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?
What was wrong with president Hoover's response was that he underestimated how bad it was and assured the Americans that the crisis would only last 60 days. He also did not think that the federal government should offer relief to the poverty stricken population. Americans blamed themselves for the crisis because they were not able to provide for their families. This response actually made them stronger because it made people take more responsibilities and also taught them careful savings and frugality.
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 had been there on Black Sunday I would have felt as I was about to suffocate or as if the world was ending or something. During the storm, I would be hoping that my family would be okay. I would also be thinking about those who might actually be suffocating and not able to breathe. After the storm, I would be thinking about the lasting effects such as the damage it had done to my home and to other people.
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?
The areas that were affected by the drought were the western third of Kansas, Southeastern Colorado, the Oklahoma Panhandle, the northers two-thirds of the Texas Panhandle, and northeastern New Mexico.the Dust Bowl caused it. I agree but also disagree with the author. I do agree that people were going through life especially in the 20s with careless disregard of nature's limits but I do not agree that people were not thinking about the future. I think that they were thinking about the future however, they were not thinking in the right direction.
Read about Mass Exodus from the Plains. Where 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?
TheThe dust bowl was the largest migration in American History. Once they arrived in California, life was hard because they did not know how to work the more modern farms. They were unfamiliar with land and the plants and were unsure how to do things. Also, pay was not very good. Most even gave up farming in general.
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