The Great Depression by lindsey https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression Lindsey Applegate en-us 2016-11-28 14:29:39 UTC 2025-04-24 10:35:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png Picture portfolio lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140183331 Create a picture portfolio of images from the depression (20 pictures with description)
https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/picture]]> 2016-11-28 14:35:17 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140183331 Read these excerpts about the dust bowl and write a reflection: lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140205563 I think its crazy that they had a 'bum brigade' to keep the migrants out of California cities. I like how it references the grapes of wrath (which I'm probably going to watch for points) when its talking about how desperate people were for jobs. It makes me sad, the horrible quality of life that they had to live in, that they would work for mere biscuits. I also think its sad that people who were farmers their whole lives had to give up farming because their land back home became un-livable. The mere idea of Black Sunday terrifies me. I am scared of the dark so the idea of a giant cloud of dust freaks me out. Its like a nightmare you can't wake up from.]]> 2016-11-28 15:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140205563 Create a depression vocab bank, identifying the key terms and people from chapter 8 sec. 1-3 ch. 9 sect 1 lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140830747 Herbert Hoover - The US President when the stock market crashed.
speculation - favored by speculators and investors because of their high-reward, high-risk characteristics.
The Great Depression - When the stock market crashed leading to a period of economic failure from 1929-1941.
Black Tuesday - When the stock market crashed.
HawleySmoot Tariff - Raised prices on foreign imports to protect american jobs and products.
dust bowl- Region of parched earth that causes dust storms.
hooverville- a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
okies- Dust bowl refugees
tenant farmer - Farmers that work for bigger corps rather than themselves.
repatriation - process of returning a person to where they originated from.
Localism- The theory that problems should be solved at city or state level.
Reconstruction Finance Corp - Government loans billions to railroads and large businesses and bankers to help trickle down economics.
Trickle down economics - Money put in the top of the economic chain will trickle down to the common man.
Bonus Army - World war 1 vets looking for their army bonus marched on Washington dc.
Douglas MacArthur - General that forced the bonus army out of Washington dc with teargas and bayonets.
FDR - Democratic president that succeeded hoover.
Eleanor Roosevelt - FDR's wife that would later become very involved in public affairs
New Deal - FDR's Plan to combat the depression
fireside chat - FDR's radio chats about his government plans
FDIC - Act that insured bank deposits up to $ 5,000.
TVA - Created a series of dams in the Tennessee river to control floods and generate electricity.
CCC - Provides jobs for nearly 2 million men.
NRA- Worked with businesses and set a minimum wage.
PWA - Builds bridges, dams and powerplants
Charles Coughlin- A catholic priest that had a radio show that claimed FDR wasn't doing enough to fight the depression
Huey Long - A critic of FDR's Plan to fight the depression from Louisiana. Wanted a share our wealth program.


]]> 2016-11-30 15:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140830747 Write a diary/letter explaining in detail how you may have coped with the depression lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140852804 Dear Diary,

Today is the second day since I arrived in California. I almost got turned away but because I am strong and healthy they let me in. I'm so happy to be away from the dust and darkness. I miss home though. I'm currently trying to find a job. Many of my friends work picking cotton, I am going to try to get a job there tomorrow. I need food. I don't have any money left to buy food, and my family is starving. Wish me luck getting a job tomorrow.

Lindsey]]> 2016-11-30 15:55:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140852804 Create a graphic organizer that compares and contrast president Hoover's response on how to handle the depression vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's. Who do you think had the better response? Why? lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140855561            HOOVER                      |                   FDR                             
Feared government              | Gave americans hope
interference would hurt        |
the economy.                         | Only kept stable and reliable banks 
                                                  | open.
Tried to cut spending and    |
raise taxes                             | Explained policies via radio
                                                  |
Did not fund relief programs| More people oriented
for the poor.                           |
                                                 | 
Encouraged private               |
companies to start charities |
                                                  |
Thought we needed to           | 
"work" our way out"                |

I think FDR had a better response because he gave the people relief. While I understand where Hoover was coming from, he just didn't connect with the American people or really help them at all.

 ]]> 2016-11-30 16:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/140855561 Research the stock market and answer the following points. Define DJIA, Bull Market, Bear Market, Buying on margin. analyze 5 times the market crashed…How does the stock market measure the economic growth of our nation? When and at what point did the stock reach it’s highest value? When was the worst crash? How much was lost? lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/141380899 DJIA - Dow Jones Industrial Average, stock market index created by Wall street Journal editor Charles Dow.
Bull Market - market where share prices are rising, encouraging buying.
Bear Market - a market where prices are falling, encouraging selling.
Buying on margin - Buying stocks on borrowed money.
The stock market measures the growth of the nation because the prices of stock depend on how good businesses are doing. Stocks reach high values at different times depending on the country. The worst crash was in the 1930s, we lost millions.]]> 2016-12-02 14:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/141380899 Create a portfolio of the sports or movie icons during the 30’s (10 people with pictures and descriptions of achievements). Write a ½ paper explaining the significance of sports and movies during the depression? lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142022744 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/sports
Sports in the 30’s had a big impact on every day life. The bright lights in the stadiums brought people from far and wide to watch. Baseball and Boxing were the biggest sports. African Americans and Women started to show in major sports such as basketball and track. Movies were also important. Without movies and sports moral would have been lower than it already was. They kept life bearable in the dark and damp 1930’s and provided a short lapse from work. Movies in the 30's were an escape from the terrifying reality that we lived in. Movies upheld the typical american values to show that they are not beyond reach. Family and love were common themes of movies in the 30's.

