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Question 1

Describe the political career of Huey Long.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What was the Civilian Conservation Corps and what did it achieve?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

How did Herbert Hoover respond to the Depression?
 
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What were the root causes of the Great Depression?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer 1

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  • In 1928, Huey Long won the governorship of Louisiana.


  • He did more for the underprivileged people of Louisiana than any other governor had.


  • His ambition had no bounds, and he used any means to accumulate power.


  • In 1932, Long resigned the governorship and won election to the U.S. Senate.


  • Initially he supported FDR, but by 1933 he had broken with the president and forged his own political movement based on his Share-Our-Wealth Plan.


  • Long advocated a radical redistribution of the nations wealth.


  • Long was assassinated in 1935.



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  • The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided work for unemployed young men.


  • CCC workers lived in camps, wore uniforms, and conformed to military discipline.


  • They planted millions of trees, built more than 30,000 wilderness shelters, stocked rivers and lakes, and preserved historic sites.


  • Their work revived depleted forests and provided flood control.


  • By 1935, the CCC had employed more than 500,000 young men.



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  • After the stock market crash, Hoover increased spending for public works.


  • He established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to make government credit available to banks and other financial institutions.


  • Seeking to restore confidence in the economy, Hoover strove for a balanced budget by raising taxes and cutting spending.


  • He believed that government relief to the needy had demoralizing effects on people.


  • Even when it was clear that the crisis was beyond the help of charitable groups, Hoover remained strongly opposed to direct relief for the poor.



Answer 4

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  • A complex set of factors led to the Depression.


  • For many Americans, the Depression really began in the 1920s.


  • Food production and distribution stumbled along weakly throughout the 1920s, contributing to widespread rural poverty.


  • By 1929, 200 corporations controlled nearly half of all industry, which limited competition and made it difficult for new, smaller businesses to flourish.


  • Many people obtained consumer goods on credit, so when people lost their jobs, they could not pay their debts.


  • Throughout the 1920s, the gap between the rich and poor increased.





bucstennis@aim.com

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