Read about the Great Depression. According to this article, what was wrong with President Hoover's response? Why did people blame themselves when things went wrong, and how valid or invalid was this response?
President hoover responded as if it "a passing incident in our national live" and that it would be over in 60 days. Men were usually harder on themselves than women were, men were supposed to provide for their families and they thought it was humiliating to ask for help, while women working was increased slightly. It was a valid response for the men to respond like this because they were supposed to be the role in the family. President Hoover said that it was not the governments fault.
Read about Black Sunday
. How would you have felt if you'd been there on that day? What kinds of fears, concerns, or questions would be going through your mind during, and after, the event described?
if i was in the situation i would have been terrified of my life. the questions going through my head would be Am i going to survive this? Am i safe? Is my family okay? If i was trapped here the rest of my life would i have enough stuff to survive?
if i was in the situation i would have been terrified of my life. the questions going through my head would be Am i going to survive this? Am i safe? Is my family okay? If i was trapped here the rest of my life would i have enough stuff to survive?
Read about The Drought. What areas were affected by it? What caused it. The author ends this article with a pithy quote. Do you agree or disagree with this historian's perspective? Why or why not?
Eastern Part then moved towards the west. the combination of drought and misuse of the land is was caused the Dust, the land was originally covered with grass and fine soil but farmers came and misused the area and "overgrazing cattle and sheep herds stripped the plains of their cover." i agree with parts of the quote i agree where he talks about disregard of nature's limits and uncertainties, but when he gets to the whole uncritical faith part and devotion to self-aggrandizement that has nothing to do with a storm hitting their town but with the people. but he also seems like he's blaming it all on the people who worked really hard and probably had know idea that this was going to happen.
Eastern Part then moved towards the west. the combination of drought and misuse of the land is was caused the Dust, the land was originally covered with grass and fine soil but farmers came and misused the area and "overgrazing cattle and sheep herds stripped the plains of their cover." i agree with parts of the quote i agree where he talks about disregard of nature's limits and uncertainties, but when he gets to the whole uncritical faith part and devotion to self-aggrandizement that has nothing to do with a storm hitting their town but with the people. but he also seems like he's blaming it all on the people who worked really hard and probably had know idea that this was going to happen.
Read about Mass Exodus from the Plains. Were does the migration of people out of the Dust Bowl rank in terms of other migrations in US History? What made life hard for people once they arrived in California?
the migration of the Dust Bowl was the largest migration in American History. 2.5 million people had moved out by 1940 and 200,000 of them moved to California. California people didn't accept the people from the western states as friendly as they hoped. farmers gave up farming when they heard that many farms in California were tied up with large corporate farms. they built their houses from scavenged scraps and they lived without plumbing and electricity. Typhoid, malaria, smallpox, and tuberculosis spread. over the years life got better but they were still called "okies" and "arkies".
the migration of the Dust Bowl was the largest migration in American History. 2.5 million people had moved out by 1940 and 200,000 of them moved to California. California people didn't accept the people from the western states as friendly as they hoped. farmers gave up farming when they heard that many farms in California were tied up with large corporate farms. they built their houses from scavenged scraps and they lived without plumbing and electricity. Typhoid, malaria, smallpox, and tuberculosis spread. over the years life got better but they were still called "okies" and "arkies".
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