Thursday, April 1, 2010

New Deal Part 2 Review

New Deal Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe the Work Progress Administration: Put people back to work through civil projects and doing things like sponsoring artist.

Describe the Social Security Act: Provides pension for the elderly, established unemployment insurance, and also for work related accidents

Describe how FDR favored Labor Unions in the New Deal: FDR believed that to get out of the Great depression had to raise the standard of living for industrial workers so gets Wagner Act passed which recognizes employee’s rights to join labor union and collective bargain

Describe the problems FDR had with the SC and his solutions: FDR came with a new plan to add up to new six new judges who realistic would be New Deal supporters.

Describe the Effects of the New Deal: Changed the US gov. from laissez faire approach to accepting responsibility to prime the pump of the economy.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Bell Ringer

It was harmful. they either let out of necessity or follow their goals for better living. Even rode trains from town to town

Great Depression Part 2 Review

Great Depression Part 2 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did GD affect cities? Ordinary people didn’t really understand the stock market’s crash and reasons

How did the unemployed live? They went from factory to factory trying to find a job and most of them took them their families to bread lines

How did GD affect farmers? As prices fell and drought ensued farmers fell further and further into debt. Many of them lost their farms

What other problems did farmers face? Lost of fertile in their land migrating to other cites looking for a new way to live

How did GD affect family life? Man sank into shame and despair with some even leaving their families. Birthrates drop, women worked constantly to support family, children dropped out of schools, and some children ran away

How did Hoover try to handle the depression? By letting business itself come out of the depression which happened to fail so Hoover decided to built the Hoover Dam which worked!!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Bell Ringer

Why might Americans have innvested their money in stock instead of putting it into savings? The people enojoyed what seem the endless era of prospersity and putting the money in stocks cause of the confidence they had.

Great Depression Part 1 Review

Great Depression Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How did Herbert Hoover win the election of 1828? With accomplishments and optimism over the economy

What things were going on in the 20’s that lead to the Great Depression? Farmers had increased production during WWI to meet demand which meant buying new land and equipment which resulted in farmers bringing massive debt into the 20’s

What was Black Tuesday? How did it happen? Stock market begin to stutter by Oct People began to lose confidence and Oct 29 the market completely crashed

What effects did Black Tuesday have on the US? Americans lost billions of dollars with many who bought on margin losing everything they had

How did the Depression spread globally? Reparation payments, war debt payments, and imbalance of trade had already created shaky economic structure

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Bell Ringer

1. The sinking of American ships and zimmerman telegram
2. to antagonize the US and also because they were just going through.

World War I Part 1 Review

World War I Part 1 Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

How does nationalism influence countries in the early 1900’s? Europeans believed should express nationalism of a single group in country.

What is militarism? How does it influence Europe in the early 1900’s? For many Europeans leader’s war was going to happen so to prepare increased size of military. It meant next war would involve tech never seen before.

Triple Alliance- Germany, Italy, Austria Hungary

Triple Entente- Russia, Great Britain, France

How does the war start? By the assassination of Franz Ferdinand

Why does the war become a stalemate? The Germans and French didn’t go anywhere. Machine guns were used to settle the battle between the trenches

How does the US become involved in the war? By the invasion in Belgium and sinking of American ships like Lusitanian and Zimmerman Telegram.