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Huey Long
Long was a rollicking country lawyer who became give of Louisianan in 1928
He people against FDR at shores of wealth plan the poorest Americans were promised
an estate no less than $5,000 with a $2500 yearly minimum income guaranteed -
Immigrants during the depression
the stock market crashed in 19929 it caused high unemployment Americans panicked they began to blame Mexicans & European immigrants for theirs problems.
The U.S deported about 1.5 millions Mexicans Europeans between 1929 & 1935
President hoover authorized a special Mexican Repatriation Act to send Mexican - American Immigrants back to mexico -
Stock Market Cash
Main causes of the great depression :
-Tariff and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for Americans goods
-a crisis in the farm sector
-the Availability of easy credit
an unequal distribution of income \The stock market cash was a result of various economic -
Francis Townsend
Dr. Francis T. was an american physician who devised the Townsend plan, a popular propose for state-funded old-age pensions
planed to end great depression by opening jobs for young people -
William Randolph Hearst
Hearst's reputation surfed in the 1930's as his political views changed in 1932 he was a major support of FDR his news payers throughout 1933
Hearst broke with FDR in the spring in 1935 who's president vetoed the pat man bonus bill -
Migrant Mother
Ms Lange during her career in 1930's she wanted to use the photo of the image to effect political CHANGE many Americans lost their homes and families in the depression. people were homeless and went hungry. millions depended on soup kitchen for their food
the last photo "migrant mother" was published in the San Francisco marck 10 , 1930's -
Dust Bowl
Human Causes
Farmers had been plowing the cross lands for crops in central plains and trapping under ground water supplies natural causes ere 10 years drought has acouring -
FDR first team
Fear itself address info himself to cause of the economic crisis and its moral dimensions, Roosevelt placed blame squarely on the greed and shortsightedness of Bunkers & businessman
-He defeated Herbert Hoover
-major issue Americans facing widespread unemployment
-Great depression continued the nations economy continued to wheeze -
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New Deal
He tried to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relies to throe who were suffering, and aimed to restore some measure of dignity and prosperity to many Americans through this new deal
The Federal government helped care for dependent children and the disabled and the federal government built dams along the semester river that controlled flooding and generated inexpensive hydroelectric power for the people in the area -
21st Amendment
The 21st amendment repealed prohibition
the 21st amendment was ratified because many people had simply refused to accepted the ban on alcohol
President Harding drunk alcohol in the white house during the prohibition -
AAA (Agricultural adjustment act)
it's purpose was to help farmers by reducing production of staple crops taxes forced farmers to cut amounts they marketed the gov even paid for farmers not to grow crops so prices would not go up and help the land -
20th Amendment
the 20th amendment was to more the inauguration up for February to January, so two presidents will not be in office at the same time. this period is called the " came duck " period
-"Jame Duck" is a elected official whose time in an office or position will soon end & does little as the president -
TVA
The Tennessee valley authority (TVA)
is a federally owned corporation in the united states to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, economic
this was part of Roosevelt 3R's of the new deal -
SEC
Sec was created to watch over he stock market prevent fraud and guard against other stock mart-market-collapse
-was Roosevelt's reform against the New Deal -
FDLC
"Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation "
Purpose was to provide stability to the economy and the failing bank system
insured bank deposits so that people wont lose their savings in bank fairer
This was Roosevelt reform of the " New Deal" -
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Franklin D . Roosevelt's
He defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election majors issues were the cultural issues had before dominated previous elections. The depression was of major concern during this election -
Gold Reserve Act
United States had a bi-metallic system of money.
Gold Standard came to an end in 1933 when Roosevelt issued an Executive order outlawing the ownership of gold besides jewelry.
Roosevelt wanted people to rely on flat money ( paper money) -
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill
The reform bill was frequently called the " court packing " was a legislative initiative proposed by U.S president Franklin D Roosevelt to add more justice to the U.S supreme court.
The bill was to increase the number of the supreme court justices then to bring in several new justice who would change the balance of opinion in the court Roosevelt failed many times at attempting to pass the law its failure exposed the limits of Roosevelt abilities to posh legislation through direct public -
Robert Taft
Senate in 1938, he opposed Roosevelt's new deal because he felt it was socialism
it is alternative plan was calling for economy in government ,a balanced budget , and a less centralization of power in the nations capital -
Grapes of wrath
The author was john Steinbeck published in 1939
-Okies farm families from southern plains who migrated to Californian in the 1930
-people think they are migrant to California for better future but reality is it is hard to find jobs
-Route 66 was the path migrant farmers used to get to California from the Dust Bowl Area