How TND Affected People of Color Pt.1

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Essential Questions: 

1. Why did Pedro Gonzalez become a Mexican-American hero?

 -Pedro Gonzalez became a Mexican-American hero because he exposed discrimination against Mexicans and Mexican-Americans on his radio program.

2. Why was Frances Perkins a hero for women?

-Frances Perkins was a hero for women because she was the first cabinet member for America.

3. What was the “Black Cabinet,” and who was the leader?
-The "Black Cabinet" was influential African Americans who was advised by Roosevelt administration on racial issues. The leader and organizer was Mary McLeod Bethune.  

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Frances Perkins. (http://www.mtholyoke.com/pcsite/fdcs/images/Perkins24.jpeg)

Programs of The New Deal

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Essential Questions: 
1)What was THE major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt?
-The major difference between Hoover and Roosevelt is that Roosevelt seemed to care about the people and their future while giving them hope and dignity. Roosevelt attempted to move forward while Hoover did not search for a way to progress.
2)Which New Deal program was the most responsible for creating the most jobs and how did the program achieve this?
-The New Deal program that was responsible for creating the most jobs was, Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA achieved this by spending 11 billion dollars to employ more than 8 million workers, while most of the works were unskilled. The workers built public buildings, more than 850 airports, constructed or repaired roads, etc.
3)What impact did the Social Security Act have on Americans?
-The Social Security Act impacted Americans by creating a committee chaired by Secretary of Labor Expensive Frances Perkins. Which consists of long term parts such as: old-age insurance for retires 65 or older and their spouses, unemployment compensation system, and aid to families with dependent and disabled children.
4)Why was Huey Long against TND (The New Deal)?
-Huey Long was against TND because he felt like it did not go far enough.  

President Franklin D Roosevelt for The New Deal. (http://stkarnick.com/culture/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Franklin-D.-Roosevelt-New-Deal-button.jpg)

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TGD-FDR & The New Deal

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/first-family/masthead_image/32fr_header_sm.jpg?1250884571)

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Essential Question:
1)Who was FDR? (Write a summary of your three most important facts.)
-The 32nd president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). A democrat with a can do attitude. FDR was elected times, serving just over 12 years before he dies. He also had a disability which people called "a cripple," and was diagnosed with polio.
2)Who were FDR's carefully picked advisers, and why were they important to the president?
-FDR's carefully picked advisers were called, "Brain Trust" which consisted of professors, lawyers, and journalists. They were important because they helped the president strategize the New Deal.
3)What was The New Deal?
-The New Deal were polices that were created by FDR and the "Brain Trust" to come back from the Great Depression.
4)What three goals did The New Deal attempt to address?
 -Three goals the New Deal addressed were: relief for the needy (people who need essential things), economic recovery (more jobs for people), and financial reform (back and stock market recovery/improvement).
5)What was the first action FDR took as president?
-The first action FDR took as president was establishing a bank holiday. During the bank holiday they had inspectors search and the healthy banks were able to reopen and the unhealthy banks closed down. He also persuaded he congress to pass the Emergency Banking Relief.

The Great Depression- President Hoover's Handling of the Crisis

-Herbert Hoover, a Republican President at the beginning of the Great Depression, was ineffective in his response because he did not make the Americans happy. He upset Americans with low crop prices which made farmers burn their crops and dump their milk on highways. Hoover's principles also created frustration because he refused to support people in need with direct relief aid. President Hoover was left with a negative reputation because he tear gases the Bonus Army which were World War I veterans and their families because he did not want to pay them their bonus.

31st President, Herbert Hoover. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/first-family/masthead_image/31hh_header_sm.jpg?1250881969)

The Bonus Army. (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4Y7OWAXaxXesoIZz-usgGAfqhrHBxoRp86rkXoirVLvKU75OqOLJtxsnvF1_2VwzIFlU2zqCkHye9_YvOf_5mgBJQ4DmYRcETNBuw07pHonp0hb-aN3_H1p9mmZo2ICNLlbNEFYY3yMy/s1600/explorepahistory-a0k7c9-a_349.jpg)

