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.