Mini-Investigation Research Final Draft

A. Plan of the investigation
1. American companies were facing bankruptcy during the Great.
2. Did economic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout?
3. Because of the Great Depression, many American companies were facing bankruptcy and might dropout. This topic will show people what was happening for American companies during the Great Depression and what happened to people in lower classes.
4. In this investigation, I used Wikipedia and some Google websites to search for my topic. Wikipedia should be focused on information about population of the lower classes in 1929 to 1939. Google websites should be focused on numbers of companies (ex: banks) during the Great Depression.

B. Summary of evidence
a In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.
b During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower class population)
2. MLA
a.Carr, Nicholas. "Great Depression." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. N.p., 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2009. .
b. Wikipedia. "Great Depression." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 2009. Web.
27 Nov. 2009. .
c.Nelson, Cary. "the Depression in the United States." The Modern United States Poetry., 2009.
Web. 27 Nov. 2009. .

C. Evaluation of Sources
Carr, Nicholas. "Great Depression." Britannica Online Encyclopedia. N.p., 2009. Web. 27 Nov. 2009. . The publisher of this fact is Nicholas Carr. He published this information in the Britannica Online Encyclopedia at the year of 2009. Nicholas Carr has written this information by gathering secondary sources because he was not there when the Great Depression happened. People around the world from different ages who are interested in economy are people he intended to get his messenger. Also, his purpose is to share information about what was happened to companies and people during the Great Depression. The value of this source is really good because Nicolas Carr has included charts and some other websites that he used. This will strongly support his information for people to read. Some limitation is that even though there are many people that show similar sources, but it might be wrong information that government recorded it wrong. Nicolas Carr and other publishers were not there during the Great Depression, so the statistic might be wrong.

D Analysis
Banks are one of the important companies in every country, including the United States. If the banks were closed, there won’t be enough money for companies to borrow and investigate more products. Also, the unemployment rate during the great depression had rose to 25 % (the highest) Therefore, the more people were unemployed the more people who were live in lower class. Based on the facts in part B, they aren’t enough to answer my question. It is because I didn’t find the exact answer for my question, which is “Did economic bad times cause companies to dropout?” Part B shows some facts that tell us what happened during the Great Depression. It is known that the facts in part B may also be open to different interpretations because in part B, the numbers of banks might be actually talking about some states of the America, not including all of the states. It might also be actually talking the unemployment of the Japanese-American or African-American during the Great Depression.

Mini Investigation - Rough Draft

A. Plan of the investigation
1. The Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy.
2. Did economic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy?
3. I chose the topic because people can know that how the companies and democracy was affected by the Great Depression.
4. In this investigation I found three different sources that I sought for information.
a The % of banks during 1929 and 1933
b The % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939
c Products that companies made during 1929 to 1939
B. Summary of evidence
1. Sources for investigation
a In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.
b During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower class population)
c During the Great Depression, the producing rate of production had decreased, so it shows that some companies had dropout.
2. APA
a Lawrencekhoo, (2009, September 8). Great Depression. Retrieved 7 November 2009, from Wikipedia website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_GDP_10-60.jpgEvaluation of sources
b Great Depression. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/243118/Great-Depression
c Wilkison. (2009). The Great Depression and New Deal, 1929-1940s. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from United States History, 1877-: http://iws.ccccd.edu/kwilkison/Online1302home/20th%20Century/DepressionNewDeal.html
d Cary Nelson. (2009). the Depression in the United States. Retrieved November 07, 2009, from The Modern United States Poetry: http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/overview.htm
C. Evaluation of Sources
1. the producing rate of production had decreased
2. OPVL
a Origin of the great depression was cause by the overproduction of the companies.
b Purpose for this investigation is to help people understand how the companies and people were affetced during the Great Depression.
c Valu of this investigation is that people will learn not to overproduce different product, otherwise the Great Deoression will occur again.
d Limitation of this investigation is that the charts for each fact can not show the exact statistic for every single question.
D. Analysis
1. Banks are the pumping stations or hearts of the capitalist organism. If the banks were closed, there won’t be enough money for companies to borrow and investigate more products.
The Depression's impact on the economy
1929 1933
Banks in operation 25,568 14,771
Prime interest rate 5.03% 0.63%
Volume of stocks sold (NYSE) 1.1 B 0.65 B
Privately earned income $45.5B $23.9B
Personal and corporate savings $15.3B $2.3B
The chart below shows the production rate. It went from really high to extremely low. In the other way, it has shows that the companies during the great depression had a huge affect during that time.


