How important were the Republican´s reactions to the Wall Street crash as a cause of Roosevelt´s succes in the presidential elections of 1932?

The republican reactions after the Wall Street crash were very important in relation to Roosevelt’s success in the elections of 1932. Republican reactions directly affected people´s decisions, some wanted a change and others didn´t.

On one hand, Hoover was regarded as a “do nothing” president however, he tried to help the country. He put tax cuts, he wanted people to have high wages, he set up the reconstruction finance company, he introduced tariffs. Although he took all these measures he made the depression worse.  In addition, Hoover and republicans did not accept the blame of the Wall Street crash and didn´t assume the responsibility of the depression.

On the other hand, there was Roosevelt. He couldn´t be greater contrast to Hoover. He worried about ordinary people, he wanted to use public money and create jobs with it, he demonstrated that he was willing to do whatever it was needed to fix the country. His election campaign promised a “New Deal”, Roosevelt planned to use the full power of government to get the US out of the depression. His priorities were getting Americans back to work, protecting their property and savings, provide a relief to sick, disabled and unemployed people, and getting American industry and agriculture back to their feet.

As a conclusion, Republican´s reactions caused a willing for change in people, they wanted a return to normality. Hoover wasn´t giving people what they wanted and his reactions to the depression were totally the opposite of what they really needed, so people wanted a change and Roosevelt was the perfect change, he offered what people wanted and needed during the depression.

How important were credit and hire purchase as a reason for economis growth in the USA in the 1920s?

In 1920 the USA´s economy boomed. USA was the richest country in the world. This economic growth was due to many reasons, one of them were credit and hire purchase. These were ways of borrowing money, credit consisted on requesting a credit to the bank and with that money people buy goods, Hire purchase consisted on buying  in instalments and paying them throw out the year. Some people said that these reasons were very important as a cause and others said they were irrelevant in comparison to others.

On one hand, some people aclaimed that they were very important. To begin, poor families were able to buy more goods. Furthermore, the new industries such as the motor industry started using these methods and thanks to them several industries developed and grew. In addition, banks developed too because more people that started requesting loans and also more firms. Most people that requested loans were speculators, they bought shares on margin and then they sold them more expensive than the original price. Therefore, by doing this many people became millonaire.

On the other hand, some people aclaimed these reasons were irrelevant and there were much more important reasons for the economic growth. The republican policies were one, the laissez-faire, this meaned the government didn´t interfere in the economy, the tariffs, were protective measures against foreign goods, the low taxation, people had more money to buy or invest. All these policies allowed profits to increase. Moreover, there were new marketing techniques, these persuaded people to buy more and more, as thay buy a lot there was a mass production, even more with the new production techniques and with the electrification in companies, these meaned that prices were cheaper. Besides, there was a mass production and consuption for the reasons that after the first world war USA was the world leader in the majority of the sectors all around the world.

As a conclusion, we can understand that credit and hire purchase caused more profit in poor families, the developed of firms, banks, the rise of social class for many people. All these things contributed to the economic growth. However, the republican policies, the mass marketing, mass consuption and mass production, the new techniques, the fact that USA controlled the world´s trade. all these contributed much more to the economic growth. In my opinion, credit and hire purchase contributed, nevertheless, there were many others things that were much more effective and contributed much more.

Something about me...

In the writing class we were asked to write an essay about ourselves, every aspect about ourselves and with this essay the teacher get to know us and the way we write.




I am a sixteen years old teenanger who attempts to Newlands school. I was born on October 19, 2000 in a clinic located in Capital Federal. I live in a spacious house with my parents, I am an only child. I have two marvellous dogs called Blanqui and Luna. My house is located in Llavallol and it is far away from my school.

In relation to my physical appearance I am similar to my mom, I have brown eyes, eyebrows, I am tall. The hair is the only thing different between my mom and I, Hers is brown and mine it is a mix between brown and blonde, it is a strange mix of colours but i like it.

Furthermore, I am a kind, generous and compassionate person. However, when I am in a bad mood I can be arrogant and selfish, as you can see I hace a changing mood. One day i can be the most depressive person in the world and the next day I can be the happiest.

In addition, I do a peculiar sport, aerial silks, this consists in using the fabric to wrap, suspend, fall, swing, etc...I also practice spinning in the gym and I want to start running on sundays to be able to finish a marathon in the future.


As a conclusion, I can say i am an ordinary girl, I love my family and friends and I am grateful for everything that I have and I am because of my parents´s efforts.