UNIT THREE- Hunting For History

Bryan Inganzo

Found American History II

Ms. Bathsheba Love
Date (10/9/2022)
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1. The new deal involved numerous programs spanning many areas such as

Economic Stimulus & Stabilization, Bank Stabilization & Financial Reform, and

Relief & Welfare. With Economic stimulus & Stabilization, there were programs

like the federal credit unions that offered cooperative savings and loan

opportunities, the U.S Travel Bureau that helped increase tourism and leisure

travel, and the Electric Home and Farm Authority that helped Americans

purchase electrical appliances. For relief & Welfare, the social security act was

put in place as a system of pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to

mothers with children, and the emergency relief appropriation act that provided

new deal work agencies with funding. The new deal had a significant impact on

Americans as they had just gone through the great depression, it helped improve

the lives of many American citizens while also setting a precedent for the federal

government to have a significant role in the nation's economic and social affairs.

Although the new deal wasn’t perfect, it helped the economy immensely by

putting new capital into ailing banks and reorganizing and closing banks that

were insolvent through the emergency banking act. The new deal also saved

farmers and homeowners from foreclosure letting people keep their properties

and homes, which in turn helped farmers and industries alike a reason to get

people back to work. This would result in the ‘’number of Americans working

going from 24 to 27 million between 1933 and 1935’’ 1. It also ended prohibition

which was still a very big issue at the time. Overall the new deal is seen as a

success as it established standards for working conditions, wages, and welfare in

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general. Many of the programs established by the new deal are also still in effect

today.

2. Martin Luther King’s vision followed principles of nonviolence and multiracial

cooperation to achieve equal rights for all oppressed African Americans and

other minorities. King’s method argued that the end of the segregation of races

could be achieved through the use of peaceful protest and demonstration. Martin

Luther King’s philosophy was heavily influenced by the life and story of Mahatma

Gandhi who adamantly opposed the use of violence instead relying on love and

reason. Malcolm X on the other hand championed the need for immediate

meaningful change through any means necessary. His early speeches and works

argued for a complete separation of African American and white societies, these

beliefs were heavily adopted the teaching of Elijah Muhammad, the spiritual

leader of the Nation of Islam. Their beliefs were a dangerous distortion of the

teaching of Islam pushing African American superiority and racism toward other

races. Upon falling out with Elijah Muhammad and renouncing the teachings of

the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X acknowledged the possibility of peace and

cooperation between all races after traveling to Mecca and witnessing the unity

between all the races participating in the Islam pilgrimage to Mecca. Martin

Luther King’s determination to nonviolence even under multiple threats of jail,

lynchings, and harsh beatings won over the American public and amplified the

cause for desegregation.

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3. The US got involved in the Gulf war Due to Iraq invading Kuwait in 1990. The

invasion was a result of other Arab states increasing their oil production resulting

in oil prices dropping which greatly hurt Iraq's economy. The US’s involvement

was also due to their relationship with Iraq deteriorating as Iraq blamed them as

well as Isreal for purposely weakening them by encouraging Kuwait to reduce oil

prices. They also wanted to establish a new order in which nations of the world

would work together to deter belligerence. When a country goes to war they have

to consider a lot of factors such as how many people will be deployed, if not

enough they must consider enlisting more soldiers. Other factors are resources

in general, weapons such as guns, bombs, ships, and planes, food, and how to

ration it in case of emergencies. Another important factors are the military

strength of the opposing or enemy country as going against a country that’s

significantly stronger is not a good idea, allies of both sides should also be

considered as it can greatly affect a war. The reasoning behind a war is also very

important as people will not enlist in a war that they do not believe in.

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