The New Deal
During the 1930's, the USA witnessed a breakdown of the Democratic system as the USA fell into the worst depression in history, but of course the depression was caused and influenced by another major factor, which was the Wall Street crash. The economical depression that affected the USA and other countries was unique in its severity and consequences. At the time of when the depression, many Americans where unemployed. The great industrial decline continued throughout the 1930's that affected Americans majorly. Poverty and unemployment were increasing rapidly, because of this people wanted relief and not promises. In 1932, President Hoover lost in the presidential election to Franklin D Roosevelt. Hoover lost mainly due to the fact that, he failed in being able to solve the great depression that was beginning to get worse. Roosevelt was then faced with a number of problems which he had to deal with thick and fast. Unemployment and poverty levels were always rising, and people needed action and relief to happen quickly. Roosevelt went about solving this problem by saying that America needed what he called a ``New Deal''. When Roosevelt first became president he faced alot of problems, mainly from the disaster of the Wall Street Crash. After the crash, people at first weren't clear about what the impact of the crash would be. In the short term, the large speculators were
The New Deal was not a complete success.' Explain how far you agree with this statement.
'The New Deal was not a complete success.' Explain how far you agree with this statement. The New Deal had three aims Relief, which was to help with unemployment, Recovery to rebuild the economy and to return USA to the 1920s economic boom. The New Deal was not a complete success, but it did prevent things from getting worse, it dealt with unemployment in a way. One of the aims of the New Deal was to provide Relief; I am going to assess the successes and failures of this aim. The role of the FERA, they were kind of a success because they did make grants of fredren money to state relief to unemployment. It also stopped the treat of starvation, but it was not a long-term solution it was only an emergency measure. The role of the PWA was kind of a success because it created jobs. Unemployed people were employed building schools, city halls, hospitals and helping society, but not all of the jobs were helping society because some jobs were just wasting tax payers money which was known as boondoggling. There were jobs like scaring pigeons away from the white house and singing on the road, this was wasting taxpayers' money. (Boondoggling) The role of the WPA, this act was kind of a success as well but more of a failure. It did find workers, but only some who were needed on construction projects, but this was only a short-term measure. These acts did help employment but most of
'The New Deal was not a complete Success'. How Far do you Agree with this Statement?
'The New Deal was not a complete Success'. How Far do you Agree with this Statement? In the subsequent pages I will explain the failures and successes of the New Deal. I will show how statistics do not show the true accomplishment of the New Deal. I will look at the criticisms Roosevelt faced and how he had come to power when America was on her last leg. When Franklin D. Roosevelt came to power in March 1933 he had America dazzled by his magnetic personality and captivating charisma. He embraced America and held it closely to his heart. He loved it and could see that Herbert Hoover's reign over America had destroyed her. His New Deal was a fresh and exciting way of repairing the once great America. His popularity was undeniable and showed the support he was getting for the New Deal among the Americans. He gave assurance and hope to those who lived in 'Hoovervilles' to those who queued up for 'Hoover Stew'. These nicknames were given to the food handouts and shanty towns to demonstrate what Hoover had done to them. Roosevelt's aims were simple and tackled all that was wrong with America; Get the unemployed back to work, protect their savings and property, provide aid for the sick, old and unemployed, get the industry and agriculture back to it's norm and finally restore confidence in the banks. He set up many Alphabet Agencies and passed many Acts to try and conquer the
'The Outsiders'.
Coursework Original Writing 'The Outsiders' "What is the current situation on Deltar Island" "Sir we got a anonymous tip saying the DON soldiers are experimenting on humans with a powerful radioactive, what it does is, it transforms the human into some sort of super mutant soldier, we also believe that Hotwire has been taken prisoner their after infiltrating DON headquarters" "Get Crash and inform him of the current situation" "Yes Sir" The tall burly man aged 28 exited the room and swiftly strode towards his ebony desk which lay in the far corner of his office, picked up his GDI transmitter and then pushed the small red button at the top. "State the name and designation of the GDI officer you wish to make contact with" "Captain Crash" "S-s-s sir" stuttered the assistant manager of the hotel "S-sorry but I h-have to ask you to leave" "And what's a little scrawny punk like you gonna do" replied Crash coolly "I-I'll c-call the p-p-police if you...." "Beep beep beep beep" "I wonder who the hell that is" The tall, sturdy, black-haired man, dressed in all black seemed to create an almost mysterious aura, but what was most remarkable about this man was the glint in his eye like he had seen the world and nothing was new to him. He walked to his bag with a powerful stride, which truly conveyed power, it was laid under the bed and he pulled it out, then he rummaged
The great depression.
The Great Depression was arguably the worst economic period this country has faced in its history. People who were well off financially on Monday October 28, 1929 were now broke after Tuesday October 29, 1929, the day the stock market lost $15 billion, and subsequently crashed, setting off the worst 10 year economic period in United States history. People struggled to find food, a place to live, as well as jobs (Watkins, T.H. The Great Depression. Boston: Little Brown and Co, 1993. page 40). With the Depression going on, people needed an outlet. A lot of people wanted to rid themselves of the problems facing their families and the country as a whole, even if it was for a short time. Therefore, some used the entertainment industry as an outlet. Movies, plays and sports were outlets for people facing hard times. Even though some things closed or stopped during the depression, the entertainment industry prevailed (Beaver, Frank. The 1930's. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2000. page 280). Sports were still the biggest outlet for people. People liked sports for the same reasons they do today, the entertainment value, the competition, and the chance to root on individual players or teams. In baseball and football, a new type of athlete emerged, tough, feisty, and aggressive. Sports provided the basis for the ongoing American myth of individual success and competition during a
Life did get better for many Americans in the 1930s. How far was Roosevelt responsible for this, or was it due to other factors?
