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Period 4-Chapter 22
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1920s
Angelina,Becky,
Jeremy,Terry&Zizy
Chapter22‐Period4
5/25/2010
TheGreatDepressionBegins
THE GREAT DEPRESSION BEGINS
TheNation’sSickEconomy
*Astheprosperityofthe1920s,severaleconomicproblemsgrippedthenationheavily.
EconomicTroublesontheHorizonIn1920s,asmallnumberofAmericansbecamewealthy,butthe
majorityAmericanscouldnotearnadecentlife.Theeconomistsprovidedthreeseriousproblemsthatcouldthreateneconomicprosperity.
HooverTakestheNation
VS. In1928,HerbertHoover(RepublicanP.)andAlfredE.Smith(DemocracyP.)wererunningforthepresidency.Duringtheelectionof1928,Hooverdeclaredonemessagethathelpedhimtogetanoverwhelmingvictory.ThemessagewasclearandmostofAmericanswerehappywithRepublicanleadership.Atthattime,agreatnumberofpeoplewantedtobecomewealthy;therefore,theyinvestedblindlyinthestockmarketwithnobasicknowledgeaboutstockmarket.Peoplewereengaginginspeculation.Theyboughtstocksandbondsonthechanceofaquickprofit,whileignoringtherisks.Manypeoplealsobeganbuyingonmargin.Witheasymoneyavailabletoinvestors,therefore,thenumberofmillionairesincreasedrapidly.However,inthebadsituation,whenthepricewentdownsuddenly,peoplewhohadboughtmargincouldnotpayofftheloans.Therefore,theDowJonesIndustrialAveragewasthewidelyusedbarometerofthestockmarket’shealth.Someeconomitshadwarnedoftheweaknessessintheeconomyin1929.Thegovernmentalsodidnottakecarethisverymuch.
*Thechartsbelowshowedhoweasytheinvestorsbecamethestockbrokers.
Borrowing to Purchase Stocks as a Percentage of Total Consumer
Debt
1900 1 percent 1910 2 percent 1920 3 percent 1929 5 percent 1933 2 percent
TheStockMarketCrashes InearlySeptember1929,stockpricespeakedandfellrapidly.Someinvestorsquicklysoldtheirstocksandpulledout.TheBlackTuesday(October29,1929)wasthedaywhenthestockmarketcrashedterribly.Investorswhocouldnotselltheirstockswerestuckwithhugedebtsbecausemostofinvestorsboughtstockswithcredit.Whenthestockmarketcrashed,itmarkedthebeginningofTheGreatDepression(1929‐1940).TheGreatDepressioncausedalotofeffect:peoplelosttheirjob,theeconomywentdowndramatically,andbankingsystemfailed.Civiliansrealizedthattheyhadtotakeouttheirmoneyfrombanks.Duetothisaction,itcausedtheeconomybecomesworse.TheGreatDepressionalsoaffectedtheothercountries.ThetradingbetweentheUSAandEuropeancountrieswerecorruptedimmediatelybecausetheDepressionlimitingAmerica’sabilitytoimportEuropeanproducts.Tosolvetheproblem,in1930,CongresspassedouttheHawley‐SmootTariffAct,whichestablishedthehighestproductivetariffinUShistory.In1929,PresidentHooverencouragedAmericanstoremainconfidenceandcalmnessabouttheeconomy.
Loans by Stock Brokers
1927 $3.5 billion
1929 $7 billion
*October24,1929:ThefrontpageoftheBrooklynDailyEagle,publishedonthedayoftheinitialWallStreetCrash,knownasBlackThursday(Hulton/GettyImages)
*October24,1929,NewYork,US:PanickedstocktraderscrowdedoutsidetheNewYorkstockexchangeonthedayofthemarketcrash(Bettmann/Corbis)
HardshipandSufferingduringtheDepression*DuringtheDepression,Americansdidwhattheyhadtodotosurvive.
Thecountry’sconditionwasharsh.Incities,peoplelosttheirjobsandhouses.Asaresult,shantytownsstartedtoappear.Soupkitchensofferingfreeorlowcostfoodandbreadlines,orlinesofpeoplewaitingtoreceivefoodfromcharitableorganizationwereseeneverywhere.AfricanAmericansandLatinossufferedheavyviolence.MexicanreturnedtoMexicoeitherbyforceorleftvoluntarily.Inthecountryside,theconditionwasalittlebitbettersincesomefarmerscouldgrowfoodfortheirownfamily.However,somefarmerslosttheirlandorthelandownerstookbacktheirland,therefore,tenantfarmingwasfavoredinordertosurvive.DuetotheDustBowl,somepeoplelefttheirlandtomovetoWesternregion,andmostofthemmovedtoCalifornia.Thedepressionaffectedthesocietyheavily.Thegovernmentdidnotprovidedirectrelieftothecitizenship,sothelifebecameharsherthanever.
