- List reasons why the Harlem Renaissance was significant for African Americans and the whole American population.
- What was government’s attitude toward business in the 1920s?
- What was the Scopes trial and why was it significant?
- What happened to farmers during the Depression? Why?
- How did Herbert Hoover approach the Depression?
- What two basic strategies for attacking the Depression emerged during FDR’s First Hundred Days?
- What criticisms of the New Deal were raised?
- What were the effects of the Wagner Act?
- What impact did the New Deal have on the power of the federal government?
- Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
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[Posted by John] What criticisms of the New Deal were raised?
The main criticism of the New Deal was that it was looked at as a decentralized program. The New Deal was extremely focused on recovery and relief for primarily white men. Women and African Americans were still in extreme depression. The New Deal did not present any type of relief administration for women or African Americans. The Leftists believed that the New Deal was not lberal enough and the Conservatives thought that the New Deal was too liberal.
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Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
The New Deal did not solve the Depression by any means. If anything, the New Deal temporarily helped relieve people from the impact of the Depression. Although the WPA and CCC were affective, they were only temporary relief administrations. Not until WWII was the Depression truly resolved.
How did Herbert Hoover approach the Depression?
President Hoover does more in his term than any other president before him. Hoover, however, did not seem to take the stock market crash and depression seriously. He did not panic about the stock market. The entire country was in panic yet he seemed to stay calm. Hoover knew he had to do something so he spent $700 million on public works. President Hoover also gave direct grants to agriculture.
What was government’s attitude toward business in the 1920s?
The government's attitude toward business in the 1920's was generally very postive and was characterized by the buying of large investments. Following WWI people would purchase expensive items such as the Model T and new in-home technologies. The new influx of money resulted in people investing the stock market which ulitmately led to the biggest crash in history.
Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
While the New Deal made giant strides to try and solve the depression. Roosevelt insituted several acts and plans to try and slove the crisis. He insitruded the Agriculture Adjustment Act which payed farms to stop producing a surplus of crops. The National Recovery Adgency which set industry codes, minimum wage, and prices. While the New Deal help less the effects of the Depression it did not solve the problem
Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
The ideas of the New Deal attempted to solve the depression however they were unsuccessful. At the time is was hard to determine what would help or hurt the economy and the people of America. Opinions on the new deal differed depending on class and overall people were very critical of the president's decisions. Some may say that Roosevelt should have been more liberal in order to help people out of poverty. However the upperclasses felt that the president should have been more conservative.
What were the effects of the Wagner Act?
The Wagner Act also known as the National Labor Relations Act was the first time the federal legislation attempted to strengthen labor. Under this act workers were gicen the legal right to organize, right outlawed black listing. This caused the Union memberships to explode. Before this act the govt. and buisness were against labor unions.
What criticisms of the New Deal were raised?
Conservatives criticized the New Deal because they feared that Roosevelt was advocating socialism, many believed the government had not done enough to help the poor or farmers, and critics such as Charles Coughlin claimed the New Deal was excessively pro-business. These proposed issues led to programs like Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth".
The Harlem Renaissance also known as the "jazz age" was significant for African Americans and the population as a whole. It brought about the phrase "New Negro" which was coined by Alain Locke, it allowed African Americans to be proud of their own race, and helped renew their militancy. As for the population, the Harlem Renaissance brought civilization closer to your average person.
Comment on Mike's response to the Harlem Renaissance question:
Great response. I didn't know much about the Harlem Renaissance and how it affected African Americans.
What was government’s attitude toward business in the 1920s?
The government had a very pro-business tone during the 1920's. During this time the gov't moved away from progressive beliefs and laws. They took away regulatory work hours and overturned work laws. Because of this movement away from progressivism the US became a very powerful industrial force in the world (maintaining 42% of the business). They became a global power and soon enough they were looked at as the world banker.
What two basic strategies for attacking the Depression emerged during FDR’s First Hundred Days?
FDR's two strategies for attacking the depression in the first 100 days include putting money into the economy and creating jobs for the unemployed. In the first 100 days FDR didn't believe in giving away money so he would pay people to do pointless jobs like digging a hole and filling it back in in order to put money into the economy and improve the pubilc's morale.
comment to john's awnser:
i think you awnsered it very well. i also belive that the new deal was focused on the recovery and relief on only the white man.
comment on voto's awnser to he ew deal:
voto showed good knowledge of this topic. presenting exact examples of why the new deal didnt compltely work.
voto very impressive!!
