Bellringer: Have a seat and relax

MONDAY, 26 MARCHOBJECTIVE: TO REVIEW THE UNIT V, SECTION 1 QUIZ, AND PREP FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

Bellringer:Have a seat and

relax

Agenda:BellringerQuiz make-ups?Video:

The Story of Us: Bust

Notes:Read pgs. 190-

196, to “Franklin Delano Roosevelt”

MONDAY, 26 MARCHOBJECTIVE: TO REVIEW THE UNIT V, SECTION 1 QUIZ, AND BEGIN FOR THE GREAT DEPRESSION.

Bellringer: Take a sheet of

notes from the back table

Have a seat and relax

Agenda: Bellringer Quiz make-ups? Complete Video:

The Story of Us: Bust

Notes:

Unit V, Section 1The Great Depression

Causes of the Great Depression• Stock Market Crash of 1929 triggered the Great Depression• Market inflated with speculation by people who bought on margin

• Overproduction and underconsumption- manufacturers made more than they could sell, which deflated the cost of goods• Demonstrated in farming• Caused an increase in unemployment

• Unequal distribution of Income• 1% of the population owned 59% of the nation’s wealth• The nation was dependent on the wealthy to spend

• Excessive Buying on Credit• Encouraged people to spend beyond their ability to pay• As economy slowed, people became unable to repay

• Bought less consumer goods

• Additionally• Weak corporate structure, weak banks, weak gov’t policy, and weak

int’l economy

WEDNESDAY, 28 MARCHOBJECTIVE: TO DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT AMERICAN

CULTURE ABOUT DURING THE DEPRESSION

• Bellringer:• Take pink packet and

a scrap piece of paper from the back table from the back table

• Have your book and the blue sheet with poetry and song lyrics out

• On the scrap piece of paper, list four causes of the Great Depression

• Agenda:• Bellringer• Cover Notes• Video/Song group

work

• Notes:• Read the rest of Unit

V, Section 2• Pgs. 196-206

President Herbert Hoover and the Great Depression

• He was a “Rugged Individualist,” believing that the people would fix the problems themselves voluntarily, rather than through the gov’t

• Made some gov’t programs to benefit businesses• Believed business success would trickle down to workers and

consumers• Business success= ↑ employment= renewed consumption= economic

recovery• Created public works jobs to ↑ employment and stimulate the economy• Failures• Refused to directly relieve the nation’s damage• Bonus Army

• Hoover refused to pay an early bonus to WWI veterans• The protesting veterans, know as the Bonus Army, refused to leave their

D.C. camps• Hoover had the US Army forcefully remove them from their camps• Right or wrong, Hoover’s reputation was ruined

Human Impact of the Great Depression• Unemployment reached 25% (it’s 8.3% as of January, 2012)• People became dependent on soup kitchens and the Red Cross for

assistance• The urban homeless built shanty towns called “Hoovervilles”

• Houses made of cardboard, tin and crates• Slept under newspapers, called “Hoover Blankets”

• Farms went bankrupt as food sales dropped• The Dust Bowl affected farmers of TX, OK, KS, CO, & NM

• Combination of extreme drought, extreme storms, and poor farming techniques created the geographical, ecological, and human disaster

• Many affected farmers had to migrate west, often to California• These migrants were called “Okies”• Represented in John Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath

• Culture- Changed, as people sought cheap and/or escapist activities• Games, movies, radio, music• Literature- Dos Pasos, Steinbeck, Faulkner, and Hughes portrayed different

parts of Depression Era life

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Thursday, 29 MarchObjective: To identify America’s general mood during the Great Depression, and to introduce FDR as an Agent of Change

• Bellringer:• Have the lyrics to “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?” out.• I have extras

• Have your book• Discuss and Notate on the lyrics• Who is the speaker?• What jobs has he had?• Where does he find

himself now?• What are his views of the

United States?

• Agenda:• Bellringer• Discussion on “Brother Can You Spare a Dime?”• Introduction to FDR

• Notes:• Today is the last day of the quarter.

SONG ANALYSIS GUIDEMARK THE LYRICS WITH YOUR ANALYSIS

Think of who the artist is representing, not the artist Who is the speaker? What jobs has he had? Where does he find himself now? What are his views of the United

States?

Why would political scientists refer to 1932 as a Change Year?What did the people demand in the election?

A significant cause of the Great Depression of the 1930’s was that

1.some banking policies were unsound and had led to the overexpansion of credit

2.a decrease in protective tariffs had opened American business to competition from abroad

3.a wave of violent strikes had paralyzed the major industries

4.consumer goods were relatively inexpensive

The Dust Bowl experiences of the Oklahoma farmers during the Great Depression demonstrated the1.effect of geography on people’s lives

2.success of government farm subsidies

3.limitation of civil liberties during times of crisis

4.result of the Indian Removal Act

What were two basic causes of the Dust Bowl during the early 1930s?

