1930s reading

Read about the Great Depression (Links to an external site.).  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?

   According to this article Hoover underestimated the seriousness of the crisis and people didnt think it was the governments job to help the citizens in that situation. People blamed themselves when things went wrong due to men being expected to hold up the family, and it was humiliating to have to ask for assistance. It was invalid because while people some people did go out of control to cause it, not all did.

Read about Black Sunday (Links to an external site.). 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?

    Had i been there i would be very afraid of the storm. I would have feared people being suffocated or buried to death by the dust and if i would be making it out alive. After i would wonder who lived and didnt. 

Read about The Drought (Links to an external site.).  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 western part of kansas, northern two thirds of texas panhandle, southeastern colorado, the Oklahoma pan handle, and northeastern new mexico were affected by the drought. It was caused by a combination of drought and misuse. I agree with the quote because America wasnt thinking about the side effects of what they were doing, causing the issues. 

Read about Mass Exodus from the Plains (Links to an external site.).  Were 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?

The dust bowl exodus is ranked as the largest migration in U.S. history. Life was hard in california because many farms there were corporate owned and the farming techniques and products were different than what the people from the dust bowl knew. They had to eventually give up farming and move into shacks in the city.