Comment to Caitlin's response to the New Deal criticisms:
After reading this answer I realized the aspects that I missed in my response. It was good to pick up on what I left out.
What was the Scopes trial and why was it significant?
The Scopes Monkey Trial was an experimental court case in Dayton, Tenn. in 1925. The idea that it was illegal to teach anything that denies divine creation in schooling systems was brought to court. The staged trial had high media coverage and the accused biology teacher by the name of John Scopes was found guilty. The prosecuter William Bryan said that evolution promoted the strong killing off the weak and this scared alot of the population. The scopes trial was the first ever to be aired on the radio and it really was seen as a contest between Darwinism and fundamentalism not a teacher vs. the state of Tenn.
Sir bilbo's post about the new deal solving the depression was very impressive. I picked up a couple new beliefs and plan on using some of his thoughts in my study guide.
Voto's comments on the Wagner Act were on the ball but I feel like he could have added more to them. Did the Labor Relations Board have that much support and power? I would love for him to expand...
Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
The new Deal did not SOLVE the depression, rather just made the really terrible times slightly less miserable. Although much of the legislation passed during FDR's term in office dealt with bettering the situation of corparations, individuals, and the economy, America along with most of Europe don't get out depressions until after the second World War
What impact did the New Deal have on the power of the federal government?
The New Deal effected the federal government in that it increased the power of the federal government. The government was taking charge to battle the depression and was able to make large strides in doing so. Legislation like social security and the FDIC gave the people a new sense of confidence in their government and allowed its power to grow significantly.
comment to will's question: Did the New Deal solve the Depression?:
I think that he answered it well and thoroughly. I agree with what he has written. I would also just maybe mention in the beginning that the gov't tried to stimulate businesses economy.
What were the effects of the Wagner Act?
The Wagner Act was significant because it was the first federal legislation to strenghthen labor and also give people the legal right to organize and strike. It was effective because it evetually created the National Labor Relations Board.
What happened to farmers during the Depression? Why?
Farmers were the first ones to be affect by the Great Depression when the stock market crashed. They could not recieve any profits because no one had money to buy there goods. This resulted in excess surplus for farmers. Many of whom went into debt and bankruptcy because they could not sell any of their harvest.
Did the New Deal solve the Depression?
The New Deal does not actually solve the Depression but it does lessen its impact on the economy and people's lives. Since it was such a major crisis it was harder to fix than expected. Many people also criticized the New Deal because some felt it was more socialist reforms and others felt it didn't benefit the poor as much as it should. Though the New Deal's programs did make some headway, for the most part it did not have such a profound effect on American lives that it ended the Great Depression all together.
What were the effects of the Wagner Act?
The effects of the Wagner Act were mostly a great increase of union memeberships, including a larger population of unskilled and racially diverse members. The CIO, a brach from the AFL that allowed any type of worker to join, was also an effect of the act, as was the new popular and more effective form of strike called a "sit down" strike. A more general effect on the citizens was a feeling that the administration actually cared about workers, thus increasing support for the president.
List reasons why the Harlem Renaissance was significant for African Americans and the whole American population.
The Harlem Renaissance was significant for African Americans and whe whole American population because it was really the first African American artistic movement. The phrase "New Negro" by Elaine Locke meant that African Americans were proud of their race and would not comprimise their rights, and this meant that there was a certain confidence coming out about African Americans who were still surpressed at the time of the renaissance. It was observed as a way to point out that African Americans too could be civilized, and wanted to prove their worth in the country in that time period.
How did Herbert Hoover approach the Depression?
Hoover approached the depression in a manner that suggested that it was not a national crisis, or an international crisis for that matter. He believed that it was normal for the economy to fluctuate like so, and expected the people to work through their unemployment and poverty. He was an advocator of economic individualism and private property. However, he did spend 700 million in public works, in particular banks and businessnes.
Comment on Matthew's post: Did the New Deal solve the Depression
He cleared up the question very nicely, and made it obvious to the reader that efforts were made to solve the depression, but they did not.
Comment on Mike's Scope's Trial:
Really cleared up a lot of things about the trial. Good description, especially the part about darwinism vs. fundamentalism.
Comment to Coutneys answer:
Good thing to know for the test. Book says its one of the most important acts passed, good pick up
Very to the point
Bravo!
On Mikes Harlem Renaissance post:
Great idea Mr. Shakespeare, we haven't talked much about this in class so you're just one step ahead of the game
plaudits!
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