Reading about the 1930s

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? 

President Hoover underestimated the situation.  He expected the crisis to be solved within a month or two.  Men in particular blamed themselves because they were expected to provide for their household.  It was looked down upon for the men to ask for help.

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?

If I were there on Black Sunday I would get inside my house as soon as I saw the storm.  I would be praying for the storm to end.

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?

Areas that were affected by the drought were in the Great Plains.  The drought was caused by wheat crops, exhausted soil, overgrazing livestock.  I both agree and disagree with the historian.  I agree that the farmers pushed the limit of the land.  However that does not mean that they were willingly abusing their land.  They had a quota of crops to make and without a paycheck the farmers families would go hungry.  In a way this limit needed to be found so that the farmers knew their land's limits.

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?

There were over 2 million people that moved out of the Great Plains.  Farmers had a difficult time because California was mainly corporate owned and they were not familiar with the local crops.