Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. How do your choices compare to theirs? Identify common opinions and differences in your responses. BY: Alyssa Garcia The Great Depression (1929)- The stock market crashed and “among the factors contributing to the crash were a trade imbalance following World War I, where the United States was exporting more than it was importing to nations that could not pay; an unregulated stock market; a weak banking system; growing government expenditures; overproduction in both the industrial and agricultural sectors; and growing unemployment” (Webb, section 7.1, 2014). This impacted man people; public schools, colleges, and teachers. The Civilian Conservation Corps (1930s)- “one of the federal emergency agencies created under Roosevelt's New Deal to provide "work relief" for the unemployed. It provided temporary work for over 3 million young men aged 18 to 25, who lived in CCC camps and worked on various conservation projects like reforestation, wildlife preservation, flood control, and forest fire prevention (Webb, section 7.3, 2014). About 150,000 African American children were enrolled in 150 CCC companies and 85,000 Native Americans in a separate company. Public Works Administration (1933)- funded large-scale projects such as bridges, dams, hospitals, airports, libraries, and 7,500 schools that were built between 1933 and 1939. Webb (2014) Stated that “$1.7 billion in federal funds (with $300 million state and local matching funds) provided for the building of 102 public libraries and 59,614 classrooms between the years 1934-1939. Fourteen percent of all PWA funds were spent on school buildings, including the building of 225 Negro schools and the renovation of 118 others.” The Civil Rights Movement (1955)- was a movement that started with African Americans, but later advanced to rights of women, ethnic and racial groups, and people with disabilities. The goal was to secure the individual rights that are guaranteed by the US Constitution. Indian Education Act (1972)- “The IEA provided funds for supplemental programs to meet the special needs of Native American children in public schools both on and off the reservation (Webb, section 8.5, 2014). I chose to do the difference and similarities of The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Indian Education Act. These two are significant today because they are still they are still in order. If I could change one outcome, it would be the Great Depression because when the market crashed, people lost money, jobs were low pay, and people were starving and becoming homeless. The most important event that happened in each event is that if it wasn’t for these movements taking place, we would not have equalization in our education where it is needed. Resource Webb. L. D. (2014). History of American education: Voices and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc. BY: Kara Lemak Event: Great Depression- October 1929-1939  The N.

1. Guided Response:
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. How do your
choices compare to theirs? Identify common opinions and
differences in your responses.
BY:
Alyssa Garcia
The Great Depression
(1929)- The stock market crashed and “among the factors
contributing to the crash were a trade imbalance following
World War I, where the United States was exporting more than
it was importing to nations that could not pay; an unregulated
stock market; a weak banking system; growing government
expenditures; overproduction in both the industrial and
agricultural sectors; and growing unemployment” (Webb,
section 7.1, 2014).
This impacted man people; public schools, colleges, and
teachers.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
(1930s)- “one of the federal emergency agencies created under
Roosevelt's New Deal to provide "work relief" for the
unemployed. It provided temporary work for over 3 million
young men aged 18 to 25, who lived in CCC camps and worked
on various conservation projects like reforestation, wildlife
preservation, flood control, and forest fire prevention (Webb,
section 7.3, 2014). About 150,000 African American children
were enrolled in 150 CCC companies and 85,000 Native
Americans in a separate company.
Public Works Administration
(1933)- funded large-scale projects such as bridges, dams,
hospitals, airports, libraries, and 7,500 schools that were built

2. between 1933 and 1939. Webb (2014) Stated that “$1.7 billion
in federal funds (with $300 million state and local matching
funds) provided for the building of 102 public libraries and
59,614 classrooms between the years 1934-1939. Fourteen
percent of all PWA funds were spent on school buildings,
including the building of 225 Negro schools and the renovation
of 118 others.”
The Civil Rights Movement
(1955)- was a movement that started with African Americans,
but later advanced to rights of women, ethnic and racial groups,
and people with disabilities. The goal was to secure the
individual rights that are guaranteed by the US Constitution.
Indian Education Act
(1972)- “The IEA provided funds for supplemental programs to
meet the special needs of Native American children in public
schools both on and off the reservation (Webb, section 8.5,
2014).
I chose to do the difference and similarities of The Civilian
Conservation Corps and the Indian Education Act.
These two are significant today because they are still they are
still in order.
If I could change one outcome, it would be the Great Depression
because when the market crashed, people lost money, jobs were
low pay, and people were starving and becoming homeless.
The most important event that happened in each event is that if
it wasn’t for these movements taking place, we would not have
equalization in our education where it is needed.
Resource
Webb. L. D. (2014).
History of American education: Voices and perspectives. San
Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

3. BY:
Kara Lemak
Event:
Great Depression- October 1929-1939
The New Deal- 1935
Meriam Report- 1928 7.4
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka- 1954 8.2
War on Poverty- 1964 8.3
These events are still significant today because the Great
Depression and the New Deal changed the way we view banks,
employment, and government responsibility.
If I could change the outcome of one of my listed event’s I
would change the Meriam Report because this is the first time
almost 75 years the rights of Native Americans were assessed.
If only one of these events/individuals could have taken place; I
would choose the New Deal as it really changed the idea of
government responsibility in times of economic crisis. I
obviously would not want the Great Depression to have
happened at all.
Webb. L. D. (2014). History of American education: Voices
and perspectives. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
If you need to compare to my work look below
The secondary schools movement describes a term used in
educational history literature describing era from 1910 to 1940
during which secondary schools started sprouting across the
United States.
2
The Kalamazoo school case. Sought to support high school
education, it occurred in 1874.
3

4. In 1876, the Meharry Medical College was founded in
Nashville, Tennessee. The college became the first medical
school in the South for African Americans.
4
In 1876, a system was published by Melvil Dewey called Dewey
Decimal System. Developed in 1873, DDC is recognized as
world’s most widely used library.
5
In 1879, the first Indian boarding school was opened in Carlisle.
B.) I have chosen the secondary school movement and the
Kalamazoo school case as case studies to analyze my
similarities and differences.
Unique elements of historical secondary school movement are
as follows;
i)
The period witnessed a rapid growth in high schools graduation
rates and national economy at large.
ii)
The increase in secondary education for first half of the
twentieth century made it possible for high college graduation
rates after World War II.
iii)
Led to a marked upsurge in some women in the U.S. labor force.
Unique elements of Kalamazoo school case.
i)

5. In Michigan State, the number of high schools increased from
107 in early 1870's to 278 by 1890.
ii)
This event was a court case that sought to halt funding of the
public school using tax money.
iii)
Kalamazoo established its first high school in 1658.
Similarities between the two historical events.
i)
The growing credential value brought about by the two past
events gave residents in the cities an authoritative incentive to
push for more accessibility to high school.
ii)
Through the “Secondary School Movement” high schools started
gaining more recognition, the Kalamazoo case further
entrenched high schools political legitimacy.
iii)
Both historical events encouraged public support for the
concept of universal education and the belief that schools were
to serve poor and wealthy persons in society.
These events are still significant today because through them
public schools have been defined, and more, the funding of
schools by tax money is now legitimized.
The most important result of the "Secondary school Movement"
is the increased enrollment in high schools across the U.S. The

6. increased education opportunities had far reaching advantages
to the economy. The most important and significant result of the
Kalamazoo case is that it provided a legal basis for the funding
of public schools using tax money.
Reference
Sass, E. (n.d.). American educational history: A hypertext
timeline. Retrieved from http://www.eds-
resources.com/educationhistorytimeline.html
Dorn, S. (2007). Education history and school renewal.
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