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London Naval Conference
Devistation of WW1 slideshow
It was the 3rd series of 5 events. The London Naval Conference placed limits on naval capacity of the worlds largest naval ports to help with the devistation of the first world war. -
Tariff Act
Tariff Act Article
raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels. A tariff is the tax on imports and exports of international trades. -
US National Anthem
Star Spangled BannerPresident Hoover and Congress approved The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, as the national anthem. Francis Scott Key was inspired to write it after the bombing of Fort HcHenry by British ships at the head of Baltimore harbor. -
The state of Nevada legalizes gambling
Nevada Legalizes Gambling Article
Nevada legalizing gambling was important because it makes the state a lot of money. Nevada brings in an average of $1.26 billion per year -
Banks Began to fail
Banks Failing in the 30's
10,000 banks failed in 1932, whereas the previous average per year was 600. The huge amount of failed banks pushed America deeper into the great depression -
New Deal
FDR New Deal Quotes
FDR was running for president at this time, and pledged the New Deal as part of his campaign. The New Deal was a response to the Great Depression and it had four major goals:
1. Economic Recovery
2. Job Creation
3. Investment in Public Works
4.Civic Uplift -
FDR innauguration
FDR speech
FDR being innaugurated gave America hope because he was now president and one of FDR's main goals was to pull America out of the depression -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Unempolyment video
It was a mojor part of FDR's New Deal and it provided unskilled manual labor jobs. Sense unemloyment was rising, the Civilian Conservation Corps provided young men with shelter, clothing, and food, together with a small wage of $30 a month -
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority Pictures
The Tennessee Valley Authority was used to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley because it was an area that was extremely effected by the Great Depression. -
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Foreclosures in depression compared to today
Home Owners Loan Corporation was part of FDR's New Deal and its main purpose was to help prevent the rising number of foreclosures. It also provided 20,000 jobs to unemployed Americans -
Civil Works Adminisration
civil works Administration
Part of the New Deal and was created for the sole purpose of providing jobs. It provided jobs to 4 million unemployed people. -
Prohibition Ends
The end of prohibition
Nationwide Prohibition ended with the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the Eighteenth Amendment. Prohibition ending was not only wanted by American citizens, but the government saw it as a way to bring in money as well. -
Unemployment Rate for African Americans
Life of African Americans in the 30'sAfrican Americans suffered even more than whites in the great depression. They had an unemployment rate of 50% or more and their wages were at least 30% lower than whites. They were pushed out of the unskilled labor jobs due to the rising unemployment rate of whites. -
Farm Prises Rise
Farm Foreclosure
In 1934 farm prises began to rise which caused food prises to rise. Hunger bagan to be a problem for the struggling Americans in the 30's. Many farms faced foreclosure, which contributed a lot to the rise in farm prices -
Second New Deal
Second New Deal video
The goals of FDR's second New Deal: improved use of national resources, security against old age, unemployment and illness, and slum clearance -
WPA
1930's music
Congress gave $5 billion for new jobs. WPA was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency. It employed aound 3.3 million unemployed people, which were mostly unskilled workers. Their jobs included the construction of public buildings and roads. It also employed many people in the Arts (musicians, artists, actors, and writers). Music in the 30's was a lot different from that of the 20's -
Social Security Act
FDR social security act speech
The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed. It was the first time that a president advocated for federal assistance for the elderly. It was created to help people that were in poverty, unemployed, and to fatherless children and widows. -
Huey Long Assasination
Huey Long Assasination video
Huey Long was running against FDR and he was seen as FDR's biggest compedator and when he was assasinated, it was clear that FRD would be re elected for presidency. -
5- Power Treaty
5- power treaty info
The conference was intended to limit the growth in naval armaments until its expiration in 1942. One problem was that Japan, a very significant naval power, refused to sign. It limited the size an the calibre of guns which they could carry. -
Flint Sit-Down Strike
Flint sit- down strike
An auto workers strike occurs in Detroit, which was the nations leading producer of steel and cars. It was a strike against General Motors. Strikers were pelting police with car parts and turned the fire hoses on the police. The police used tear gas against the strikers and this lasted 6 hours. 14 employees were injured in the process. -
Court Packing Fails
Loosing the Battle to pack the court
FDR's plan for court packing ultimately failed. Its failure exposed the limits of Roosevelt's abilities to push forward legislation through direct public appeal. -
Court Packing
Court packing fireside chat
FDR created the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, which was frequently called, "Court Packing". The purpose was to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court because FDR wanted to obtain favorable rulings regarding New Deal legislations that the court had previously ruled unconstitutional. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Fair Labor Standards act
Fair Labor Standards Act was to provite workers with more fair conditions. It introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek. It also created minimum wage, so people that were working under bad conditions who previously made less money were now being paid the minimum wage. -
Child labor laws
child labor
The Fair Labor Standards Act makes it illegal to employ child labor in 1938. It also created an 8 hour a day work day, which provided emplyees to get extra money for working overtime. -
Wizard of Oz
Wizard of Oz trailer
Hollywood releases The Wizard of Oz, one of the first color films. The film made $3,017,000. It was a mojor milestone in cinematography, being one of the first colored films. -
US proclaims neutrality
US staying neutralCharles Lindbergh gives a speech urging U.S. Neutrality when WW2 began. The US stated that they were not part of the war at this time.
