Black Tuesday

The event known as “Black Tuesday”, was when the American stock market crashed and this lead to an hopeless downfall known as The Great Depression in the United States which started on October 1929. During this time the president was Herbert Hoover and he strongly believed that if people had patience and the ability to be independent that the results will end fine. The year, 1932 was remembered as the hardest year during The Great Depression because almost everyone was unemployed. Farms and Banks were two long term causes of The Great Depression. To start off with farms, many farmers were having a hard time before the Depression. Mostly because they were farming too much and farm products were too low. In addition, the Dust Bowl gave farmers …show more content…
One million undernourished children was one success to the New Deal. In Document 6 it quotes, “...the WPA is making it possible for many underprivileged children…(Woodward).” This document was a speech given by Ellen Woodward, Assistant Administrator for WPA. WPA also known as Works Progress Administration helped children without food and benefited them with well balanced meals. WPA was a program that was a success during the New Deal because many families were having hard time with supplying food for their families. By WPA helping out tremendously with feeding children, they were preparing them to be healthy citizens of the future. Continuing on, segregation camps helped better the unemployed and this program was known as the CCC. CCC is short for Civilian Conservation Corps; many people also had a hard times during The Depression so the CCC was useful because the New Deal gave people work to bring money into the family to survive day by day. In Document 7 which is a secondary source it quotes, “... and the Civilian Conservation Corps maintained segregation camps(online textbook).” Also, the CCC provided relief to people because it provided a job program and earn shelter with clothes and food. Lastly, another program that was success to the New Deal was commonly known as SSA. The Social Security Act provided welfare to many people with disabilities, children, and elders. In Document 8, “Over time, the monthly payments have risen along with the cost of living.” In other words the amount of money given by social security have went up but so did the the cost of living. This program was a success for the New Deal because the people were disabled even kids or elderly, they would not be able to work but SSA provided them money for their