History Coursework #3 Life did get better for many Americans in the 1930s. How far was Roosevelt responsible for this, or was it due to other factors? Many Americans in the 1930s faced better living conditions. Roosevelt and his New Deal was one of the key factors that led to these improvements. The New Deal aimed at three things: relief, recovery and reform. This meant that it would: relieve extreme poverty, revive the American economy by creating more jobs and reform the country into a better place by bringing in measures such as welfare benefits. Roosevelt also claimed to rescue the banking system in order to prevent it from becoming corrupt. However, Roosevelt did not manage to solve all the problems of the nation as unemployment remained at a high rate, industrial conflicts still continued, and blacks and women still faced discrimination. Although the New Deal had not managed to achieve all that Roosevelt had hoped, it was still relatively successful in terms of relieving extreme poverty and providing jobs for the unemployed. During the first phase of the New Deal between 1933 and 1936, the unemployment rate declined rapidly as many alphabet agencies such as the CCC and the WPA gave out jobs to the unemployed. Many of the public works schemes such as the PWA and the TVA provided services of lasting value to the country including bridges, schools, dams and hospitals.
Study sources C and D Were the artists of these two posters for or against Prohibition?
A) Study sources A and B How far do these accounts agree about Prohibition? Both of these sources agree with one another in some sort. They both agree that prohibition had caused a massive criminal boom. They also agree that the anti-saloon league had an influence on getting the amendment pass to stop the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor. Both of the accounts agree about prohibition but one is judgemental and biased and talks about on reason, while that other account is not biased and gives 5 points to prove its point. Source A is the one that is not biased. It agrees about prohibition but also disagrees. Source B on the other hand is biased and only gives one point to prove its point which is that alcohol is bad. But it is also not biased because it was the anti-saloon league that put the ideas in peoples head that "Grain needed to be preserved for food" or that "feeling against the Germans Americans who were important in the brewing and distilling". The last quote if not true as the Americans were at war with the Germans and wound not have great feeling about them. Both sources are secondary sources. Source A talks about what thing made people want alcohol. It also talks about what happened due to prohibition. Source B talks about alcohol being "the great evil of the time" this proves that source B is with the idea of prohibition. Both of the sources agree
Study sources G and H. Do these sources prove that prohibition was successful?
Study Sources G and H. Do these two sources prove Prohibition was successful? Source G shows an increase in the number of arrests and in the amount of alcohol seized. This shows that there were more crimes. The Federal Government was struggling to seize all of the alcohol because there was a lot of alcohol to seize. The statistics in Source G shows that in 1921, 9,746 illegal stills were seized by the Federal Government, which increased to 15,794 in 929. Gallons of spirits seized by government increased from 414,000 in 1921 to 11,860,000 1929. This would mean that if there are a lot more Illegal stills being seized there would be even more illegal stills that are being produced. The reason for prohibition being introduced was to reduce the production of alcohol on large scale and stop alcohol being sold completely in the US, However Source G shows that instead of alcohol sales stopping and alcohol manufacturing coming to a halt it has had a negative effect. As even though more and more illegal stills and gallons of spirit were seized, there would be probably be being even more alcohol being produced, showing that there was more alcohol being made then before. Therefore Source G proves that Prohibition was not successful and was a complete failure because it shows an increase in illegal stills and gallons of spirit seized which means increase in production.
Prohibition Coursework
Prohibition Coursework .) Source A and B agree on some parts of prohibition. For example they agree that by 1917 the anti-saloon league were one of the key groups involved in the introducing of prohibition. Source A says this by 'and the influence of the Anti-Saloon league' this quotation came from the possible explanations for the ban of alcohol. Source B agrees with this point 'In 1917 a nation-wide campaign, led by the Anti-Saloon league' this shows that both Source A and B agree that the Anti-Saloon League were one of the main groups pushing for Prohibition. In Source B 'In 1917 a nation wide campaign, led by the Anti-Saloon league, brought pressure to bear on Congress to ban the use grain for either distilling or brewing.' In Source A 'By 1917, twenty-three states had already introduced a ban on alcohol.' If you put these two sources together they show that the pressure put on by the anti-saloon league made 23 states ban alcohol. So in this way they agree if you use both sources and you find an outcome. Both sources agree that Prohibition produced a lot more organised crime. Source A explains 'It created the biggest criminal boom in American history, and perhaps in all modern history. No earlier law produced such widespread crime.' Source B agrees on this point 'Gangsters like Dutch Shultz and Al Capone had turned the avoidance of Prohibition into big, violent
Source related work on Prohibition.
Both pictures were produced at the beginning of the 20th Century and were probably produced/intended as propaganda. The picture source C was published in the 1910 and was possibly produced by the Anti Saloon League or the Women's Christian Temperance Union. These were pressure groups, which wanted to ban the use of alcohol due to the negative effects of alcohol. Source C is a double picture, a background picture and a foreground picture. It is a double picture to show the two sides of people who get affected by alcohol. The background picture is a saloon and the main characters stand out more than anyone on both pictures. The main characters are the barman and the customer. These are in the middle of the picture to emphasise it. The expression on the barman's face is pleased because he is making a large income whereas the customer's expression looks as if he is inebriated. This shows he has already had a lot to drink and wants more alcohol. The customer is a paying a sack of money to the barman labelled 'weeks wages' to show many people like him are wasting all their money on booze. This is making him and his family poor. At the top of the picture is a sarcastic phrase "The poor mans club" which is in big bold writing to stand out to readers. The phrase means that all the men in the club are gradually becoming poor when they go to the saloon bar time after time.