*November161930,Chicago,US:NotoriousgangsterAlCaponeattemptstohelpunemployedmenwithhissoupkitchen,BigAl'sKitchenfortheNeedy(Bettmann/Corbis)
Mentriedtofindjobstosupportfamilies.Somemen,whousedtosupportandworkedforthefamily,becamedepressedwhentheycouldnotfindanyjob.Somemenlosthopesandtheyabandonedtheirfamilies.Ontheotherhand,womentriedtodoanyjobthatcouldhelpthefamilyandsavedasmuchmoneyaspossible.However,theyalsofacedresentmentfromthesociety,therefore,womenstartedtolosejobs.Becauseofthat,manywomenstarvedtodeath.Children’spoordietledtoserioushealthproblems.Inaddition,schoolsshutdown,soteenagersstartedtofindjobandworked.Someteenagersevenlefttheirownfamiliesandlivedbythemselves.Theconditionwastooharshthatagreatofnumberpeoplelosthopes,dreams,anddecidedtocommitsuicide.Theotherpeopledhadcompromisesthataffectedthemalotinordertosurvive.FinancialsecuritybecametheprimarygoalinlifeofmanyAmericans.
PrimarySource*ThreeciviliansexpressedtheirfearsduringtheGreatDepressiontimeatSenateCommitteeonManufactures,1932.
25 year old waitress
43 year old housewife
54 year old molder
Chief need Money Money Money Meaning of
money Joys the rich
have Chance to
educate children No more relief
orders
Chief fear Loss of job Poverty Things will never get
better Does
government owe you a living?
No No Thinks U.S. owes all a job
Who is responsible for Depression?
The bankers and building
and loan men Drift away
from church Capitalism's
greed
Would you farm if you had land?
Yes, if I knew how No No
Has religion helped you?
When things were worst Almost by itself No
Do you want government to plan the future?
Thinks government can
plan without restricting
Will abide by the plan that
offers a better day
Wants help not advice
HooverStruggleswiththeGreatDepression*PresidentHoover’sconservativeresponsetotheGreatDepressiondrewcriticismfrommanyAmericans
AnalysisHoover’sResponses: Overall,HerbertHoover’sresponsestotheGreatDepressionmainlybasedonhisconservativephilosophy.HooverthoughtthegovernmentwouldonlyencouragecooperationandAmericanshouldsucceedthroughhis/herowneffort.AfterthestockmarketcrashedonBlackTuesday,Hooverusedhisphilosophy,andthenrespondedtotheciviliansclearly.Hoover’sresponseseeminglymadeagreatshockandfrustratedsufferingAmericans.Inaddition,Hoover’spoliticalphilosophycausedhimtotakecautiousstepsforrecoveringtheeconomicdepression.Hoover’scautiousstepsdidnotmakemuchofadifference.Theeconomywasstillshrinking,andtheunemploymentwasstillrising. BoulderDamwasamassiveprojectthatprovidingelectricity,floodcontrol,andaregularwatersupplytoWesternstates.BoulderDamwasamodelofencouragingcooperationbythefederalgovernment.
ConsequencesofHoover’sResponses:Hoover’sresponsesmadethepoliticaltideturnedagainstHoover
andtheRepublicans.Whentheeconomicdepressionincreased,in1930,DemocracytookadvantagestowinmoreseatsinCongress.ThecitizenshipalsocriticizedHooverwhenHooverrefusedtosupportdirectreliefforpoorfarmersandcivilians.Asaresult,poorfarmersandpoorciviliansexpressedtheirangerinmanyways.
HooverTakesAction Finally,Hoovertriedtoformsomenewcooperation(FederalFarmBoard,NationalCreditCorporation)andpassedsomeactsout(FederalHomeLoanBankAct,ReconstructionFinanceCorporation,Glass‐SteagallBankingAct)withthehopetorecoverthecountry’seconomyrapidly.
Whentheseactspassedout,theyalsomadesomeneweffectsthatwerestoppingthedecreasingofeconomyinshorttimeofperiod.However,thenumberofunemploymentandthenumberofbankfailureswerestillrising.Thefederalgovernmentrealizedthiswastoolatetorecovertheeconomy.
*UnemploymentasPercentageoftheLaborForceandBank
Failures.
Unemployment as Percentage of the Labor Force
1900 5 percent 1910 5.9 percent 1920 4 percent 1925 4 percent 1929 3.2 percent 1930 8.7 percent 1932 23.6 percent 1933 24.9 percent 1934 21.7 percent 1935 20.1 percent
GassingtheBonusArmyGassingtheBonusArmywasthenextproblemthatHooverfacedand
it sealed Hoover’s political fate. Soldiers who fought in WWI went toWashingtonDC.Theywantedthegovernmentpaidmoneyimmediatelyfortheir achievement inWWI ($500/per soldier). They called themselves theBonus Expeditionary Force, or the Bonus Army. Hoover showed hisdisagreement strongly by sending his troops to get rid of veterans. ThisactionoutragedAmericansandfadedHoover’simageinAmericans’mind.
Bank Failures 1929 659 1930 1,352 1931 1,456 1932 2,294 1933 5,190
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