1930s by Natalie Larsson

Criteria

01nlarsson — 2015-10-22 17:22:34 UTC

Write about what you learned. Use paraphrasing, chunking, and parentheticals to show I have learned this skill.

01nlarsson — 2015-10-22 17:38:58 UTC

infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fcpstjhs?db=ncnp

or LBRT, SMIT, TTDA

Education

01nlarsson — 2015-10-22 17:39:42 UTC

Prior to the 1930s, education in the United States thrived, but as poverty from the depression set in, the priority of education lessened and the quality of education declined drastically. The main funding for the school system was provided by upper class business men, but once the economy failed, business men had no money and America could "no longer afford universal public education" (The 1930s Education: Overview). The "substandard education was given to blacks", however because they were deemed incapable of learning on the same level whites could. In several circumstances, there was no room in the budget to afford the costs of building two public schools. According to America's Black Holocaust Museum, "If a town did not have enough money for two separate schools, they built only one school - for white children." The race and social class barriers limited the potential of the so-called substandard citizens, and the limited funding for public education reduced their chances further. The push for education to be an equal opportunity was a minor priority until after the economic structure stabilized with the United States' entrance to World War II

Economy

01nlarsson — 2015-10-22 17:46:24 UTC

During the 1930s, the United States of America was poverty-stricken due to a time period commonly referred to as "The Great Depression". "Panic Selling" ("Great Depression") stock shares caused the stock market value to plummet, and after other contributions such as "banking panics" (when customers lose faith in banks and demand for their money) the american economic structure collapsed. Unemployment rates hit an all time high and extreme deflation made it difficult for families to afford goods. The deflation left "one out of every four workers unemployed". To accommodate for the millions of people out of work, services were set up to provide for those without jobs or money. However, "services, both private or public, were stretched by the starving, sick, homeless and unemployed." ("Great Depression in Alabama"). Many corporations suffered to provide the vast amount of poverty-stricken citizens. The onset of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "new deal" revived America from the worst moments of the Depression, and America's entrance to World War II created job opportunities that were non-existent before, pulling America out of the void of debt and slowly, but surely, reviving America's once thriving economy.

01nlarsson — 2015-10-23 18:03:46 UTC

Black Schools in the 1930s

"America's Black Holocaust Museum" (abhmuseum.org)

01nlarsson — 2015-10-23 18:05:34 UTC

White Schools in the 1930s

(304sophs.wikispaces.com)

Politics

01nlarsson — 2015-10-23 18:49:20 UTC

President Herbert Hoover was in office during the first half of the 1930s. He was elected in 1928 and served as president until 1932. When the Stock Market Crashed in 1929, his first reaction was " to allow traditional market forces to make correctives" (Government and Policies in the 1930s: Overview) to the economy. With no increase in economic quality over time, he took prompt action. However, his actions failed and America's economy fell deeper into despair; the blame was placed upon Hoover. In the election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Hoover by a landslide. Roosevelt managed to save what little was left of Americas economy by proposing "The New Deal". "The New Deal set out to bring relief, recovery and reform" (Government and Policies in the 1930s: Overview) to citizen of all race, creed and sex. The New Deal created a system of economic stability programs like Social Security. Roosevelt regulated the flow of money through "more rigid supervision of national banks" and the "seperation of investment and commercial banking" to prevent future collapses. Under Roosevelt's supervision America's economy repaired itself as the 1930s progressed, fully rectifying when the United States entered World War II in 1939.

01nlarsson — 2015-10-26 09:39:09 UTC

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States and President during the 2nd half of the Great Depression.

01nlarsson — 2015-10-26 09:40:55 UTC

Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States and President during the 1st half of the Great Depression. (wikipedia.org)

Racial Segregation

01nlarsson — 2015-10-26 10:16:53 UTC

During the 1930s, most public services were segregated. Blacks and whites were separated over the common belief that blacks were less than whites in academics, social status, and privileges. Most public services at the time were "separate but equal" (Racial Segregation in the South: Jim Crow Laws), including public transportation, schools, movie theaters and restaurants, but African Americans were often inferior. Services for African Americans substandard to those of whites. Their services were often underfunded or nonexistent. Jim Crow laws which were enforced at "local and state levels barred (African Americans) from... juries and legislatures (Civil Rights Movement). Aside from discrimination and restrictions on the use of public services, African Americans in the South suffered from lack of representation in the government and fair trials. In the Scottsboro Trials, a false accusation of 9 black men raping 2 white women, there was clearly enough evidence to prove the young black men innocent, however as they were tried by a white jury, the prejudices they held trumped the evidence. According to "Scottsboro Trials", "Despite evidence that exonerated the accused and even a retraction by one of the accusers, the state pursued the case and all-white juries delivered guilty verdicts that initially carried the death penalty." There were several instances where African American citizens were denied of their rights simply because their skin was darker than that of a white citizen. The issue of under-representation of black people was not settled until the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

By: Natalie Larsson

01nlarsson — 2015-10-26 14:51:05 UTC

01nlarsson — 2015-10-27 14:51:04 UTC

Social Services provide for those who could not afford food

(http://cdn.history.com/)

01nlarsson — 2015-10-27 14:54:12 UTC