One Shot Deal

Herbert Hoover “Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity” this was said by president Hoover a man who tried to help America through its darkest times. Herbert Hoover was the 31st who helped other countries during World War I, and helped resolve the Stock Market crash. Hoover’s presidency was the first solution to the problems at that time, and after; he was a complete humanitarian,he tried to find a resolution for the Great Depression, and…

to fix all the ailments America was currently facing. He did this by enacting the New Deal. This is the name giving to the series of projects enacted by FDR to help the country. The New Deal is considered to be extremely important to American History. The New Deal was a standout historical event because it helped the lives of the American people. Some of the most beneficial New Deal programs were smaller ones. For example, in May 1933, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act allowed the federal…

do not exist because the government had created the “perfect” human that would only live to serve society. Brave New World is a thought provoking story that makes one question what is happening around them. Aldous Huxley questioned his and brilliantly wrote a novel as his answer. He gave light to the possibility that governments could one day abuse their power through our ignorance. Ironically, this occurred with Hitler not long after this book was…

20s saw some of the biggest social and political changes, changes that were very different from the ones desired the decade before. By failing to lessen corruption and lack of support for strong government, the dominant politics of the 1920s represent a retreat of the Progressive era ideals. When the 1920s began many progressives hoped their goals would continue, but in most cases it didn’t happen. One goals of the Progressive movement was to lessen corruption, but the 1920s witnessed more…

Document Analysis of 140. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Speech to the Democratic National Convention (1936) This document was created by a man who has worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Samuel Irving Rosenman was Roosevelt’s speechwriter and he edited speeches that the president had to recite publicly. This really makes me believe that Roosevelt really trusted this man. Rosenman was also a lawyer, even though he was very close to Roosevelt doesn’t mean that the author will be biased to…

The depression hit both America and Australia very hard. To recover from the depression American president, Franklin Roosevelt, developed the New deal policy. Australia, in regards to recovering from the depression, did not have an effective policy in place until 1932, by which time Australia had already felt the effects of the depression more so than other countries. Unemployment in Australia peaked at 30 %, however, unemployment in American peaked at 25%. In America, there was a wave of…

Living in the lower class results to many hardships in life. Growing up, Karpinsky seemed to be a typical lower class male during the Great Depression. He expressed his struggles to Henry and Anne while bursting into tears. Karpinsky told the wealthy couple that his “‘father worked himself to death for my future; my mother is dying, killed by the same thing. And now, college degrees and all, I can’t even get a job as a dishwasher.” (Vonnegut 231). This quote shows the struggles Karpinsky went…

blacks were being discriminated by the New Deal programs. They were given separate and lower pay than the whites, they were not guaranteed mortgages to houses in white oriented neighborhoods, and they were segregated into camps. Many programs were against the blacks and minorities, giving the whites special privileges. Secondly, in Document 6, young children were given one hot meal, only one, at schools. Children need more nutrients than the food from that one hot meal provided in order to grow…

If there is one court case that captured all issues of class, gender and race in the 1910s, the famous Leo Frank Case in Atlanta, Georgia, truly represents that. In the article “The Leo Frank Case Reconsidered: Gender and Sexual Politics in the Making of Reactionary Populism,” author Nancy MacLean discussed the turbulent court case, which was from the beginning, designed to find a Jewish wealthy businessman named Leo Frank guilty, simply because of racial hatred by southern whites, the growth of…

situation than for it to have never been done. One can confidently conclude Porfirio Diaz was a leader with the best intentions for Mexico as a nation, followed the liberal ideals with an early meeting with Benito Juarez, and had a very experienced…