The chart below shows the unemployment rate during the great depression had rose to 25 % (the highest) However, the more people were unemployed the more people who were live in lower class.


2. Some facts in part B are not enough to provide a complete and final answer to my question because I can not find the exact statistic for those answers. On the other hand, some of the facts are useful. These facts tell some detail of the investigation, which people are questioned. It leads people to understand more how the companies and people were affected by the Great Depression. Also, I use chart to represent each fact that will help us easily understand what it is talking about.
3. These facts from Part B may be open to different interpretations. For example, the unemployment rate had risen because the companies were dropping out, so they had to fire people.

Mini-Investigation Research

1.The % of banks during 1929 and 1933
2.The % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939
3.product that companies made during 1929 t 1939

ITEM#1 In 1929, there were 25,568 banks than were in operation. In 1933, the number of banks had dropped from 25,568 to 14,771. The Great Depression had a huge effect to many banks.

ITEM#2 During the Great Depression the lower class rate in America became the highest in the nation's history, and the unemployment at nearly 25 percent during the 1930s.(increased lower calss population)

ITEM#3 During the Great Depression, the producing rate of production had decreased, so it shows that some companies had dropout. The picture shows that the products that are produced had dropped.

WISH LIST

Econimic bad times in the Great Depression cause companies to dropout and will they threaten the the democracy?

1.What is the % of companies who dropout in 1929 and 1939?
2.Why would the companies dropout?
3.What happened to the civilians after the companies dropout?
4.Did the companies want to desroy the democracy?
5.Is there any economic inequality between companies and democracy?
6.what is the % of increased of lower classes population in 1929 and 1939?

US History Question 3

Economic bad times in Great Depression cause companies to dropout and threaten the democracy?

US History Question 2

People are losing money and not being able to buy things, will compnies threaten the government?

US History Question

What should the US government do, in order to prevent future economic distress?

32.2-A country in Economic Distress

32.2-A country in Economic Distress
-During the economic distress, a lot of Americans were jobless.
A. Rising Unemployment Affects Millions of Americans
-1 out of 7 businesses failed from 1929 to 1933
-many unemployed Americans tried to find work
-companies will first fire young people, elder, and then minority workers
-non-white Americans unemployment had rose 50 percent (there were only 10percent of the population)
-struck men harder than women, but after employer started to fire women
-many companies were force to close
B. Farmers Lose Their Farms
-before the depression began the farmers had already faced the economic troubles
-farmers sold their farms, but they usually received less money for their land
-some can’t pay for the rent, so the landowners forced them to leave
C. Financial Woes Stress American Families
-not only financial but also psychological stress
-unemployed felt ashamed; men felt they lost their status and authority. (suicide rate rose an all-time high)
-people struggled
-the marriage rate decreased 22 percent from 1929 to 1933
-the birth rate also decreased

3 ISSUES COMPARISON "REVISED"

The first social issue was about the nativists are organizing and attacking “non-white” group. Since the racial prejudice toward the “non-white”, people to be send was very limited. Ku Klux Klan, the organization of white men in the southern states of the United State, was trying to use violence to oppose social change to equal right for “non-white” people even though Marcus Garvey was preaching for nonwhite. Therefore, there are several ideas that point out to when the nativist was attacking the nonwhite group by History Alive and Zinn.

Another important issue was discussed about the liberals group who were trying to defend non-white groups. However, this action seemed helpless, agreed by both Zinn and Schweikart. Even though some supporter of nonwhite people were trying hard to maintain their position, such as some northern elite who secretly helped them in the south while sending their child to the all white private school, the power can only get some black acquaintances around the time of 1920s. In the other hand, Zinn thinks that the NACCP was lack of strength to face the mob violence and race hatred everywhere. Therefore, the even right was hard to establish during this period of time.

HA! had brought up that the US government who was taking the side of the Nativist. Zinn agrees with what History Alive! said, but Schweikart didn’t say anything about this. (He remain silent) Zinn stated, “Congress turbulent flood of immigrants by passing laws setting immigration quotes which favored Anglo-Saxons.” The US government had also limited different color of people immigrate to their country. He had showed the government took side of the Nativist by showing the unfair laws.

3 ISSUES COMPARISON

There were three important issues in American in 1920s. They are discussed by three different points of vies, History Alive, Zinn, and Schweikart. One of the important issues was about nativist are organizing and attacking “nonwhite” groups which were agreed by History Alive and Zinn. They showed that many non-nativists were threatened by “nativist” and they were very strong by 1920s, such as Ku Klux Klan. “The Ku Klux Klan was revived in 1920s, and it spread into the North. By 1924 it had 4M million members” On the other hands, Schweikart thought it wasn’t the main issue and was trying to show that nativist groups are not a “worry.”

