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doeothea lange
migrant mother is one of the sires of the photograph her subject are homeless women their children and migrant workers her work funded by federal agencies such as the farm security administration the editor than told the federal authorities whom urged the gov. to rush did to camp to prevent starvation -
return to normalcy
etorn to " big business"
- in addition to its pro-business stance hardings administration was known
- primarily for his corruption exposed fully after hardings death in office in 1923 how i t was after WW1 before the great depression the good times -
stock market crash
- people could not sell their shares fast enough
- top bankers met that Friday and bought stocks above current market prices to try to stop the rapid decline in prices
- this action by bankers only delayed the collapse by a few days
- oct 29 ( black Tuesday ) market crashes
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Great Depression
- when panicked sellers trraded nearly 60mil shares on the new York stock echange
- corporations could no longer raise funds
- in 1940 15% was the lowest employment rate
- people had fought for their daily survival banks failed and may people were out of work
- the money supply growth causes by huge international gold influence was a crucial source of the recovery in the U.S economy -people were hungry and went homelsss
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William Randolph Hearst
Hearst reputation sufferd in the 1930 as his political views changed in 1932 he was a major supported of FDR his news papers throughout 1933
- Heart broke with FDR in the spring of 1935 when president vetoes the pat man bonus bill -
20th amendment
- sets the dates at which federal gov. elected offices end , also defines who succeeds the president dies
- cause: elected officials who had been replaced were uolaing office longer than was necessary
- more the new president from taking in office in February to january to lesson lame duck period effect
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AAA ( agricultural adjustment act )
- its purpose as 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 go up and help the land
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Tennessee valley authority
it was created by congressional in may 1933 to provide flood control electricity generator and economic development during the depression this was president Roosevelt new deal reform largest public power company in the U.S owns the 5th largest river system provides electricity for Tennessee but also parts of Kentucky Alabama Georgia north Carolina and virgina some feared the TVA was a form of socialism -
securities and exchange commission
the purpose of the SEC is protecting investors from dangerous or illegal financial practices of fraud
the issue it addressed was the fact that no one was watching the stock markets
the effects of its passage was to prevent another stock market collapse : in doing so it evolved our markets into high - tech trading centers -
21st amendment
many people had simply refused to accept the ban on alcohol even president Harding drank alcohol in the white house prohibition was repealed by the twenty-first amendment the experience of prohibition demonstrated that unpopular laws are sometimes unenforceable -
golden reserve act
- united states had a bi-metallic system of money
- silver was also traded
- gold stranded came to an end in1933 when Roosevelt issued an executive order out lawing the ownership of gold besides jewelry
- Roosevelt wanted people to rely on " fiat money" paper money
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huey long 1935
U.s senator and former governor of Louisianan huey long promised to give each american family an income of 5,000 was assassinated before he was to mount his campaign FDR -
judicial procedures reform bill
the reform was frequently called the "court packing plan" a legislative initiative proposed by the U.S president Franklin d Roosevelt to add more justice to the U.S supreme court. the bill was to increase the number of U.S supreme court justices then to bring in several new justice who would change the balance of opinion on the court Roosevelt failed many times at attempting to pass the law its failure exposed the limits of Roosevelt abilities to push legislation through direct public appeal -
Robert traft ( new deal socialism )
- co- operating with conservative Democrat and led the conservative that opposed the new deal the republican gains in the 1938 elections combined with the creation of the conservative had stopped the expansion of the new deal calling for economy in gov. a balanced budget and less centralization of power in the nation capital
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grapes of wrath
- the grape of wrath is an american realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939
- an okie is a resident , native , or cultural , ( descendant of Oklahoma )
- the route 66 ( U.S 66 or route 66) the main hwy in the 1930's that connected the great plains to California
- migrants went to California in hoops to find jobs and places to work but when they got there the jobs were taken