TGD - How TND Affected Peoples of Color Pt.1

1. Why did Pedro Gonzalez become a Mexican-American hero?

He exposed racism against mexicans on his radio.

2. Why was Frances Perkins a hero for women?

First women to be appointed to work for the government.

3. What was the "Black Cabinet," and who was the leader?

Was to advised President Roosevelt's administration on racial issues and the leader was Mary McLeod Bethume.



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TGD - Programs of The New Deal

1. What was THE major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt?

Roosevelt would help

2. Which New Deal Program was most responsible for creating the most jobs and how did the program achieve this?

The WPA created new jobs for the unskilled workers.

3. What impact did  the Social Security Act have on Americans?

* It allowed older people to feel good after retirement.
* Unemployment compensation system
* Aid to families w/ dependent children and the disabled

4. Why was Huey Long against TND?

He thought The New Deal was inadequate.

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TGD - FDR & The New Deal

1. Who was FDR?

FDR possessed a "can-do" attitude and had a friendly personality and a high-level of confidence.

2. Who were FDR's carefully-picked advisers, and why were they important to the president?

They were a select group of professors, lawyers, and journalists known as the "Brian Trust." They wer important to FDR to help him strategize a set of policies for his new presidency.

3. What was The New Deal?

Gave the Americans a new better life and start over again.

4. What three goals did The New Deal attempt to address?

* Relief for the needy
*Economic recovery
*Financial reform

5. What was the first action FDR took as president?

Was to carry out reformers in banking and finance. So he closed all the banks and open the ones that can pay their bills.


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The Great Depression - President Hoover's Handling of the Crisis

Herbert Hoover, a Republican President at the beginning of the Great Depression, was ineffective in his response because

1. What are examples of how Americans expressed their anger and frustrations with Pres. Hoover?

Farmers burned their corn and wheat and poured their milk on the highway because the markets would be selling these things at a low price and some farmers stopped working and farmers blocked roads to prevent food from getting to markets.

2. What were Hoover's principles? The ones he chose to hold firm on?

Hoover refused to support direct relief or other forms of federal welfare.

3. Who made up the Bonus Army, and how did what happened to them affect Pres. Hoover?

War World I veterans and their families and they were being attacked with tear gas bombs and bayonets this made President Hoover lose the election to Franklin D. Roosevelt.



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The Great Depression - Hardships & Suffering

1. Describe the Dust Bowl; what caused it?

The Dust Bowl is a sand storm and it was caused because people took the grass off farming crops.

2. Describe how TGD affected: (a) children, (b) families, (c) women, (d) men, and (e) people of color.

(a) Children didn't go to school but, went to work in sweatshops. (b) Families stayed at home and by that families broke apart. (c) Women now had to work but, they got paid less and married women couldn't work. (d) Men would look for jobs on the streets. (e) People of Color had been racially violence by unemployed white folks.

3. Who were "hoboes," and how did they travel?

They are transients, people who wandered the country by hitching rides on railroads.

4. What was enduring effect on people because of TGD?

People would be saving things like for example they would majorly save food.

 

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The Great Depression

1. 94% of Americans made how much in 1 year?

94% of Americans made under $5,000 in one year.

2. Why is Wall Street important to America business?

The New York stock exchange was located on Wall Street.

3. If the stock market crash DID NOT cause the Great Depression, what did?

* Tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods.
* A crisis in the farm sector
* The availability of easy credit
* An unequal distribution of income

4. What of what you read is similar to what is happening in the Great Recession?

A lot of unemployed people and families going on bankrupt and becoming poor.

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The Roaring 1920's

1. What are some of the beliefs held by fundamentalists?

They believed in the bible and that the gods stories were true.

2. The scopes trial challenged what law?

The law of not teaching student about evolution.

3. The "double standard" created two different behavior rules for who?

It created two different behavior rules for women and men.

4. Why did Charles Lindbergh become famous? Louis Armstrong?

Charles Lindbergh became famous for the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. Louis Armstrong was famous for jazz.

5. What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture.



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Prohibition

1. What was Prohibition?

Was to banned Alcohol.

2. What groups were responsible for the idea of prohibition?

Social Reformers

3. What were their reasons?

Too much drinking can led to crimes, wife and child abuse, accidents on the job, and other serious social problems.

4. How did people get illegal alcohol?

Drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs known as speakeasies.

5. In your opinion, was prohibition a good or bad idea, and why?

In my opinion I think Prohibition was a good idea because it would stop drinkers from causing problems.




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