isolationism, and FDR(1935-41)

1. What were the goals of the isolationists? Why is "isolationism" a misleading term?
The goals of the isolationist- were to not be drawn into the war and fighting in it. They wanted to be connected with the world but with things like trade.
Isolation- is a misleading term because when you think of isolation you think of being cut off from the world and everything, but in this case, they didn't want it to be fully isolated from the world, but to stay out of war

2. What did some isolationists feel that there was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia?
some isolationist felt that where was no need for Americans to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia because America was separated from them by the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

3. What were the purposes of the Nye Committee hearings?
The purposes of the Nye Committee hearings was to find out why the United States fought in WWI

4. List two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created.
-a impression that made Americans believe that big business would drag them into a another war
-a impression that American soldiers died in WWI because coronations looking to turn a profit convinces president Wilson to go into war in 1917

5. What were the purposes of the Neutrality Acts?
the purposes of the neutrality acts were to prevent countries who were fighting in the war to be supplied with weapons by big business's

6. List two reasons that some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous.
he changed the gov with the new deal
and he tried to pack the supreme court

7. What was "Cash and Carry"?
the cash and carry allowed other countries to buy supplies from the united state only if they payed in cash and could transport it themselves

8. Why did President Roosevelt freeze Japanese assets in the United States?
President Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the united states because japan was invading the colonies in the European countries

9. What was the purpose of the America First Committee?
the porpoise of the America first committee was to prevent the unites states from going to war with japan and Germany

New Deal Essy Outline

The United States government was somewhat successful when trying to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression. United States government tried to solve the problems caused by the Great Depression by closing banks, Agricultural adjustment administration(AAA) and social security act.

Closing banks-
-helped banks gain money back
-nobody could with drawl or deposit if there wasnt 5000 in the bank
-made people realize that them not spending money helped them and the banks

AAA-
-raised crop prices by lowering production
-got farmers jobs
-helped get money because government was paying the farmers

social security act-
-helped make retirement comfortable
-gave pension to the disabled
-money was from 1/2 workers and 1/2 employer

COUNTER-ARGUMENT(why the new deal was opposed)
-attempt to pack the supreme court
-1937 recession
-FDR starting to act like a dictator

United States government was somewhat sucessful to the to trying to solve the great deprssion problem. They tried many things and even though some didnt turn out the way they wanted them too the united state gov tried plenty of things to try and stop the great depression.
-talk about AAA
-social security
-closing banks.
^how i agree/disagree.

FDR and The New Deal

1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
People struggled to survive during the great depression and lost their jobs, houses, and had to live on the streets. Some lived in parks and had to cover themselves with newspaper to stay warm. People waited for hours in line to get bread and/or soup.

2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men were not used to being unemployed and got very upset. There became alot of homless people on the streets. Women would try to support their families but many believed that women shouldnt be working if there were unemployed men so women starved. and Children would become very ill and have to work in sweat shops to support their families and themselves.

3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
Farmers used tractors to break up the grasslands and plant millions of acres of new farmland. Farms exhausted the land through over production of crops. There was no way to keep the soil down becuase the winds in the 1930's were so rough.
Plagued by dust storms, thousands of farmers and sharecroppers were forced to leave their land. Most of them headed west on route 66. Hundres of thousands of farm families had migrated to Cailifornia and other pacific coast states.

Objective: Summarize the initial steps Franklin D. Roosevelt took to reform banking and finance.

4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
1.Reliefe for the needy
2.economic recovery
3.Financial reform

5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
During the Hundred Days, Congress passed 15 major peices of New Deal Legislation. Laws significally expanded the federal governments rold in the nations economy. His first step as president was to carry out reforms in banking.

6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
Roosevelts fireside chats were so significant becuase it made people believe that he was talking directly towards them.

