U.S. History notes Red Scare 1919: I. Mass hysteria II. Why: unrealistic irrational fear. A. Expectations up and down: 1. Prosperity: People are doubling income (1915 income: 408$ yr to 1920 835$ year) 2. Post war recession B. Super patriotism/Slackers (you’re a slacker if not a super patriot) 1. Committee for Public Relations (C.P.I.) (Creel Committee) - Read propaganda papers‚ pushed conformity and supported Boy Scouts for war. 2. Espionage and sedition acts A
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the nation’s economy worsened‚ it seemed only harder to turn the tide on our luck. Herbert Hoover‚ was president of the United Sates at start of the depression. He pressed Americans for their continued belief in a possible recovery. He believed that the power of the economy could right itself‚ without needing government intervention. As my family and most others expected‚ the situation did not improve. Hoover eventually lost presidency to Franklin Roosevelt in the 1932 election President Roosevelt
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crisis deepened‚ President Hoover struggled to respond. In 1932‚ with Hoover’s reputation in tatters‚ FDR and his promised “New Deal" brought a surge of hope. Although FDR’s New Deal did not end the Great Depression it eased the people’s suffering and reformed many of the problems that contributed to the depression by providing relief‚ recovery‚ and reform while fundamentally changing the role of the federal government towards the people. First‚ the conditions under Hoover need to be examined‚ as
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his cabinet although he failed to demonstrate to have much intelligence. Charles Evans Hughes was appointed to be the Secretary of State‚ Andrew W. Mellon appointed as the Secretary of the Treasury and as leader of the Commerce Department‚ and Herbert Hoover bumped up the 1920s to a new level. On the other hand‚ Harding also appointed some of the worst positions for office. He appointed Albert B. Fall as the Secretary of the Interior. The Teapot Dome Scandal or the ¡§Oil Reserves Scandal¡¨ [Simon
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WALDORF ASTOR JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV * In 1893‚ William Waldorf Astor launched the 13-story Waldorf Hotel at Fifth Avenue near 34 street in New York City. * The 2‚200 rooms‚ 42 floors Waldorf Astoria Hotel was rebuilt with the new President Herbert Hoover. * On January 1993 it was designated as a New York Landmark. ERNEST HENDERSON ROBERT MOORE * Ernest Henderson and Robert Moore started the Sheraton Chain in 1937 * Sheraton was the first hotel chain to be listed in the New York
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In the 1929‚ The United States suffered greatly from the worst stock market crash in history‚ which started The Great Depression. The stock market crash of 1929 led to suffering of millions of American citizens. The Great Depression was the longest and greatest stock market crash in the history of the western world. It lasted over 10 years‚ from 1929-1939‚ which is the longest and widest depression in western history. A depression in economics is‚ “A sustained‚ long-term downturn in economic activity
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Since the dawn of the stock market crash of 1929‚ Herbert Hoover had been in office and he believed that the Depression would pass over in due time. Americans however wanted a solution to the Depression now. In the election of 1932 the Democratic nominee was Franklin Delano Roosevelt; he promised a “New Deal” for Americans across the country. He won the 1932 election by a landslide over Hoover. To solve these issues‚ President Roosevelt started certain programs to employ as many people as possible
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America’s population - were unemployed. There was then no dole to fall back on‚ so food was short and the unemployed in cities couldn’t pay their rent. Some ended up in settlements called ’Hoovervilles’ (after the US president of the time‚ Herbert C Hoover)‚ in shanties made from old packing cases and corrugated iron. Added to the man-made financial problems were natural ones. A series of droughts in southern mid-western states like Kansas‚ Oklahoma and Texas led to failed harvests and dried-up
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Schuszter 1 Zeno Schuszter Mrs. Potters English II 24 February 2011 Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Accomplishments and Achievements The twenty second Amendment in the constitution‚ which sets a limit of two terms for the president of the U.S‚ was instituted after FDR left office. This man was no other then the famous president‚ Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He accomplished greatness and may have been the best president ever to run America. Without fear or self-doubt he faced immense problems
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In the 1930’s‚ President Herbert Hoover strongly believed that in order to maintain a healthy economy‚ the citizens must invest into it and act in the interest of the country as a whole and not individually. Even before the great collapse‚ farmers acted in their own interests. World
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