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HUEY LONG
opposed the new deal because he behaved that Roosevelt plan to help the american economy after the great depression not adequately help citizens living in poverty
share our wealth plan also knows as Huey long's a program designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nations wealth among the people -
GREAT DEPRESSION
one fourth of the labor face was out of work. hourly wages dropped by 50% hundreds of banks had failed. price for agricultural products dropped to their lowest level jmce the civil war. the worst unemployment rate was in 1932 and it was 23.6% 13 to 15 million was unemployed the gov. instituted a sense of experimental projects and programs, knows collectively as the NEW DEAL that almed to restore insincerity to many Americans many were deprived to their homes or were evicted -
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
the defeated Herbert hoover
greatest problem facing Americans was widespread unemployment
he promised the Americans the NEW DEAL to start them back to work also he inability ti end great depression
only thing we have to fear is fear itself -
ROBERT TAFT
Robert Taft was conservative american politician, statesman and president ion hopeful Taft was the senates main opponent of Franklin Roosevelt's new domestic policies called the NEW DEAL he denounce the socialism trends of the new deal -
MIGRANT MOTHER
her photographs of migrant workers homeless, women and children helped draw attention to the desperate conditions in rural american and helped to bring attention the need for direct relief (helped) -
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
Hearst's reputation surfed in the 1930 as his political views changes in 1932 he was a major supporter of FDB his newspapers throughout 1933
Hearst broke with FDB in the spring of 1936 when president voted the pat man bonus bill -
20TH AMENDMENT
the causes was for lame duck sessions
lame duck session - of congress in the untied states occurs when ere one pres. meets after is elected what each amendment did it change where both president couldn't be inn the same building -
21 ADMENDMENT
in 1933, the 21st amendment to the constitution was passed and ratified ending national prohibition after the repeal of the 18th amendment, some states prohibition my maintain statewide temperance laws -
TENNESSEE VALLEY
built 21 gov. owned dams along rivers the rivers
controlled floods and produced electricity
some fared it as form of socialism -
FRANCIS TOWNSEND
Dr. Francis was a physician who devised the Townsend plan the plan promised to end the great depression by opening up jobs for younger workers, while forcing seniors to spend money in the consumer economy
adopted a version of the Townsend plan when the social security program was created -
FDIC
IS THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ITS AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY OF THE u.s. federal gov. that preserves public confidence in the banking system by insuring deposits president Franklin Roosevelt signed the banking act in 1933 a part which established FDIC -
THE GOLD STANDARD
gold and silver where traded
use of the gold standard came to an end in 1933 when president issued an executive order outlawing the owner ship gold, but Roosevelt wanted people to rely ion paper money in order to expand the money supply and stimulate economic activity -
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
1935 was probably the most important measure of the new deal it provide workers with unemployment insurance, old age pensions, and insurance if they died early, workers and their employers each paid new contributions to fund these benefit.
Roosevelt put this in place with the NEW DEAL as part of the 3Rs -
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
1935 was probably the most important measure of the new deal
it provide workers with unemployment insurances old age pensions & insurance if they died early, workers & their employs each paid new contributors to find these befits
Roosevelt put this in place with the NEW DEAL part of the 3R's -
IMMIGRANTS DURING THE DEPRESSION
-with less demand for workers during depression white american framers sought offer jobs filled by Mexican immigrants
-public hostility grew towards Mexicans which made it difficult for them to enter the U.S.
-president hoover authorized the Mexican reparation act which sent Mexicans back to mexico due to lack of jobs. -
JUDICIAL PROCEDURES REFORM BILL
Roosevelt intent was to add more justices to the supreme court also known as court packing cause was to gain rulings gabardines the new deal using Roosevelt's court packing scheme courts vied it as unconstitutional b/c puled cause inefficiency and delays Americans wived it as if it was to important to interfere with -
AAA
gave framers gov. payment, tc grow framers crops smaller supply of crops would increased demand for those crops, this would help farmers earn money its purpose was to improve and preserve national soil resources. also prevent it from eroding long term effect was to help keep the pricing of crops stabilized -
NEW DEAL
Roosevelt pushed through legislation which is hard in less critical times. all the important bills submitted in these 1st 100 days Roosevelt explained these new deal measures as the three Rs relief , recovery, reform change, the new deal change the gov. how since the new deal the gov. has started to take care of us. it provides social security and medicare for old people, runs the FDIC to incur our banks deposits, and lower taxes -
DUST BOWL
natural causes- droughts every so often, heavy winds
human causes- tilling the great plain, cutting the grasses covering the top soil and the tapping underground water supplies
effects- money was tight, people lost there land due to not being able to pay the bank crops id not grow in central am
result- men became discouraged they abandoned their families women canned food and sewed clothes to support their families -
GRAPES OF WRATH
OAkIES MOVING FROM Oklahoma TO California increased the average intelligence of north states, also meant scum rout 66 is refereed to the mother roact
they hope to find jobs. once in California they find out jobs scare and wages are low. the exiles find repute in weed patch camp