Social progress

In 1929, the notorious Black Thursday triggered the Great Depression, which was an economic downturn in the US during the 20th century. Two long-term causes of the depression were the Dust Bowl that led to agricultural downfall and the decline of consumerism that led to the crash of companies and employment. In 1928, Hoover was elected. However, when the depression started, Hoover did not bolster his failing nation because of his own beliefs, which were rugged individualism which is how citizens…

DEBATE REFLECTION Prompt: Write a reflection discussing how you felt about the debate (FDR the president we needed of the dictator we allowed to take control) and the structure then we want you to give us the position you agree with the most. As always provide evidence and this will be stapled to your notes at the end of class!!! Have a good weekend. The film that I associate with my feelings towards the FDR debate would be Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens. I like Star Wars. I haven’t…

are made up of a great mixture of different ethnic groups and cultures that have contributed to the formation of American values1. The response to the Great Depression brought along the New Deal which involved the implementation of a succession of social and economic programs that were enacted by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The New Deal programs primarily fixated on the “relief” of redundancy and the underprivileged, “recovery” by helping the economy regain strength and “reform” to…

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…

The great Depression Imagine, you have a wonderful life with no problems other than having to get out of your squishy bed in your apartment in the morning, and driving your brand new car to work. Then, one day, your life takes a faster turn than a tornado. Your having to work all of the time with aches and pains, and you never have any free time. You can barely pay your bills, for you lost all of your money as if someone took all of the money you used to have and set it ablaze. This was the…

An artist is struggling to make a living; she has two children who cannot predict when their next meal is. The artist heard that the WPA (the Works Progress Administration) was funding for the arts as part of a relief program. She was ecstatic to hear she could finally obtain a job to provide for her family. This artist was put in the position of poverty because after WWI, the economy was booming and the American society went through a prosperous period known as the Roaring 20s. In 1929, there…

What if theater was free to the public? I encourage you to go look up prices to Hamilton in order to really appreciate this concept. What if performance art was no longer limited to the few for whom it is was financially feasible to throw away a couple hundred dollars on a theater ticket. The Federal Theater Project not only made theater available to all, regardless of economic status, but also employees over 10,000 artists suffering from the Great Depression. The Federal Theater Project was…

The unbelievable news was on the radio. You had heard it but you didn’t believe it was true. The stock market had crashed. People were hysterical. The lines at all of the banks were as long as the eye could see. The people living in this time period were just beginning to experience the awful roller coaster their lives would be. In 1929 the Stock Market crashed. which led to the Great Depression. Roosevelt passed the first New Deal in 1933 and it ended in 1935. The Second New Deal started in…

This poster conveys the popular belief at the time, that a woman’s primary role is in the household. The purpose of The Works Progress Administration was to employ millions of individuals for projects specifically in the construction sector. However, this poster implies that a woman had no place in the work sphere outside of the household. Furthermore, the fact that it states that…

The years from 1929 to 1939 were some of the hardest years to live in during American history. This time period is known as The Great Depression. After the stock market crashed in October of 1929, millions of investors were wiped out. Consumer spending began to plummet causing a domino effect across the nation. Once consumer spending began to decline so did investment which eventually led to unemployment levels rising as companies started failing. By the year 1933 the unemployment rate rose to…