Essential Questions:
1)What are examples of how Americans expressed their anger and frustration with President Hoover?
-Farmers were upset with low crop prices they decided to burn their crops and dump their milk on highways rather than sell it at a low cost. Some farmers also declared, "farm holidays" which they refused to work. Also, farmers blocked roads to prevent food from getting to markets and prevented authorities from foreclosing their farms by force.
2)What were Hoover's principles? The ones he chose to hold firm on?
-Hoover's principle was that he refused to support direct relief (aid) or other forms of federal welfare. [He refused to support people in need with direct relief aid.]
3)Who made up the Bonus Army, and how did what happen to them affect President Hoover?
-The Bonus Army were World War I veterans and their families. The Bonus Army marched to Washington, D.C to collect money that was owed to them. At the end, the Bonus Army was treated unfairly and President Hoover was left with a negative poor reputation because he directed the army to tear gas the Bonus Army because they did not pay them their bonus. 

The Great Depression- Hardships & Suffering

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Essential Question:
1)Describe the Dust Bowl; what caused it?
-The Dust Bowl was steady storms of dust pushing forward with no way to stop it. The Dust Bowl destroyed crops, leaving Earth dry and cracked. The Dust Bowl was caused by the removal of thick protective prairie grass. The Dust Bowl caused a drought which made crops unable to grow.
2)Describe how TGD (The Great Depression) affected:
(a)Children
-The TGD affected children by leaving them uneducated by shorting and closing schools.
(b)Families
-The TGD affected families by making it difficult for families to met ends meat and support their children. The difficultly to met ends meat also caused families to break up because, typically men, felt weak unable to support their wife and children.
(c)Women
-The TGD affected women by receiving less money than men. Women working also caused them to be the targets of resentment.
(d)Men
-The TGD affected men by causing them to feel unable to support their families.
(e)People of color
-The TGD affected people of color by making their unemployment rate higher.
3)Who were "hoboes," and how did they travel? 
-"Hoboes" were men who were transient and they traveled by hitching rides on railroad box cars and sleeping under bridges.
4)What was an enduring effect on people because of TGD?  
-The enduring effect on people because of TGD were that people never wanted to be poor again. 

The Great Depression. (http://www.us-history.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/us-history-great-depression-picture.png)

The Great Depression. (http://techbuddha.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/nobody_knows_you.jpg)

The Great Depression- BAM!

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The Great Depression. (http://hcchistory136.wikispaces.com/file/view/great-depression2soup%20line.jpg/375488892/great-depression2soup%20line.jpg)

The Great Recession. (http://capitalogix.typepad.com/.a/6a00e5502e47b28833013487b6817c970c-800wi)

Essential Questions:
1)94 % of Americans made how much in one year? 
-94% of Americans made from $0-$4,999 per year. 
($1,999 and under per year) ($2,000-$4,999 per year)
2)Why is Wall Street important to American business?
-Wall Street id important to American business because of the stock markets.
3)If the stock market crash DID NOT cause the Great Depression, what did?
-If the stock market crash did not cause the Great Depression then tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods, a crisis in the farm sector, availability of easy credit, and unequal distribution of income.   
4)What of what you read is similar to what is happening in the Great Recession?
-From what I read we still have issues of goods, income, and other things that are unresolved. The Great Depression still has problems that relate to the Great Recession. 

Life Changed in the 1920's- People, Places & Events

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Reading: http://goo.gl/58Nrb
Essential Questions:
1)What are some of the beliefs held by fundamentalist?
-Some beliefs held by fundamentalist were theory of evolution created by Charles Darwin stating that plants and animal species developed and changed over millions of years. When relates to their belief that God created the world, including humans in six days.
2)The Scopes Trial challenged what law?
-The Scopes Trail challenged evolution and the roles of science and religion in public schools and in American society. 
3)The "double standard" created two different behavior rules for who?
-The "double standard" created two different behaviors rules for granting granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women. 
4)Why did Charles Lindbergh become famous? Louis Armstrong?
-Charlies Lindbergh became famous because he made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic. 
-Louis Armstrong became famous because he joined Oliver's group which was a Jazz band and he was talented in the Jazz world.
5)What was the Harlen Renaissance?
-The Harlen Renaissance was a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture (African-American and Jazz).

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