Another important issue was talking about the liberals group were organizint to defend non-white groups. However, both Zinn and Schweikart agree about this issue. Zinn thinks that the liberal gropus were not so affected; on the other hands, Schweikart thinks that liberals were inaction, but spends time on attacking their motives and and their character. Zinn thinks that “the NAACP seemed helpless in the face of mob violence and race hatred everywhere.” Schweikart thinks, “While carefully segregating their own children at all-white private schools”

The last important issue was talking about the US government who was taking the side of the Nativist. Zinn agrees with what History Alive! said, but Schweikart didn’t say anything about this. (He remain silent) Zinn stated, “Congress turbulent flood of immigrants by passing laws setting immigration quotes which favored Anglo-Saxons.” He had showed the government took side of the Nativist by showing the unfair laws.

Von Spiegel’s U-Boat 202 Account and the Zimmerman Telegram

Von Spiegel’s Account was a memoir about Von Spiegel, the captain of the U-Boat, experience during the First World War. In the memoir, he mentioned an attack on a ship in April 1916. U-Boat had to attack every ship that was loaded with supplies for their enemies. But it seems like Von Spiegel had feeling of pity for other. Von Spiegel described how he felt for the people and the animals on the other ships. “I saw a beautiful long-tailed dapple-grey horse take a mighty leap over the berthing rails and land into a fully laden boat. At that point I could not bear the sight any longer, and I lowered the periscope and dived deep.”
Compare to the Von Spiegel’s Account, the Zimmerman telegram, written by Arthur Zimmerman, sounds more ruthless. In the very first sentence it started with “We intend to begin on the first of the February unrestricted submarine warfare” which means they’ll start the war no matter what. The Zimmerman telegram also showed that they had high desperation of having war with the U.S.
However, there were some similarities between the Von Spiegel’s Account and the Zimmerman Telegram. Von Spiegel’s Account was written by German Captain Von Spiegel; moreover, the Zimmerman Telegram was also written by a German prime minister. Both events were written in German’s point of view and both of them were eager to ask the United States enter the Great War.

Captain Von Spiegals and Zimmerman Telegram

The Captain Von Spiegals and the Zimmerman Telegram were talking about the U-Boat warfare in German point of view. Von Spiegals was the Captain of the U-Boat, and he had posted his memoirs in 1919. It was all about what happened during the U-Boat warfare and what the Captain Von Spiegals thought. It said things about "FIRE" the order he gave. On the other hands, the Zimmerman Telegram was written by Arthur Zimmerman. It was talking about the submarine that Germany was going to send on February and said they should keep the United States neutral.

The Great War and the USA

The Great War was known as "the war to end all the wars," had changed internally because it was the first war for America that their American government had agreed to send a large numbers of solders immediately. The selective service act which is know as the national draft, being used the first time since ever entering the war. Moreover, people started to change their view toward black people. Racism started to disappear during the war. The Americans fought fiercely that finally earned the respect from every nation in the world.
During the Great War new technologies changed the way war was fought. Before the Great War, the soldiers had to fight face-to-face and hand-to-hand. But new technology made World War I a more impersonal war. New Machines had bring combatants more effective killing. (rapid-firing guns and powerful, Long-range big guns) Since there was dangerous machine guns that will kill people instantly, armies had to seek safety in trenches. Improvements to airplanes made the sky become the new battlefield. In 1906, Britain had brought the world's first battleship. These new technologies had made the wars more cruel and ruthless.

The Zimmermann Telegram and The Submarine Warfare

By Helena Tseng

The importance and authenticity of the Zimmerman Telegram

The Zmmerman Telegra was imprtant to the was ecause itpersuaded the Unied tates to enter the Great War (Allies). Even thought i created asensation in the United STates abd changed anti-German feelingacross the nation. At first, ilon had not wanted to enter the ar; he thougt te loss of lifes were terrible. He was really sadabout the r because if the entered the Great Was, then there would be more deah. However, on April 6, the United Staes decided to go to the war by voting.

Whether or not the US should have entered the Great War?

The US should not have entered the Great War because it pleased many Americans before. Once Woodrow Wilson had announced that the United States would not take sides in the war. The United States would offer loans and seel weapons and supplies to both sides. Also, the Mississippi senator asserted, "There is no necessitu for war with Germany..." It was also good for the United States because they would help American bankers, farmers, and buinesses which means their economy would grow too. Because what had happened before, and what people had said, I think the US should not have entered the Great War.