Commodity Prices
Part 1: 0.5 page could be in few sentences. Discus s the reasons the stock market crashed? What was life like for Americans during this time? How did Hoover respond to the crisis? Discuss the hardships that the Dist Bowl brought? How did Americans react and managed? Assess Hoover’s legacy on the eve of the New Deal. Good or bad? Pick one. Part 2: 1.5 page QUESTIONS TO ANSWER 1. What is the Agricultural Act of 1933, and what was the purpose of it? 2. According to Mr. Hankell, what is the evidence of falling commodity prices? Be sure to quote where necessary and also to write a paragraph or more. 3. What is happening in the pictures that make up Document 2? Describe the images and contextualize them historically, meaning that you should mention what they are representing and why in a paragraph or more. 4. Why do you think the government didn’t just arrange to have excess food commodities shipped to places where people didn’t have enough to eat during the Great Depression? 5. Do you agree with the logic behind the Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933)? In other words, if you were a farmer, would you have been able to either plow under your cotton or destroy your livestock? Why or why not?
