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20th Amendment
-The cause for duck sesssions lame duck sessions of congress and united states occur when someone pres. meets after is exected
-What each amendment did change where both president coudnt be in the same building -
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william randolph hearst
-Hearst reputation suffered in the 1930s as his political views changed in 1932 he was a major supporter of FDR his news paper throughout 1933
-Hearst broke with the FDR in the spring of 1935 when president voted the part man bonus bill -
federal deposit insurance corporation
-The FDIC provided insurance of individual bank accounts up to $5,000 resureing millions of bank customers that their money was safe
-Congres and the president also worked to regulate the stock market in wich people lost faith because of the crash of 1929
-The FDIC was part of roosevelt new deal the 3 rs relief recovery and reform -
21st amendment
-In 1933 the 21st amendment to the constition was passed and ratified ending national prohibition
-After the repeal of the 18th amendment some states continued prohibition by maintaining statewide temperance laws -
henvy long "share our wealth"
-Was a democratic governar of louisiana opposed the new deal bc he belived roosevelts plan didnt help people living in poverty after great depression
-His plan wanted to take money from from the wealthy and give to poor assassinated sep. 10, 1935 -
reforn of the new deal
-Social security was probably the most important measure of the new deal. it provided workers imployment insurance old age and pensiom=ns if they died early. workers and their employers each paid new contributions to fund these benifits in part of roosevelt -
AAA (agricultural adjustment act)
-Gave farmers government payment to grow farmer crop
-Smaller supply of crops would increse demand for those crops this would help farmers earn money
-Its purpose was to improve and preserve national soil resources also preventing it from eroding
-Long term effect was to help keep the pricing of crops stabilized -
immigrants during the depression
-With less demand for workers during the depression white american farmers fought after jobs filled by Mexican immigrants
-Public hostility gre towards mexicans which made it difficult for them to enter the u.s
-President hoover authorized the mexican repatration act which sent mexican back to mexico due to lack of jobs