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FDR and the Three R's: Relief, Recovery, Reform
The Hundred Days Congress/Emergency Congress passed a series laws to help improve the state of the country -
Roosevelt Manages the Money
Congress passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act, which gave the President power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen solvent banks. -
Helping Industry and Labor
Congress repealed prohibition with the 21st Amendment to raise federal revenue and provide employment. -
Helping Industry and Labor
The NRA was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in (Schechter vs. United States), because the NRA gave legislative powers to the President, and it allowed Congress to control individual business, not just interstate commerce. -
Paying Farmers Not to Farm
The Supreme Court ruled the AAA unconstitutional in 1936, stating that its taxation programs were illegal. In a second attempt to make farmers farm less, Congress passed the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. Under the guise of conservation, it reduced crop acreage by paying farmers to plant soil-conserving crops. -
New Visibility for Women
Pearl Buck: wrote about Chinese peasant society; won a Nobel Prize in literature