Question

During the onset of the Depression, the federal government provided no safety net or relief for those affected by the economic. However, some states did try to provide money to those directly affected.
true
false

How did those in need survive without a regular income, during this period?

Charitable organizations provided food and shelter


Soup kitchens and bread lines provided food.


Homeless families lived in makeshift shelters in "shantytowns".


All of the above

Answer 1

1. False

The Impact of the Great Depression in the onset caused the international structure of world trade to collapse, as well as agricultural sectors and industrial. As each nation sought to protect its own industrial base, they imposed high tariffs on imported goods and increased its cost. Unfortunately, this made everything to get worse because by 1932 United States industrial output had been cut in half, and there was no governmentally financed "safety net" of welfare projects to shield the average workers from falling into neediness. Due to this the new president Franklin Roosevelt proposed “the New Deal”.  

2. All of the above

During those times, extraordinary hardships were faced by civilians in need. For nearly every unemployment person there were dependents who needed to be fed and housed. Due to this there a massive poverty and hunger took place. Even Former millionaires had to stand on the street corners trying to sell fruits. Also, there were Hundreds of pitiful shantytowns -called Hoovervilles in honor of the unfortunate Republican president who presided over the disaster- jumped up everywhere throughout the nation to protect the vagrants rested under "Hoover Blankets" – an old newspapers from the time - in the out-of-entryways. Individuals held up in bread lines in each city, seeking after something to eat. Consequently, in 1931 alone in excess of 20,000 Americans submitted suicide.

Answer 2

For anybody wondering in the future I just took the assignment the answers were:

True

All of the above

The third question wasn't on this one but if someone happens to have it here is question three's answer:

3. Why did California attempt to prevent those affected by the Dust Bowl from entering the state, going as far as passing the Indigent Act, which would make it illegal to transport a poor person to the state (later found unconstitutional)?

California was not able to provide enough resources to accommodate the influx of people entering the state.

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