Use Source A and your knowledge of the period to explain why people supported Roosevelt in the 1932 election.

Lydia Stafford Use Source A and your knowledge of the period to explain why people supported Roosevelt in the 1932 election. By 1932 unemployment in the USA had reached 13 million and was rising rapidly. The poor were without food and eating in soup kitchens. The depression was causing public disorder and when a group of 22,000 First World War veterans (The Bonus Army) marched to Washington because, like many other people, these veterans were poor and demanded to be given an immediate bonus which the government had promised to give them in 1945, tanks were sent in to disperse them. People were shocked by the violence and critical of the government's response. The Republicans, lead by President Hoover did not believe in interfering in business to promote prosperity, he claimed that it was the government's job to encourage rather than to spend. As a result he refused to set up relief programmes to help the unemployed and he argued that it was up to the individuals to turn around the economy. The people were unhappy as they had been promised 'the final triumph over poverty' in 1928, but the Republicans had been unable to offer any solution to the collapse of the economy. Roosevelt was a good campaigner showing himself to be cheerful, optimistic and caring, whereas Hoover was plodding, drab and defeated throughout the election campaign. The speech in Source A is in terms of

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Use Source A and your Knowledge of the Period to Explain why People Supported Roosevelt in the 1932 Election.

Use Source A and your Knowledge of the Period to Explain why People Supported Roosevelt in the 1932 Election. In the election of 1932, despite Hoover's efforts to be re-elected, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected as the new president of America. The 1930's was the era of 'The Great Depression', most Americans suffered greatly from the poverty and unemployment caused by the Wall Street Crash yet how did Herbert Hoover help this situation? Well, he believed the government shouldn't interfere with the people's lives, industries and businesses, he called this 'Laissez Faire' (leave alone). He believed he had struggled up through the ranks without any help so other people should have to do the same, 'rugged individualism' became his favourite saying, people should look after themselves without depending on others. Hoover started as an office boy, became a miner and after many years of hard work he became a millionaire at the age of forty and soon entered politics. So after the Wall Street Crash when America had fallen into the depression, Hoover near enough left the people to deal with it themselves. When he did finally realise something had to be done it was far too late and the Democrat, Roosevelt, had already been elected, maybe he was trying to redeem himself. Before Roosevelt was elected he had to persuade America he could do a better job than Hoover, he

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What effects did this prosperity have on the way of life of different groups in US society?

What effects did this prosperity have on the way of life of different groups in US society? America became wealthy during 1945 - 63. The main reason for this was World War 2. The war brought and end to the Great Depression. This meant that every person who wished for a job could now have one. America was producing over half of the world's goods causing a big 'boom' in the economy. New businesses were created and old ones now had spaces to employ new workers. Farmers were guaranteed market in feeding the armed forces as good weather ensured crops. Teenagers had more money to spend on themselves than parents ever had during the Great Depression. Both male and female had jobs, female working in factories replacing the men out at war. President Eisenhower did much to encourage economy to grow: cutting taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals. The government gave out loans and mortgages to help people buy their own home. The post war 'baby boom' spurred the move to the suburbs. Other changes in lifestyle were encouraged by the use of advertising especially through the new medium of television. After an adventurous start, television became the servant of commercial sponsors concerned only with the number of viewers the adverts. By 1959, the quiz show had pushed aside almost everything else. That was until scandals about rigged results shamed the television companies and brought

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Why did Prohibition Fail?

Coursework Assignment- Why did Prohibition Fail? The act of Prohibition was introduced within the American culture during the twentieth century, within the subject of alcoholic abuse and increasing establishments of saloon bars within rural and urban states. The act of Prohibition was introduced due to the strong temperance movements within the rural states present in the nineteenth century; which included Devout Christians and the Anti- Saloon League presenting their ideas and opinions on the effects of alcoholic abuse within the family environment. The members involved within the groups which created the stigma of alcohol, in the act of Prohibition, presented their case on a political view within their local state. The states were persuaded to prohibit the sale of alcohol, which lead into a wide spread National law on the purchase of alcohol. The Prohibition act came into effect on January 16th 1920, as Prohibition became a law under the Volstead act. Prohibition was set to improve the social, health and crime effects of alcohol within the country. The use of patriotic pride was used to decline the alcoholic abuse present within the country; as many German breweries were exporting alcohol which was being purchased by American citizens. The First World War boosted the amount of dries (non-alcohol consumers), due to the un-patriotic movement of drinking German products.

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Why did prohibition fail?

Why did prohibition fail? Prohibition came about on the 16th of January 1920and was abolished by 1934, just 14 years later. There were many reasons that this happened. Prohibition is the banning of a certain substance from a certain area or country. In America the case was alcohol. Just after the war many anti alcohol and saloon parties had enough evidence to accuse alcohol for the problems plaguing the American public. The Anti-Liquor campaign in America dates back since 1750 when leaders of that period made repeated efforts to discourage the excessive use of distilled spirits. Many religious and political leaders were beginning to see drunkenness as a national curse. Abraham Lincoln said of this period that intoxicating liquor was 'used by everybody, repudiated by nobody' and that it came forth in society 'like the Egyptian angel of death, commissioned to slay if not the first, the fairest born in every family'. The most powerful organization against the consumption of alcohol beverages is the so-called 'Anti-Saloon League' which was founded in Washington D.C. on December 18, 1895. One of its leaders once said, promoting his organization, 'It has not come [...] simply to build a little local sentiment or to secure the passage of a few laws, or yet to vote the saloons from a few hundred towns. These are mere incidents in its progress. It has come to solve the liquor

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Why did Roosevelt introduce the New Deal?

