Breaking the Land Quiz #2 material - What is the argument for Chapter 4: The Origins of Southern Relief pages 63-90 . Think about how this chapter is

What is the argument for Chapter 4: The Origins of Southern Relief(pages 63-90). Think about how this chapter is subdivided and what those subdivisions are attempting to show. I.The Origins of Southern Relief a.Intro pages (pg. 63-68) 1.1styears of the New Deal …not many Federal agencies present in the South to help the farmers (around 27) a.this is groundbreaking considering that before the New Deal , the South resented any federal intrusion (regardless of reasons) i.lingering outrage over Reconstruction ii.nervous that something from the unknown might come and try to destroy what traditions have already been made 2.Southern tenants loved this New Deal thinking that F.D.R. would save them and judge the landlords and merchants harshly a.these workers saw this as a promise to get them out of the hellish world of sharecropping 3.Southern pride broken due to the need for help a.the hardship created the federal invasion b.good ideas were not top but homogenized to serve the common denominator 4.The New Deal did not revive the old system (very much destroyed it) a. offered jobs, relief, housing, and stable agriculture i. before this, the planters and merchants did this for the tenants 1.natural disasters and red cross ended them 2.federal relief agencies now took their jobs 3.fed. gov replaced the landlords and merchants 4.planter class gone a.fed. gov had acreage allotment and helpful payments for the control of the planters’ former land b. 2ndqtr. of 20th century, state and local govt in rural South gave little relief i.people lived on edge of survival ii.still southern community looked (informally) after their own 1.in pre-modern south society a.the uneducated and unskilled could still find work and provide b.work ethic passed into South

i.if someone did not work, they were looked down upon c. traditional society that shamed (sometimes pitied) those who depended on charity or ended up in poorhouse i.shiftless black and poor white still were able to avoid poorhouse ii.still wary of outsiders but still found ways to care for own people a.unfortunate found that they could still get what they needed when all else failed b.balance b/w pride and humiliation, b/w independence and peonage (a.k.a. slavery) c.if you accept the gospel of hard work then the community supports even when you fail d.community hates and turns away the ones who don’t try d. followed the Good Book (the bible) in helping others i.(from Harry Crews) despite what people think about the rural South’s attitude toward charity, the people all grew to know what it was like to need and not have, they worked and pushed themselves to get what they have j.charity seems like faulty k.the south just does this naturally when someone’s first issue is survival c.When the Depression hit, all that is listed above was ruined i.the people began to blame themselves and not be as wholesome as before ii.local, state, and fed. gov. searched for ways to relieve rural people