HIST 151 Lecture 21 Outline of Last Lecture I Kellogg Briand Pact II 18th Amendment Prohibition III Harlem Renaissance Jazz and Flappers IV Washington Naval Disarmament Conference Outline of Current Lecture I Scopes Monkey Trial II Origins of the Great Depression III Hoover Hoovervilles Hoover blankets hogs IV R F C Current Lecture Scopes Monkey Trial 1925 Scopes was a local biology teacher and he was accused of teaching evolution in a public school He was found guilty and charged a fine It was illegal to teach evolution then and this trial started the major debate on evolution vs creationism Origins of the Great Depression Credit Under consumption and over investment Lack of trust in the banking system Faults in the Federal Reserve Hoover Hoovervilles Hoover blankets hogs Hoovervilles were another name for shanty towns or groups of homeless people camping out on open land in tents or small shacks They were named after the current president because people blamed him for the Depression Hoover blankets were mainly newspapers the homeless used to try and keep warm These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Hoover Hogs were armadillos and other wild animals the many homeless resorted to eating during the Depression Hoover promised every American a chicken in their pot but obviously he was wrong R F C Reconstruction Finance Corporation Provided loans to states and local governments in an attempt to get out of the Depression Hoover started it FDR continued it
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