"Isolationism" and FDR (1935 - 1941)

1. Isolationists wanted to make it so that America wouldn't have to move out of its borders to keep itself safe. Isolationism is a misleading term because the policy is stricly militarily, and isolationists were still open to free trade with all other countries.

2. Some isolationists felt that there was no need to feel threatened by developments in Europe and Asia because they felt America was too powerful in many aspects to feel threatened by other countries so far away, and those countries were not powerful enough to be a threat to America.

3. The purpose of the Nye Committee hearing were to find the reasons why America got involved in World War I to help prevent intervention in World War II.

4. Two impressions that the Nye Committee hearings created were that big businesses were a major cause of the US getting involved in World War I and that Roosevelt was trying to get involved in World War II.

5. The purpose of the Neutrality Acts were to prevent the United States from getting involved in World War II.

6. Some Americans considered Roosevelt's leadership radical and dangerous because he was trying to get America involved in World War II as well as trying to get elected as president for the third time.

7. "Cash and carry" was a system to supply the allies without causing problems internationally. The allies would pay America for supplies so that they would not be in debt.

8. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United States because of the threat Japan caused for China and other countries due to their increase in aggression.

9. The purpose of the America First Committee was to support isolationists' ideas. This, as planned, would make America's feelings and ideas come before the ideas of foreign countries.

World Events Set Stage for Isolationism

1. The Japanese were unhappy with the Treaty of Versailles because they didn't receive any respect, which led to an anti-western nationalist sentiment in Japan.

2. In order to become a stronger power, Japan took the tactics of all other top countries and combined them. The U.S. threatened Japan due to the fact they were expanding westward into the pacific.

3. Japan's rising power was becoming recognized by the western powers, and they signed a pact to keep their navy under a premeditated number.

4. The Senate's willingness to ratify the Kellogg-Briand Pact reelected two strong and widely held sentiments, which were that the U.S. enjoyed the freedom to defend themselves and others.

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6. Chinese dissidents were said to have blown up one of their train tracks, and they wanted to expand their empire's self reliance.

7. Both the Reichstag fire and the explosion on the Japanese railway in Manchuria gave justification for unjustifiable things.

8. The United States stayed alone in order to prevent a new war from breaking out.

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New Deal Essay Outline

Thesis Statement- The United States Government created the New Deal in order to solve problems caused by the Great Depression of 1929. The New Deal was successful in improving the economy in terms of creating jobs for many of the unemployed and by helping farmers increase income, but it was for the most part unsuccessful as it failed to tackle and improve the much more large scale issues such as Economy troubles and widespread poverty.

New Deal- Roosevelt (elected in 1932)

I. Successful Programs

A. Emergency Banking Act

-Passed to inspect banks for their health

-successful (people gained faith in the US banks)

B. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

-put millions of people to work

-taught the men and women how to live independently (increasing self esteem)

C. Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

-provided some relief and farm prices rised.

BADNESS of AAA- Millions of hogs and other products went to waste. 10 million acres of cotton crop plowed under at the cost of $200 million. Modernization put some farmers out of work.

II. Unsuccessful Programs

A. Securities Exchange Commission

-wasn't pleasing for businesses

B. Federal Emergency Relief Administration

-While it put many to work, it was very costly....$1 billion spent in 5 months

In the end, the New Deal was for the most part unsuccessful, as it failed to fix the big issues, but it did show signs of improvement in some areas

FDR & the New Deal

1. During the Great Depression, many people struggled to survive. Many people were laid off at work, were no longer able to afford housing expenses, therefore evicted, and eventually ended up living on the streets. They were forced to live without much food and usually would wait outside of soup kitchens in order to get food.

2. Men weren't used to the change, and some men went out to look for jobs while others left their families. Women were different, as most women worked hard to keep their families close and to help them survive by working outside the house. Lots of children became sick during the Great Depression due to a lack of food, and many were forced to work in sweatshops, where working conditions were horrible.

3. The Dust Bowl was cause by the customs of farmers, as they used tractors to break up the grasslands, which eliminated the protective layer of grass. Overproduction wore out the crops and fields became unsuitable for farming. Effects of the Dust Bowl include farmers being forced to leave their farms and thousands of families forced to move west.

4. The New Deal was a program created to pacify the problems of the great depression and the goals of it were to create relief for the needy, to start economic recovery, and financial reform.

5. During the Hundred Days, Roosevelt planned to carry out reforms in banking, and Congress passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation.

6. Roosevelt's fireside chats were significant because American citizens felt they were more in contact with the president, as it seemed he was talking directly to them.

7. The Glass-Steagall Act, Federal Securities Act, Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the National Industrial Recovery act all tightened regulation of banking and finance.