The Wall Street Crash was an important cause of the Great Depression.
The Wall Street Crash consisted of tariffs and war debt policies,that cut down the foreign market for American goods, a crisis in the farm sector,the availability for easy credit, an unequal distribution of income. The Hawley- Smoot Tariff
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression
1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
People who had bought stocks on credit went in debt because the prices plummeted.
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)
New inventions such as hydroelectric power,fuel and oil, and natural gas took place of coal and lumber mining. Railroads lost profit because cars and buses were being built. During WWI prices rose and farmers were taken out loans to buy more tools to harvest more grain because people needed more grain. But the farmers were going in to debt because they could not pay off there loans and they were making more crops than they could sell.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
Tarrifs and war debt polocies that would cut down foreign markets for American goods.
A crisis in the farm sector.
The availability for easy credit.
An unequal destribution of income.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover's philosophy was that Americans have to take care of themselves and there families and not depend on the gov. to bail them out by giving them loans.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
Hoover's reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 was that he needed to help the Americans but he could not solve the economic problem.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
The economic situation was the Great Depression.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
People went to durastic measures to make the gov., stores, and bussiness increase there prices by burning crops, dumping milk on the sides of roads, some people refused to work, and people blockaded roads so no food could be transported in or out of towns.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Hoover did what the American people wanted him to do and that was that he would lower the prices. He did this by making the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Recon
struction Finance Corporation which failed.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
The economy did not change as quickly as it should of. The smaller bussinesses would not recieve the money from the larger bussinesses until it was too late.
People who had bought stocks on credit went in debt because the prices plummeted.
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)
New inventions such as hydroelectric power,fuel and oil, and natural gas took place of coal and lumber mining. Railroads lost profit because cars and buses were being built. During WWI prices rose and farmers were taken out loans to buy more tools to harvest more grain because people needed more grain. But the farmers were going in to debt because they could not pay off there loans and they were making more crops than they could sell.
3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
Tarrifs and war debt polocies that would cut down foreign markets for American goods.
A crisis in the farm sector.
The availability for easy credit.
An unequal destribution of income.
4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover's philosophy was that Americans have to take care of themselves and there families and not depend on the gov. to bail them out by giving them loans.
5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
Hoover's reaction to the stock market crash of 1929 was that he needed to help the Americans but he could not solve the economic problem.
6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
The economic situation was the Great Depression.
7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
People went to durastic measures to make the gov., stores, and bussiness increase there prices by burning crops, dumping milk on the sides of roads, some people refused to work, and people blockaded roads so no food could be transported in or out of towns.
8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Hoover did what the American people wanted him to do and that was that he would lower the prices. He did this by making the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and the Recon
struction Finance Corporation which failed.
9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
The economy did not change as quickly as it should of. The smaller bussinesses would not recieve the money from the larger bussinesses until it was too late.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
The Twenties Woman
1. Note two ways women's fashions changed.
The Flapper
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women began to smoke and drink. They also changed their view on marriage.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Rebellion and Equality
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
Factories, offices, stores,and professions.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Machinery and products.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Teens rebelled against their parents, peer-pressure, the stress of woman's jobs.
The Flapper
2. Note two ways women's social behavior changed.
Women began to smoke and drink. They also changed their view on marriage.
3. Note two words that describe the attitude reflected by these changes.
Rebellion and Equality
4. Note one way women's work opportunities improved.
Factories, offices, stores,and professions.
5. Note two ways women's home and family life improved.
Machinery and products.
6. Note three negative effects that accompanied women's changing roles in the 1920s.
Teens rebelled against their parents, peer-pressure, the stress of woman's jobs.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Prohibition and the Scopes Trial
The Volstead Act is stupid because taking away something like alcohol will not solve every problem in the world. How can someone believe that alcohol alone leads to crime, wife and child abuse. Yes it may help but these things can happen even if your not intoxicated. Taking something away from someone causes trouble like rebellion, strikes, and people have the right to stand up and explain what they believe. If they believe that you cant take away alcohol then they can believe it. Taking away something from someone just makes them angry. The government cant take all the alcohol away but they can limit, and enforce places not to sell it or have possession of it. People will ignore the law and find ways to get around it like making it themselves, selling, purchasing it where it is legal. This also involved breaking the law and caused crime.
The Scopes Trial is also stupid but I believe that this law is right because parents did not want their children who are religious that man came from apes. This is talking down to the Bible in the way man was created. The problem is that evolution is a theory and can be interpreted in many ways and not everything is supposed to be taken literally.
The Scopes Trial is also stupid but I believe that this law is right because parents did not want their children who are religious that man came from apes. This is talking down to the Bible in the way man was created. The problem is that evolution is a theory and can be interpreted in many ways and not everything is supposed to be taken literally.
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