1.strip mining and toxic waste dumping

2.overfarming and severe drought

3.clear-cutting of forests and construction of railroads

4.overpopulation and urban sprawl

President Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression was often criticized because it

1. wasted money on new social programs

2. caused widespread rioting and looting in major cities

3. raised taxes on businesses and the wealthy

4. failed to provide direct relief for the neediest persons

Friday, 30 MarchObjective: To differentiate between relief, recover, and reform New Deal Programs.

• Bellringer (15 minutes)• Take a piece of scrap paper from the back table• Have your book and pink packet out• In the pink packet (pg. 11), identify AAA, CCC, FDIC, NIRA, PWA, SEC, SSA, TVA, NLRB, WPA• Use your book, pg. 199

• Agenda:• Bellringer• Relief, Recovery, and Reform•Which “R” is it?• Phil Davison

• Notes:• Have a nice weekend

One difference between the administrations of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and President Herbert Hoover is that Roosevelt was

1.unwilling to allow government agencies to establish jobs programs

2.unable to win congressional support for his economic program

3.able to ignore economic issues for most of his first term in office

4.more willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems

Franklin Delano Roosevelt- The Man• Tapped into America’s desire for gov’t intervention• Communicated to the public like never before• Used nation-wide radio broadcasts• “fireside chats”- radio addresses that spoke directly to

the public, and “sold” his proposals

The new Deal- The Plan• Had three main goals for his programs:• Relief for those suffering• Recovery of the economy, in order to return to growth• Reform of programs, in order to avoid future depressions

Relief- aiding those hurting now

• Public Works Administration (PWA)- Large scale building projects• Ex.- ports, schools, aircraft carriers, etc.

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)- Hired young men to conserve natural resources

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)- Provided jobs to 25% of adult Americans• Built roads, bridges, airports, public buildings, etc.• *Also hired writers, artists, musicians, scholars, and actors

Recovery- aiding the larger economy

• National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA/NRA)•Regulated prices, wages, and working conditions•Later deemed unconstitutional

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)•Paid farmers not to grow food, so agricultural prices↑•Deemed unconstitutional, reworked, and revived

Reform- preventing future depressions• Glass-Steagall Act- Created the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation (FDIC)• Separated investment & commercial banks• Insured individual bank deposits• So citizens would trust banks again

• Securities exchange Act- Created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)• Regulated the stock markets and investment advisors

• Social Securities Act- Combo of public assistance and insurance• Provided income for the retired• Provided unemployment insurance• Assisted dependent children, the elderly, and the handicapped

• *Wagner Act- Guaranteed labor the right to unionize and to collectively bargain• Collective bargaining- negotiating contracts, as a union, with

management• Roosevelt saw unions as the balance to Big Business’s power

Monday, 2 AprilObjective: To identify how the New Deal aimed to resolve the numerous problems of the Great Depression

Bellringer: Have your book Have your pink

packet out

Agenda: Jigsaw activity

Notes: Unit V, Section 2

Quiz on Thursday

Tuesday, 3 AprilObjective: To analyze the criticisms of the New Deal

Bellringer: Take a note packet

from the back table Have your book

and pink packet On page 24 of the

pink packet, answer questions one through five

Agenda: Bellringer Yesterday’s activity New Deal criticisms

Notes: The Great Depression

Quiz is on Thursday

1936 ElectionAfter four years in office, FDR gained the

support of many, including republicans The South, immigrants, cities, African

Americans (rep.) ,labor, the elderly, and farmers (rep.)

With such solid support, FDR received a mandate, or clear endorsement of the people He had a free hand to lead the nation

Controversies With the Supreme Court

NIRA- deemed unconstitutional because the Congress was regulating intrastate trade

AAA- deemed unconstitutional because agriculture is local, not an interstate matter

Tennessee Valley Authority- infrastructure project aimed at providing jobs, cheap electricity, and flood control in seven states Seen as an experiment in gov’t intervention to

meet regional needs Seen by some as “social engineering” or

“socialism”

FDR’s “Court Packing” Many new deal programs were being vetoed by

the Supreme Court as unconstitutional Good example of checks and balances

FDR wanted to add six justices (915) to gain support for his programs Known as the Judicial Reorganization Bill

The “Court Packing” plan failed because it threatened the Separation of Powers

But FDR did appoint seven justices over his presidency

Historical Evaluation of the New Deal

The New Deal helped people cope with the effects of the Great Depression, and prevented economic and social disaster

Restored confidence in and expanded gov’t power US gov’t played a larger role in economic and

social life Reformed the free-enterprise system But the us did not come out of the Great

Depression until the start of WWII

Wednesday, 4 AprilObjective to study for tomorrow’s Great Depression Quiz

Bellringer: Have your book,

pink packet, notes, and any other materials out to review

Agenda: Bellringer Partner pairing

Notes Great Depression

Quiz is tomorrow

Be prepared to respond to the following: Name and describe three causes of the

Great Depression. List and describe the function of the

“Three R’s” of the New Deal. Name and describe the function of three

New Deal Programs. Describe two human impacts that the

Great Depression had on Americans.