Herbert Mullin

"This great Nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper." By Franklin Roosevelt in the ("First Inaugural Address"). Roosevelt used many verbal flourishes to encourage our people to rebuild America, and allow them to reconstruct it. He took action against the Depression using his words as his sword, and the strike his actions. He proposed new bills that allowed them to get up to where we used to be. This affected our people in no other way like Roosevelt. His words allowed…

families across America. The very thought is devastating. However, two leaders rose up to try to fix this problem. Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt used different economic and domestic policies during their presidency to reach a common goal: obliterate the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover came in as president with many ideas in mind to change the economic state the country was in. Herbert Hoover was the 31st President of the United States and served from 1929-1933 (Freidel and Sidey).…

Unemployment is one of the most important topic in the economic world not only in the U.S. but also in the world. It is so important that depending on how unemployment goes it depends on how people live and how a country functions. Unemployment in the U.S. has been a problem ever since the 1930’s when it first flared up at its highest unemployment 13 to 15 million people were without a job. This was all as a result of the great depression, what many believe was one of the worst and…

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…

In the excerpt, “Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography”, video “Disney The American Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt”, and article “Biography Franklin D. Roosevelt”, the author explains the hardships and challenges that FDR faced both personally and politically. Even after he was struck with Polio, he refused to give up his political career. Roosevelt joined office at a very hard time in politics when the Great Depression and World War II were going on. He became president in 1932, and is known as…

The Great Depression was an economic meltdown that began in 1929 and lasted 10 years. It was the longest depression ever experienced in the United States. It also caused drastic declines in output, high unemployment, and caused economic problems in the United States. It originally started in 1927, but by 1929 the whole stock market failed. In this essay I would like to talk about the reason it happened. (Bernanke, Ben S. “Nonmonetary Effects of the Financial Crisis in the Propagation of the…

FDR’s First Fireside Chat The fireside chats of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR), instilled an assurance and hope in the citizens of the United States (US) though the Great depression and World War 2 (WWII). In total he did 31 fireside chats during his four terms a president. In his first chat he wanted to assure the people that the stock market crash of 1929 would be taken care of and how he would take care of it. He was a poster child of servant leadership. He wanted to make sure that…

This investigation is important in its historical context because the Great Depression was the worst and longest economic recession in the history of the world. The Great Depression began in the United States on October 29, 1929 after the crash on Wall Street (Alchin). It lasted a total of ten years with the most difficult years being between 1932 and 1933 (Alchin). Everyone whether they were rich or poor, young or old, a farmer or a mother were deeply affected by this economic crisis. However,…

These shacks were made of scrap metals and broken things, and the ground inside was dirt or clay. The people would be kicked out of their houses because they couldn’t pay their mortgages. The name “hooverville” came from the president at the time herbert Hoover. Many states had these little towns that had up to 1000 shacks in them. Around two million people were homeless during the great depression and that included all races because of getting evicted from their homes. There were around 6000…

Allison Hegburg Prince 5th The Last Drop Is Gone In our world, it is hard to see the sun. Black smoke and haze fill the sky, and people wear masks to try to breathe. All of my classmates and I have heard our parents talk about “the old times” when they could see, smell, and live. Being children, none of us knew what that was like. We have all only lived in a world where most animals are gone, the sky is blocked, and people fight…