How far was Roosevelt responsible for his election victory in 1932? Explain your answer.
Roosevelt won the presidential election in 1932, there are many factors that help him to his victory, and some of these are not due to Roosevelt himself. Roosevelt’s opponent was Herbert Hoover, the current president. At the time of the election the Depression was getting worse, so people were looking for options from the campaigns that would have affected the way they voted. Roosevelt’s personality was very popular with the American people. He was very caring and he really wanted to help. In the wealthy society where Roosevelt was brought up in, taught the spirit of service to others. Roosevelt felt that he should help those worse off than him. This taught him to respect those below him as much as he’d like them to respect him. This attitude was very pleasant for the struggling Americans. His status also made him very popular. The most character building experience in Roosevelt's life was when he suffered from polio. He was close to death, and recovery was slow and painfully hard work. He ended up paralysed from the waist down. Roosevelt's struggle with polio helped him a lot to know how the American people struggled during the depression. Roosevelt's policies were very popular with the public. He believed strongly in an “active government”, trying to improve the lives of ordinary people. This empathetic government would be very much appreciated, in contrast to
Truman's Decision for an Atomic Bomb
Andy Zhang Mr. Avallone US History II December 3 2009 Truman's Decision to Bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki Even though the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II may be seen as vital in winning the war, it was unnecessary, inhumane, and unfair because the Japanese were going to surrender anyways, many innocent Japanese civilians were injured and killed, and that the Japanese was not given enough time or information to order surrender. As Japan's allies, Germany and Italy fell, Japan was not far behind. The first reason is because of their navy and aircraft. They were low on the amount of planes and ships, and they could barely control the skies and the seas. Resources like food were being exhausted and being taken away from civilians in order to use it all on the war. In addition, the US military just regularly bombed Japan's cities and many were already destroyed. Japan was being blockaded by the US navy, and Soviets attacked Japanese troops in Manchuria. It seemed hopeless for the Japanese and it was obvious that sooner or later, the Japanese would have to surrender. Even though the Japanese would have quit sooner or later and their military was exhausted, both atomic bombs were dropped at civilian centers with no military purpose. In the Hiroshima bombing, around 70,000 civilians died from the explosion, and 70,000 later from the effects of radiation. This
How far was Roosevelt’s victory at the 1932 elections down to him and his ideas?
HISTORY COURSEWORK Assignment 2 How far was Roosevelt's victory at the 1932 elections down to him and his ideas? When Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the 1932 election for the Presidency, it was partly due to his fresh ideas and impressive policies, and also down to other factors, At the time the American people were in need of a change. The current President, Hoover, had failed to impress the people and could not control the 'Great Depression' that swept across America after the 'Wall Street Crash' of 1929. Hoover believed in a 'Laissez faire' style of government, which assumes that problems will eventually sort themselves out without any interference from the Government. He also told American citizens who did not have a job that they should simply go out and find one. This was of course very unpopular with the American citizens because there simply were not enough jobs available, and they were becoming even less as the downward spiral of the American economy continued. Hoover had no policies to didn't do anything to try and increase the number of jobs available and was not willing to spend any money to help the economy's terrible state. This added to the bitter feelings that the American people felt towards Hoover and made Roosevelt's election campaign seem very impressive. But there was still further more hatred towards Hoover when he used force against the 'Bonus
How far was president Roosevelt able to solve the economic problems of the usa by 1941?
How far was president Roosevelt able to solve the economic problems of the usa by 1941? President Roosevelt developed the New Deal in 1933-its aims were relief and recovery-helping victims of the depression and trying ot get the economy going, reform and regulation. By using 'fireside chats' over the radio which made him seem friendly and people started to trust him. Roosevelt was able to inspire confidence in his government and his handling of the Depression it worked because people had started to deposit moeny into the banks again. Spending and government intervention became the new economic way out of trouble and Roosevelt established the alphabet agencies to help agriculture, industry and unemployment. The AAA,(Argricultral adjustment administration) CCC(civilan conservation corps) snd others were set up.. The tennesse valley authority-(TVA) was particularly successful in providing hydroelectric power.There were many successes of the first new deal such as it stabilised banks and the system of credit. He protected home owners and frmers by gving them loans. There were failures such as the aaa not achiving what they wanted too, wheat productin fell due to drought, The second New Deal saw the setting up of other programmes such as the works progress administration-WPA, which was particularly successful at dealing with unemployment. During the second hundred days
New Deal
History Coursework In this essay I will be explaining the main features of the New Deal, I will include Roosevelt's main aims and alphabet agencies which helped America recover through the financial crisis. Emergency Banking Act - Roosevelt closed all banks for a four day "Bank Holiday". Every bank was inspected only honest, reliable well run banks with enough money were allowed to re-open this was incredibly important because this was one of the major causes of the depression, the banks were giving large amounts of money to people who could not pay it back and so this caused a knock on effect. The Economy Act - Roosevelt cut the pay for everyone working for the government, army, navy and air force by 15% and saved a nearly 1billion dollars to be re-invested into the economy, these tough measures were needed for people who were unemployed or having financial crisis's this money was extremely important so that the economy could make a slow but steady recovery. F.E.R.A - The Federal Emergency Relief Agency was given $500 million dollars to help the homeless or people who were struggling to make ends meet. They helped people with basic things such as food, clothes, mortgage payments, they gave great support for people who needed money for basic things. H.O.L.C - The Home Owners Loan Co-operation loaned money to people with very low rates of interest and people who could not
