A liberal favors modification and generally utilizes government involvement to promote social change. On the other hand, a conservative has a more traditional viewpoint and tends to oppose change. While President Hoover is commonly thought of as a conservative and President Roosevelt a liberal, the disarray and the status of the nation gave them no time to decipher their tendencies. It was through their recourse and reforms that we can now say these things all the while never fully knowing but never forgetting their predicament. In times where everything by which people have based their lives falls and crumbles to the ground. These people had to " watch the things you have given your life to, broken, and stoop and build them with worn out tools." When something, such as this has changed the times so immensely and brought the nation into a seemingly endless hole the only way to recover is to fill the hole back up or crawl out. While a liberal may promote change, change was the only option in these desperate times. Both Hoover and Roosevelt were preserving the country through alteration. Hoover changed to keep it the same, to keep the tradition, to conserve the nation. Roosevelt changed to make it better, to help the common man, to restore liberty. Thus, deriving the terms that Roosevelt was a liberal and Hoover a conservative.
The nation had taken a devastating plunge in 1929, the Great Depression had struck, Hoover President at the time. The country was plummeting and Hoover held out his hand, although the people too scared to be saved let themselves fall deeper (Document D). Hoover believed that by giving the rich tax breaks and giving money to big businesses the money would eventually redistribute itself and "Trickle Down" from the top. By doing so people would keep their morale and with their character saved they would eventually gain their own ground. Hoover had reforms, his anti-depression strategies consisted of voluntary measures "Economic depression cannot be cured by legislative action or executive pronouncement The best contribution of government lies in encouragement of this voluntary cooperation of the community" (Document B).
dbq Life's changed drastically within a ten year period from the 1920's to the 1930's. ... The 1920's started the social life that most of us know today. ... The social lifes of the united states citizens, and the effect of the economy on these people but without this event in history you cant tell where we might be today ...
DBQ- To what extent was the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure? Use the documents and your knowledge of United States history to 1014 to construct your answer. ... In these situations the US decides it knows what's best for the rest of the world. ... There were also many who said that the US should not take any new land. ... The early twentieth-century US expansionism was a continuation of the late nineteenth-century US expansionism, in that t...
1984's Themes Could the world in 1984 ever really exist? ... Three major themes of the novel are danger or totalitarianism, language as a mind control, and control of history which tied together the plot and messages in 1984. ... The Party modify the structure of language to make it impossible to even conceive of disobedient or rebellious thoughts, because there would be no words with which to think them Control of History is another important theme in 1984; The Party controls every source of information, managing and rewriting the content of all newspapers and histories for its own...
Tyrants, Communism, Big Brother, Stalin, and 1984 In George Orwell's, "1984", no individual freedoms are present. ... He works in the Ministry of Truth, where history and the truth are rewritten to fit the party's beliefs. ... In 1984, "the memory of individuals, is effectively manipulated, programmed, and controlled from the outside by the party" (Kolakowski 127). ... Like Winston, I believe George Orwell wrote "1984" in order to allow a communist country to be revealed, the Soviet Union. ... The Ministry of Truth is where history and facts both significant and insignificant are rew...
(US Field Hockey Association Online- "History & Tradition") Since women seem to be the only ones playing the sport in the US, I think it's done fairly well for the amount of time it's been around. ... (US Field Hockey Online- "History & Tradition") Over the next decades, field hockey prospered. ... Four years later however, the team captured the bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.(US Field Hockey Online: History and Tradition- Field Hockey Timeline) It also appeared in Seoul in 1988, and Atlanta in 1996. ... (US Field Hockey Online- "Field Hockey Timeline") The men tea...
George Orwell's 1984: Good Totalitarian Government 1984 is a book about George Orwell's deepest darkest fear of a government with control over very aspect of society, including people's thoughts and total control over their lives. I argue that Totalitarian government is shown as a positive government through the novel 1984. ... "The history of all hitherto societies has been the history of class struggles"(Communist Manifesto). The communist manifesto states that history basically documents the struggle between classes. Big Brother has eliminated the struggles between ...
While so many were watching 1984 approach and being thankful for the fact that in their eyes our society was nothing like that described in Orwell's 1984, that they missed some of the ideas from Huxley's Brave New World. Huxley's Brave New World is more relevant today than Orwell's 1984. ... At no point in history have we needed a "Big Brother" in the US but a form of "Big Brother" may exist in our media and education. ... In America we are not prevented from learning about history but rather taught from another American's point of view, leading us to believe Americ...
This is one of the questions George Orwell asks us in his book. ... George Orwell, 1984, Pg. 58. ... George Orwell, 1984, Pg.233. ... If you can re-write history on paper and teach it to everyone, than no one is the wiser. ... Not only do they have to change the history long in the past, but they also have to change the recent past. ...
Controlling not only the people, the Party also controls every source of information, operating and rewriting the content of all newspapers and histories making Oceania look like the only power worth living for. ... In essence, 1984 is similar to today's government. ... To us, "Goldstein" is Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein and our "two minutes hate" can easily be compared to the evening news. ... Trials, executions, murders, rapes, it is all shown to us on the television while we are safe to view it in our own home. ... In conclusion, 1984 is similar to our government today. ...
