Great Depression in the United States

The Great Depression was a time for America that was in poverty. US citizens were homeless and jobless. Two long term effects of the Great Depression were the farming situation and bank. Before the Depression, a lot of farmers were over producing crops. This was for the war effort to support all the soldiers fighting. Farmers wanted to keep growing crops; they did this by removing all the weeds and grass to farm more crops. However the soil’s nutrients were all gone and unable to grow…

President John F. Kennedy's Speech As the United States was emerging from recession, President John F. Kennedy held a news conference to articulate the involvement of steel corporations and their effect on stable prices and wages. As stated by Kennedy, citizens of America were told they have a right to expect “a higher sense of business responsibility” (103-105) for their country. To enhance his ideas for America’s steel prices, Kennedy uses a variety of rhetorical strategies including:…

the country from the Great Depression; however, many others believe the New Deal hurt the country. No matter the view, the New Deal changed America in a revolutionary way through the Glass-Steagall Act, the Civilian Conservation Corps, the National Recovery Administration, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, and the Social Security Act. The New Deal consists of multiple economic and political policies created by FDR in an attempt to benefit America during the Great…

Edwin Thomas Booth was a famous 19th-century American actor who toured throughout America and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays with his family. Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor, and the greatest Hamlet, of the 19th century. However, his achievements are often overshadowed by his relationship with his brother, John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Booth finished his hundredth night as Hamlet at the…

of this would be the modernist idea of the world as a wasteland and how it affects the setting, characters, and events of a story. “The Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck is a great example of a story that expresses the idea of the world as a wasteland. The story takes place during the Great Depression, a time of great economic instability for many Americans during the 1930s. This time period allows the idea of a world as a wasteland to really take effect since the living conditions were so…

In Document B it says though written in 1485, which was during the Renaissance period, these lines carry a message right out of the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages was dark and focused on sin and death. The Renaissance was light and focused on how great mankind was. In Hamlet it says “in action how like an angel! In apprehension how like a god! The beauty of the world! The paragon of animals!” In this excerpt Shakespeare is comparing people to angels and gods. These works set society of today on a…

In the Latin America area, physical geography has played an important role in the economic development in Latin America. The Latin America area consists of the entire continent of South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Islands. (Background Info.) These lands were once civilized by the Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. (Doc 1) After the Inca civilization had almost left, the population dropped 16 million people from 1532 - 1608. (Doc 2) The Inca civilized in the more…

President Roosevelt took office. The main purpose of FERA was to provide states with grants and funds in order to fund the needs of the states. Such needs included relief measures, providing work for people who were able to work, and diversifying the relief programs that were already available. FERA was an executive order put forth by President FDR and was presided over by Harry Hopkins, whom had led the previous New York State Temporary Emergency Relief Administration. However, FERA was…

Black Blizzard is about dust storms that were ravaging areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, and Colorado. The Dust storms were extremely loud, over 7,000 feet tall they turned the sky black and they killed lots of animals. The areas mentioned were hit by hundreds of the storms. The storms destroyed land and crops, forcing people to move. Together these storms made one of the worst natural disasters. From 1900-1930 it was popular to buy plots of land and farm there. Crops were already…

The plot took place during the Great Depression. A man named Jimmy Braddock was struggling to pay the bills and take care of his wife and kids. He had no job because he was injured. He was even forced to go on public relief. His career seemed to be over. The only thing he cared about was his family. In order to help his family, he returned to the ring. No one thought he had a chance but he kept winning. Then he did what was least expected and versed the heavyweight champ Max Baer,who is known…