What were the root causes of the Great Depression? What will ...

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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?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 4

What were the root causes of the Great Depression?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Brenm]

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  In 1928, Huey Long won the governorship of Louisiana.
  


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


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


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


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  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.
  


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  Long advocated a radical redistribution of the nations wealth.
  


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  Long was assassinated in 1935.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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


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


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


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  Their work revived depleted forests and provided flood control.
  


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

Answer 3

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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


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


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


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


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  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

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  A complex set of factors led to the Depression.
  


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


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


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


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


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

[bucstennis@aim.com]

Great answer, keep it coming

[bbburns21]

Excellent