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Discuss the contributions of individual people (besides FDR) to Great Depression history.  Include names such as Bonnie and Clyde, Dorothea Lange and Francis Perkins.   

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Discuss the contributions of individual people (besides FDR) to Great Depression history.  Include names such as Bonnie and Clyde, Dorothea Lange and Francis Perkins.   

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Dorothea Lange was a photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary photography. Her powerful photos brought the conditions of the rural poor to the public’s attention. As for bonnie and Clyde,they were seen as a type of hero for the American people during the great depression because they  struck back against the banks, which many people viewed as oppressive. Lastly, Francis Perkins, Secretary of the Department of Labor, contributed during the great depression by establishing the Social Security and Fair Labor Standards Acts that said workers must be paid minimum wage and overtime pay must be one-and-a-half times regular pay. This act helped over 700000 workers.

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Discuss the opposition to FDR from the Supreme Court. What was FDR’s “Court Packing Plan?”  How did it turn out?

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Discuss the opposition to FDR from the Supreme Court. What was FDR’s “Court Packing Plan?”  How did it turn out?

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Franklin Roosevelt's politically motivated and ill-fated scheme to add a new justice to the Supreme Court for every member over seventy who would not retire. His objective was to overcome the Court's objections to New Deal reforms. Critics immediately charged that Roosevelt was trying to “pack” the court and thus neutralize Supreme Court justices hostile to his New Deal.

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Who were Huey Long and Charles Coughlin? What were their views on FDR?

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Who were Huey Long and Charles Coughlin? What were their views on FDR?

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Huey Long was senator in 1932 of Washington who preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs, which was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money Long proposed to give every American family a comfortable income. Charles Coughlin was a critic of the New Deal who created the National Union for Social Justice and wanted a monetary inflation and the nationalization of the banking system.

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Describe the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl in the American Midwest.  

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Describe the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl in the American Midwest.  

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The Dust Bowl was caused by weather pattern shifts over the atlantic and Pacific ocean, causing rain not to reached the Great Plains. This draught affected the American Midwest by causing crops to be killed off, dust storms, and farmers had to leave their homes due to debt and health concerns.

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What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)? Did it have a positive impact on solving the Great Depression?

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What was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)? Did it have a positive impact on solving the Great Depression?

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The WPA was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of people  to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads.

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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)? Why was it so controversial?

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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)? Why was it so controversial?

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The Tennessee Valley Authority is a federally owned corporation in the United States to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development to the Tennessee Valley. There was controversy because many believed privately owned power companies were charging too much for power, did not employ fair operating practices, and were subject to abuse by their owners at the expense of consumers.

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What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?  What was the intended purpose? Did it work?

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What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?  What was the intended purpose? Did it work?

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The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a United States federal law of the New Deal era designed to boost agricultural prices by reducing surpluses. The Government bought livestock for slaughter and paid farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land. The results were mixed. The act helped large farmers more than small ones and many sharecroppers and tenant farmers lost their place since large farm owners were planting fewer acres. In 1936 the Supreme Court struck down the AAA on the grounds that it was unconstitutional to limit crop production.

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What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?  What was the intended purpose? What impact did this have?

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What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?  What was the intended purpose? What impact did this have?

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a public work relief program thats purpose was to conserve the country's natural resources while providing jobs for young men. The CCC left a legacy of strong, roads, bridges, and buildings throughout the United States.

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Why did so many banks close down in the early 1930s? What did FDR do to save the Banking system?

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Why did so many banks close down in the early 1930s? What did FDR do to save the Banking system?

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Many banks closed in the 30s because their customers withdrew their money from the banks out of fear that they would close and would be left with nothing, causing the banks to lose all their money. However, the banks didn't keep that much cash on hand to cover all the deposits, and ran out of money. In response to this, FDR passed The Emergency Banking Act of 1933.

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What was the Bonus Army? Describe their March on Washington and how Hoover had it handled. 

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What was the Bonus Army? Describe their March on Washington and how Hoover had it handled. 

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The Bonus army were the veterans of the American Expeditionary Force. These U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. Hoover then ordered the Army to clear the campsite, and the Bonus Army marchers with their wives and children were driven out, and their shelters and belongings were burned.

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What were “Hoovervilles” and “Hooverflags?”  What does this demonstrate about Hoover’s Presidency during the Great Depression?

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What were “Hoovervilles” and “Hooverflags?”  What does this demonstrate about Hoover’s Presidency during the Great Depression?

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"Hoovervilles" were cardboard shacks sheltering homeless people in the parks and vacant lots of American cities. "Hooverflags" were empty pockets turned inside out. This shows that President Hoover was blamed for the Great Depression.

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What caused the Great Depression? Describe the Crash of 1929; is this only factor? Explain and defend your answer.

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What caused the Great Depression? Describe the Crash of 1929; is this only factor? Explain and defend your answer.

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The Great Depression was caused by the stock market crash on Black Tuesday where the bottom fell out of the market and more than 16 million shares were dumped on the market. This was a factor but the real causes were the cumulative consequences following WWI, the government's pursuit of reckless monetary policies, and the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1932.