Although these workers somehow managed to build such enduring monuments as La Guardia and Washington (now Reagan) National airports, Grand Coulee Dam, the Outer Drive in Chicago, San Franciscos Bay Bridge and New Yorks Triborough Bridge, as well as parks, schools, playgrounds, overpasses, golf courses and airfields scattered across the country, they were featured in many a cartoon as passing their time leaning on their shovels.6 In response, the WPA Theatre project produced a play satirizing that common criticism (see photo at right). Large majorities favored the federal government providing free medical care for those unable to pay (76%), helping state and local governments cover the costs of medical care for mothers at childbirth (74%), spending $25 million (big bucks in those days) to control venereal diseases (68%), and giving loans on a long time and easy basis to enable tenant farmers to buy the farms they then rented (73%). Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. social studies is literally something where you just memorize answers you can't "learn" social studies without being blatantly told the answer lmao. This was primarily caused by the difference in the executive leaders ideologies, where Hoover was more focused on individual responsibility and capitalism, Roosevelt was more concerned with immediate action based on government intervention. Thanks for creating a SparkNotes account! Contact us B. New Deal used Government as an agent and started to intervene in the economic institution in order to recover from the failure. Roosevelts responses to the Great Depression was effective mainly due to the fact that the percent of unemployment decreased during his time as president. Even if u tried to give the answer it was actually D if anyone wants to know :), i just finished this quick check the anwsers are A Younger evangelicals in the U.S. are more concerned than their elders about climate change, Publics Top Priority for 2022: Strengthening the Nations Economy, What the data says about Americans views of climate change, Podcasts as a Source of News and Information, AI in Hiring and Evaluating Workers: What Americans Think, Americans confident in Zelenskyy, but have limited familiarity with some other world leaders, How Public Polling Has Changed in the 21st Century. This page requires JavaScript, which you Both devoted time and government money to public assistance programs. Rather than fire domestic help, private employers could simply pay them less without legal repercussions. The population donned the mask of nomads once more by following the migration of sporadic jobs to feed their starving families. Many Americans forced to buy on credit fell into debt, and the number of foreclosures and repossessions climbed steadily. Choose the two highlighted examples that best emphasize why Hoover supported a limited federal response to the onset of the Great Depression. Jxy. Subscribe now. Some contemporaneous complaints have a familiar ring. Among policies approved by roughly two-in-three in 1936-7, was the new Social Security program this despite the fact that the questions asked about it focused on the compulsory equal monthly contributions by employers and employees rather than on any promised benefits at retirement. Compare and contrast the responses of private relief agencies and state and federal governments to the Great Depression. Chapter 11: The Great Depression and the New Deal - Quiz A. endobj endobj And most didnt want to: Six-in-ten (61%) said that even if someone paid their full expenses, they still wouldnt want to go by airplane to Europe and back, whereas 80% would gladly accept the deal if they could go by boat. Both believed businesses should be responsible for American prosperity C. Hoover, A. Hoover was most concerned about stabilizing the banks, while Roosevelt chose to provide jobs. Support for assistance programs was also waning somewhat by 1937. The federal government's seeming lack of sympathy for everyday Americans made Hoover increasingly unpopular. Bush Quick Check, John Lund, Paul S. Vickery, P. Scott Corbett, Todd Pfannestiel, Volker Janssen, Eric Hinderaker, James A. Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, Robert O. Self, Donald Kagan, Frank M. Turner, Steven Ozment, Quiz on The Age of Jackson, Westward Expansio. Fully 74% said they were either angry or dissatisfied with the federal government, and 73% disapproved of the job Congress is doing.. For instance, in document F, the diagram explores how in the following years from 1929- 1943 there is an increase and decrease in unemployment. Youve successfully purchased a group discount. Many of these individuals began to create their own society's known as Hoovervilles. The government and various individuals quickly sought after solutions to address the problems facing America during this time. A sharp recession hit in 1937, caused in part by the Federal Reserves decision to increase its requirements for money in reserve. About half (50%) expected general business conditions to improve over the next six months, while only 29% expected a worsening. Revolutions streaked across the globe as people became disillusioned towards the government. It had many origins, most notably of which was the Stock Market Crash of October 29th, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday. The administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the crippling unemployment and poverty rates of the Depression by establishing federal work programs to provide much-needed jobs to millions of Americans. 4. If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. Of course, two years after these setbacks for their parties, voters returned both Reagan and Roosevelt to the White House.