt the future economy's success was foolish and people should just go about their lives as if nothing is happening.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
In 1930 the situation was as bad as ever, with farmers even refusing to selling their crops and some even burning them.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
When president Hoover's time as president was up, the people voted against the republicans and into the democrats favor.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Hoover built the Boulder dam, his one great acomplishment. It would help make electricity for the US people.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts
The People started seeing Hoover as evil and was eager to get Hoover and his republican ideas out of office. The homeless started calling the newspapers that they used as blankets "Hoover blankets" etc.
On Back Tuesday, the market dropped and the shareholder's dropped a record number of 16.4 million stocks. People who were stucks with stocks were often left in huge debt.
2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
Railroads lost a lot of money because people now used buses and cars more frequently. Coal mining was also not needed as much because there was new advances in hydroelectric power and natural gas. Also, one of the most important ones was that the number of houses being built was declining rapidly, which made many people lose any jobs relating to housing, such as manufacturing and lumber companies. Farmers also foretold a great depression because after demand for wheat and corn fell after World War I, farmers found that they had too much crops and loans that they couldn't pay off. Americans were also buying less because prices were rising and they found that they didn't have a lot of money.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
The major causes were farmers taking loans that they couldn't afford, people buying less because they were losing jobs and had less money, and the sudden drop in use of railroads and mining.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover believed that the government shouldn't control, but find peaceful solutions and find mutual solutions between business and labor.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
He thought that to doubt the future economy's success was foolish and people should just go about their lives as if nothing is happening.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
In 1930 the situation was as bad as ever, with farmers even refusing to selling their crops and some even burning them.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
When president Hoover's time as president was up, the people voted against the republicans and into the democrats favor.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Hoover built the Boulder dam, his one great acomplishment. It would help make electricity for the US people.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts
The People started seeing Hoover as evil and was eager to get Hoover and his republican ideas out of office. The homeless started calling the newspapers that they used as blankets "Hoover blankets" etc.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Twenties Woman
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
Women started following the ideas of flapper, they wore dresses above the knees, and strings of beads.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women started dancing, smoking cigarettes, and drinking in public.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Often these flapper girls just seemed like a kind of rebellion, when the double standard was passed, this cause many women to go back and forth between old and new traditions.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
There was a great demand for "womens jobs" such as nurses, typists, office assistants, and librarians.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
There was new birth control science, and new inventions to make home life easier such as ready-made clothes, sliced bread, and canned soup. Also marriage became more equal.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Women soon discovered it was hard to handle work, and family, and teens tented to be more rebellious.
Women started following the ideas of flapper, they wore dresses above the knees, and strings of beads.
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women started dancing, smoking cigarettes, and drinking in public.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Often these flapper girls just seemed like a kind of rebellion, when the double standard was passed, this cause many women to go back and forth between old and new traditions.
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
There was a great demand for "womens jobs" such as nurses, typists, office assistants, and librarians.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
There was new birth control science, and new inventions to make home life easier such as ready-made clothes, sliced bread, and canned soup. Also marriage became more equal.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Women soon discovered it was hard to handle work, and family, and teens tented to be more rebellious.
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
Do you think the passage of the Volstead Act and the ruling in the Scopes trial represented genuine triumphs for traditional values?
Yes, it did present genuine triumph for traditional values because often in rural America they were very religious and believed that drinking, and the teaching of evolution was a sin. While they did believe that alcohol was a sin, they also believed that its cause wife and child abuse, crime, and accidents while working. What was partially true, but could have just been another excuse to bring down urban drinking and pass this prohibition was that it endangered peoples health. What was a big factor of why they wanted the prohibition was that during world war I, a lot of brewers in America were German-Americans, leading native-born Americans to feel prejudice against buying their alcohol. This was a big truimph for traditional values because it hurt the urban (the new) ideas and practices.
In the Scopes trail, a man by the name of John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution, but not in a religious stand point. he said that "creation" may be from cells, he looked at it from a science stand point. Fundamentalists were horrified of the thought of evolution and were out raged at Scopes for teaching their children this was, a sin. even though Scopes said that the bible may be interpreted in several ways, he was still found guilty and fined $100. The was a truimph for tradition because it stuck to the religion and gave no new ideas, such as evolution.
Yes, it did present genuine triumph for traditional values because often in rural America they were very religious and believed that drinking, and the teaching of evolution was a sin. While they did believe that alcohol was a sin, they also believed that its cause wife and child abuse, crime, and accidents while working. What was partially true, but could have just been another excuse to bring down urban drinking and pass this prohibition was that it endangered peoples health. What was a big factor of why they wanted the prohibition was that during world war I, a lot of brewers in America were German-Americans, leading native-born Americans to feel prejudice against buying their alcohol. This was a big truimph for traditional values because it hurt the urban (the new) ideas and practices.
In the Scopes trail, a man by the name of John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution, but not in a religious stand point. he said that "creation" may be from cells, he looked at it from a science stand point. Fundamentalists were horrified of the thought of evolution and were out raged at Scopes for teaching their children this was, a sin. even though Scopes said that the bible may be interpreted in several ways, he was still found guilty and fined $100. The was a truimph for tradition because it stuck to the religion and gave no new ideas, such as evolution.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Americans Struggle with Postwar Issues
After World War I, many Americans feared that Communists would take over the country.
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
They invade people personal rights and invade peoples person private homes and belongings.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
When Palmer couldn't find any explosives or anything dangerous, the public soon decided he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
People were afraid of the Red Scare.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Just because they were Italian, they were automatically doubted and arrested, Americans thought that their race proved that they must have done the crime.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The strike was seen as unpopular because it was viewed as an act of communism and anarchy.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He became popular for his putting down of communism and anarchy
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
It was unpopular because the workers wewre seen as communists for trying to join a union.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
With a plea...thats about it...
1. How did the Justice Department under A. Mitchell Palmer respond to this fear?
They invade people personal rights and invade peoples person private homes and belongings.
2. Why did Palmer eventually lose his standing with the American public?
When Palmer couldn't find any explosives or anything dangerous, the public soon decided he didn't know what he was talking about.
3. How did the Ku Klux Klan respond to this fear?
4. Why did the Klan eventually lose popularity and membership?
People were afraid of the Red Scare.
5. Briefly describe how Sacco and Vanzetti became victims of the Red Scare.
Just because they were Italian, they were automatically doubted and arrested, Americans thought that their race proved that they must have done the crime.
Public opinion turned against labor unions as many Americans came to believe that unions encouraged communism.
6. Why was the strike by Boston police unpopular with the public?
The strike was seen as unpopular because it was viewed as an act of communism and anarchy.
7. Why did Massachusetts governor Calvin Coolidge become so popular?
He became popular for his putting down of communism and anarchy
8. Why was the strike at U.S. Steel unpopular?
It was unpopular because the workers wewre seen as communists for trying to join a union.
9. How did President Wilson respond to the steel strike?
With a plea...thats about it...
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