Why did Roosevelt introduce the New Deal? In 1929, America suffered the Wall Street crash and the effect of this on the American economy and the American people was tremendous. At this time of major economic depression, which was a consequence of the Wall Street Crash, the president was Herbert Hoover. Hoover was a republican, and he had a very strict policy that the government should not intervene with the American economy. This policy did not achieve anything, and soon, the American people were fed up of the way that Hoover ran the country. This led to there being many protests in Washington DC against the leadership of Hoover. Therefore, it was almost certain that Hoover would not be elected for another term in the next elections. The man that replaced him in the White House was a democrat, and his name was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His policy was to find as much money as possible to help the American people in their time of need. The Wall Street crash led to a massive economic depression, which meant that there was mega unemployment. The unemployment statistics went from 1.5 million people (1929) to 12 million people (1932). Many people could not afford to live in their houses and they could not afford the basic necessities, which was all due to them not having a job. The Mid-West used to be a farming region. This was one of the worst hit areas. No one could afford

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Why did roosevelt introduce the new deal?

Why did Roosevelt introduce the 'New Deal'? Franklin d Roosevelt introduced the 'New Deal' in 1933, the year after he was elected president of the United States. The 'New Deal' was introduced for many reasons and many of the reasons were because of the Wall Street crash and the economic downfall leading to the great depression. These incidents [the Wall Street crash and the great depression] had left America in economic difficulty with many unemployed and in poverty. By introducing this 'New Deal' Roosevelt felt that he would be able to rebuild the economy and help feed the starving and give jobs to the unemployed. America's confidence was slowly draining and towards the end of the 1920's trade had slowed internationally as many countries were also suffering from the bankruptcy of America's largest banks, leaving countries with less money to be able to afford to import goods the USA's international trade had drastically been reduced over three years (1929 - 1932) from $10billion to $3 billion. This situation had slowed the economy systems everywhere else also! This problem led to more closures of firms and industries leaving many unemployed with no income what so ever. By 1933 just under 25% of America's population was unemployed that is almost a 20% increase from 1929. This meant that many people were not putting any money into the economy because they didn't have any

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Why did Roosevelt win the 1932 election?

Why did Roosevelt win the 1932 election? In this essay I am going to explain why Franklin D Roosevelt won the presidential election campaign in 1932. In1928 there was a presidential election. Herbert Hoover was the Republican candidate, he won by a landslide victory and all seemed well. One of his first statements as president was 'we in America are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before. The poor man is vanishing from among us'. However Hoover couldn't have been more wrong because in October 1929 the Wall Street Stock market crashed. The American economy collapsed, and the USA entered a long depression that destroyed much of the prosperity of the 1920's. For sometime in America during the 1920's share prices had been increasing due to the economic boom and they were being sold to many Americans. The boom was based on the increased sale of consumer goods such as cars or electrical appliances. The market for these goods was largely the rich and middle classes. But by 1929 those who could afford the consumer goods had already bought them and they didn't need to buy them again. American industries were starting to produce more goods than they could sell. In the past, American industry would have tried to export its surplus goods, but people in Europe could not afford the American goods either. In the summer of 1929 sales started to slow. In June 1929 the

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Why Did Roosevelt win The 1932 Presidential Election?

Why Did Roosevelt win The 1932 Presidential Election? With American being under Hoovers Government, everything had begun to go downhill for him. The depression had hit the people socially and economically, and didn't seem to improve under Hoover's control, and ideas that things would gradually get better. Stock market shares plumited resulting in banks going bankrupt due to buying shares and not being able to pay out the money they owed. In 1929, 659 banks failed, which had great effect upon the people's opinion of Hoover. Many stopped trusting them and withdrew their savings. Many problems escalated in European banks, having a knock on effect on U.S banking. One billion dollars was withdraw and put into deposit boxes, Roosevelt was offering the Americans new jobs and work, one of his aims was to work towards protecting their savings and property. Providing relief for the sick, old and unemployed. Farming was badly hit, and prices had fallen so the cost of animal transportation was costing a lot more than buying the animals themselves. Farming production fell by a massive 40%. The people wanted jobs, security and a better living, under Hoovers government they were not getting this. When the depression began, President Hoover took the impression that it would not last long and that the country would soon return to prosperity, the country soon found that he was wrong.

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Why was prohibition bound to fail?

GCSE HISTORY COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENT A (objective 1) Why was prohibition bound to fail? 3. Was prohibition bound to fail? For what seemed to be the end of lots of the social problems in the USA, turned out to make the country a more violent place. At the start, prohibition gained great support, but in the end the whole country turned against the idea. Prohibition was first introduced in 1919 as the 18th amendment of the American constitution. It lasted for 14 years before in 1933 the 21st amendment, or the Volstead act was passed. There are many reasons as to why prohibition didn't work. The USA was riddled with corruption and violence, all brought along by the introduction of prohibition. In the USA, before prohibition, Alcohol provided a social activity for most American citizens. This was one of the biggest problems with the law, people just wanted to have a legal drink. Nearly all American citizens had an urge for an alcoholic beverage. This signalled that prohibition was going to have problems with gaining it's needed support. If there is no support for a law, it will cause a lot of trouble trying to uphold the law. Another factor, which boded greatly against prohibition, was the natural human ethic, to want to break laws. When a law is made, there are always some people who will want to go against it and break it. Because of these two factors, ordinary people wouldn't

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