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
How did Prohibition change US Society in the 1920s
How did Prohibition change US Society in the 1920s Many things changed in society in America in the 1920s because of Prohibition, this changed the US in two main ways: the economic boom and the introduction of illegal speakeasies. Because of the economic boom in the US in the 1920s the number of people out of work decreased dramatically, these people were employed mainly in factories making new goods such as cars and radios. But not all people earned as much as they did before prohibition, six million families or 42% of the total had an income less than $1000 a year and certainly could not afford the new 'gadgets' that many of them were making. These families received no further income from the government, this was because both President Coolidge and President Hoover advocated the policy of 'Rugged Individualism' this meant that every man was for himself. Another reason for the rates of low income was agriculture, a few years before prohibition it was the largest industry in America now it suffered a serious decline. Because of the high demand for alcohol in the US when it became illegal many saloon owners and other people started speakeasies, these were saloons that sold alcohol illegally. The owners of the speakeasies got away with selling alcohol by using many tactics, many of the smaller speakeasies used a password system to restricted the type of people who entered,
study sources 1 and b. do these sources prove that the crash and the depression were the responsibility of the republican party and its leader?
History coursework 5 During the economic boom America was growing quickly and poverty in cities decreased dramatically, and people gained a lot of money and used to things such as raise businesses, begin mass production of products and buying stocks on the stock market. And Hoover used this to his advantage saying " We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land." This is what the Americans wanted to hear because everyone who gained money wanted more, and people who was in poverty liked to hear that America was getting rid of poverty, because they thought that Hoover would help them get out of poverty if he was elected president. No one could predict the coming of the Wall Street crash when the world got lunged deep into debt, and Roosevelt used this to his advantage "millions of our citizens cherish the hope that their old standards of living have not gone forever." Roosevelt said this because he knew that some of the American public were angry about the Wall Street crash and the promise by Hoover saying that they were close to the end of poverty, and now the whole world is in a poverty crisis. And they needed someone to rely on because they thought Hoover would help the economy get even better to fight poverty, and this was what Hoover tried to achieve, but the unforeseen crash and the following depression
What were the Effects of the Great Depression in America?
James Levine What were the Effects of the Great Depression in America? The great depression affected two main groups: the urban and the rural Americans. The urban Americans weren't really affected much by the Great Depression. If any were, they would have been affected by the Wall Street Crash but many rich people converted and held their wealth with assets such as gold or properties. A visitor from out of town even said 'you couldn't feel a difference and life was just about the same as pre depression days'. Another quote basically says that everyone was in despair from the Wall Street Crash unless they were either very, very poor and had nothing to lose or were very rich and had a hidden line of wealth. The Americans in the countryside were greatly hit by the Great Depression, especially the farmers who, didn't make enough money due to prices being lowered so dramatically. They felt there was no point harvesting crops, as the care of the crops cost more than the what the profit would be and so they decided not to sell but with no money to buy basic goods, such as food, they went hungry very quickly. In a desperate struggle to quick cash to live on, many people either sold farms out of their own will or had to give farms to banks for money owed. Many people looked towards the possibility of migration to other states such as California which was seen to be the equivalent
Explain how the German economy recovered under Stresemann from 1924 but the fell into depression in 1929?
Explain how the German economy recovered under Stresemann from 1924 but the fell into depression in 1929? Since the depression in 1923 the German people had no confidence in the Weimar government. Hyper inflation meant the money became worthless and literally 'not worth the paper it was printed on'. It was clear that attention was required urgently and in 1923 a new government took over under Gustav Stresemann. Stresemann called in all the worthless German Marks and burned them, replacing them all with the new Renten Mark. Stresemann, under the Dawes Plan, took out loans from the United States of America. These loans were used partially to pay the reparations the France and Britain and partially invested in German industry. The Dawes plan was that Germany loaned money from the USA, they then paid it in reparations to France and Britain who, in turn, paid it back to The USA for the war debts. This seemed to be a good solution to Germany's problems. However Germany's economic success was very precariously situated and based on uncertain foundations; the US could call back the loans at any time with very short notice, this situation would effectively ruin Germany and its economy. The Wall Street crash did just that, destroying the US economy and plunging them into long depression. The USA called in all their loans. Germany had the supports pulled from under them. Big