7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
Glass-Steagall Act- Established the federal Deposit Insurance Agency which provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts up to $5000.
Federal Securiteis Act- Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations.
Agricultural Adjustment Act- sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of crop unseeded.
Civilian Conservation Corps-put young men ages 18-25 to work on building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping soil-erosion and flood-control projects.

Causes of the Great Depression Outlind

Prompt: To what extent was the Wall Street Crash a cause of the Great Depression of 1929? Support your argument with specific examples.

Thesis: The Wall Street Crash was a effect of the great depression becuase it helped cause the great depression but there are more reasons for the great depression then the wall street crash.



I. Farmers
a.They produced more then they could sell
i. since people were not buying things they stopped producing
b.consumeres could/would not buy expensive goods
ii. farmers go into debt

II. Industries
a. railroads not making profit
i. they were being bought out by cars, trucks, buses.
ii. They werent making money so they went into debt
b.Mining and lumbering
i. No longer needed becuase war was over
ii. nobody bought them
c.Coal mining
i.being bough out by new energy like fuel, natural gases, hyderoelectric power
ii.these were new energys and were buying out coal mining

III: Wall Street Crash
a. Consumers loosing money
i. 3o billion was lost
b.People loosing jobs
i. trying to get money from banks but had lost so many in the stock markets that they couldnt pay back the money.

Causes & Early Effects of the Great Depression

1. What happened on "Black Tuesday"?
"Black Tuesday" is the day that the stock market crashed.

2. How did the economic trends of the 1920s in industry, agriculture, and with consumers help cause the Great Depression? (Make sure you include significant details about each area in your answer. It should be at least a paragraph)
Economic trents of the 1920's in agriculture helped cause the great depression becuase farmers grew more crops and raised more livestock than they could sell at a decent profit. Consumers and farmers were steadily going deeper into dept becuase consumers could not pay for the crops. Industries helped cause the great depression becuase the industried such as railroads, textiles, and steel had barely made a profit. Railroads were loosing profit to new forms of transportations. Mining and lumbering which had expanded during wartime were no longer in high demand. Coal mining was hard hit to becuase there were new forms of energy. Consumers were not buying and these are the help that caused the great depression.


3. According to your reading, what are the major causes of the Great Depression?
According to my reading, the major causes of the Great Depression were the over making of goods and price becuase consumers could/would not buy things that were too expensive and things were increasing in value so when people bought them they lost money. Over making of goods led to the great depression becuase they would not be able to sell them and go into debt becuase they spend money on trying to make them.


4. What was Hoover’s philosophy of government?
Hoover's philosphy of government was that government should step in and help them find a solution that served their mutual interest. This cooperation must be voluntary rather than foreced, he said. Governments role was to encourage and faciliate cooperation, not to control it.


5. What was Hoover’s initial reaction to the stock market crash of 1929?
Hoovers initial reaction to the stock market crash of Ovtober 1929 was that he tried to reassure Americans that the nations economy was on a sound footing. The important thing was tfor Americans to remain optimisitc and go about their buisiness as usual. He also called together key leaders in the fields of buisness, banking, and labor. He urges them to work together to find solutions to the nations economis woes and to act in tways that would not make a bad situation worse.


6. What was the nation’s economic situation in 1930?
The nation's economic situation in 1930 was that Democrats took advantage of the anti goover sentiment to win more seats in congress. as a result of that election, the republicaans lost control of the house of representatives. Many americans were calling cities "hooverbilles" a direct slap at the presidents policies. many people were mad at hoover and should he was a hearless leader.


7. How did voters in 1930 respond to this situation?
Farmers stung by low crop prices, burned their corn and wheat and dumped their milk on highways rahter than sell it at a loss. Some farmers even declared a "farm holiday: and refused to work their fields.


8. What did Hoover do about the economic situation?
Hoover refuse to support the direct relief or other forms of deceral welfare. Hoover continues to hold firm to his principles.


9. How did the economy respond to his efforts?
They were going hungry, and many blamed Hoover for their plight.