In Act II, Scene 2, Mama puts Walter in charge of all of the money. Why do you think that she does that?
I think the reason that Mama put Walter in charge of the money is because she finally realized how much he's hurting. She finds out he hasn't been to work in three days, that he's been going to (what I'm assuming is a bar) the Green Hat and doing useless random things. She realizes his future and dreams are broken.
Mama says to Walter, "What you ain't never understood is that I ain't got nothing, don't own nothing, ain't never really wanted nothing that wasn't for you. There ain't nothing as precious to me…There ain't nothing worth holding on to, money, dreams, nothing else—if it means—it's going to destroy my boy," (A Raisin in the Sun, 106).
She's realized that she's been treating him like the rest of the world has, and she regrets it. Parents want the world for their children, so that's my answer as to why she gave him $6,500.
Do you think that Mama might've known that he was going to blow it and gave him a chance to prove it anyways? Is it possible Walter spent all at once because he knew he would lose it one way or another, so decided if he would lose it, heeeeee'd lose it all at once to get it over with?
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