]]> 2016-12-06 14:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142022744 Watch the crash course history video on the depression and answer the questions that go along with it lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142544129 1. What are some common misconception about the causes of the Great Depression? 

2. What two aspects of the consumerist revolution were economically unsustainable? 

3. Why was the agricultural sector suffering after WWI? 

4. What action by commercial bankers led to unstable markets? (hint – it happened again in 2008).

 5. When would John Green argue the depression really started?  why? 

6. How were banks back then most notably different from banking systems today? 

7. What caused deflation? 

8. Why is it worse than inflation? 

9. Simplistically speaking, who or what does Green cite as the cause of the depression? 

10. What’s “pump-priming”? 

11. Who published a book on his economic theory about federal spending to support the economy? 

12. Hoover blames WWI for global depression, but Green expands that it’s a little more complicated than that. How did the after-effects of the war really impact world finances? 

13. What did the Hawley-Smoot tariff want to accomplish, and what did it actually do? 

14. What did sticking to the gold standard prevent countries from doing that would aid in the crisis? 

15. What 1920s financial practices negatively impacted Hoover’s response to the Great Depression, as it was no longer viable? 

16. What positive efforts/actions does Hoover eventually take (name at least 2)? 

17. Explain what the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was/did: 

18. Give a stat for how the Great Depression impacted African Americans harder. 

19. Name 1 of the 3 photographers/writers known for capturing the Great Depression: 

20. Why are questions on the causes and solutions for the Great Depression controversial in modern day?

]]> 2016-12-08 14:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142544129 +Read chapter 8 and 9 sect 1 answer the section review questions for all 4 sections. lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142544904 Chpt 8 section 1
4. The uneven distribution of wealth killed the economy because it made the poor poorer and the rich a little richer. The banks didn't have any money left to give to the poor. The rich wouldn't hire anyone because the economy was bad. If the rich doesn't hire anyone then no one gets money and the economy doesn't start back up.
5. The banks ran out of money.
6. Yes. People were spending a ton of money that they didn't have. This would eventually lead to a crash of one kind or another.
Chpt 8 Section 2
4. The urban unemployed went to factories for jobs and had soup kitchens. The rural unemployed looked to farms. They both needed food and money badly.
5. The okies took jobs from native Californians making the job crisis worse.
6. They blamed their president for not doing enough to help them out of the recession. 
Chpt 8 section 3
4. Hoover believed in a limited government which made him tentative to help people out of the depression. He wanted big businesses to help give jobs and he wanted people to volunteer for charities.
5. The depression didn't stop until after WW2, long after hoover had been out of office.
6. MacArthur hurt the Bonus Army with tear gas and riot police, which further hurt Hoover's reputation with the common man.
Chpt 9 section 1
4. Elanor could relate to the common woman and tell him what he needed to do to help the common person.
5. Hoover believed in a limited government where the help and relief is mostly provided by big businesses. FDR believed in a big government that provides a lot of help to the common man.
6. People wanted out of the depression so bad that they would only vote for things that were big nearly impossible promises.]]> 2016-12-08 14:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142544904 Study Guide lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142554795 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Flk02bAKRA8ggnLTpnkSW9w9e5iWYkcWAd5Q9uAcuno/edit]]> 2016-12-08 14:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142554795 Read chapter 8 and 9 sect 1 on the crash and the depression and create an outline of notes lindzapple215 https://padlet.com/lindzapple215/depression/wish/142561445
  • Causes of the depression
    • Prosperity hides troubles
      • Optimism sweeps hoover to victory
  • Problems Plague Agriculture
  • Wealth is distributed unevenly
  • Easy credit hides problems
  • The stock market crashes
  • The Great depression begins
    • Banks Collapse
    • Businesses close and unemployment rises
    • Tariffs add to problems
    • The depression goes around the world
  • What Caused the depression?
  • Americans face hard times
    • Misery and despair grip Americans
      • Searching for a job and meal
      • Descent into poverty
      • Looking for a place to live
    • Poverty devastates rural america
      • commodity prices plunge
      • farmers lose their farms
      • Great plains become the dust bowl
      • Desperation causes migration
    • Few Americans escape hard times
      • Depression attacks family lives
      • Minorities suffer too
  • Hoover's response fails
    • Cautious response to the depression fails
      • hoover turns to volunteeerism
      • Volunteerism Fails to bring relief
    • Hoover adopts more activist policies
    • Americans protest hoover's failures
    • Some Urge radical change
      • Some thought communism would fix the depression
  • Bonus army
    • veterans who wanted their bonus checks early, kicked out with police force and tear gas
  • Aftermath dooms hoover
    • no one likes hoover for hurting veterans
  • FDR offers relief and recovery
    • FDR takes charge
      • FDR overcomes obstacles
        • FDR got polio but survived and pledged a new deal for Americans.
      • Voters elect a new president
        • FDR is elected
  • First hundred days provide instant action
    • FDR swiftly restores confidence
      • FDR did fireside chats to talk to the common man
    • Reforming the financial system
      • Insured bank deposits up to 5000 dollars
    • Helping farmers
      • Gave financial aid to farmers
    • TVA
      • tennessee valley authority built dams to control floods and replanted forests
    • Providing relief and promoting industry
      • Civilian conservation corp created jobs for over two million young ment
  • Opposition to the new deal emerges
    • The right says its too much
      • Saying new deal made government too powerful
    • Left says its not enough
      • Saying new deal is a capitalist ruse
    • Populist's challenge FDR
      • Charles Coughlin accused him of not doing enough to fight the depression.

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