Monday:
Discussed Caucus and extra credit
1932 Election:
- Herbert Hoover(republican)
- Franklin Roosevelt(democratic)
- Franklin wins
1936 Election:
- Franklin Roosevelt
- Alf Landon
- Franklin won again
Supreme Court Packing Case:
- 9 court justices
- they were slowing down the production of getting out of the depression
- People thought Franklin was messing up the checks and balances
Tuesday:
no school
Wednesday:
no school
Thursday:
Iowa Caucus:
Hillary won for Democratic
Ted Cruz won for Republican
Bonus Army----Bonus Expeditionary Force:
- World War I veterans would be giving money for fighting in the war
- the were looking for their BONUS checks
- congress was wondering if they should give the money to them early
- So the veterans were protesting to convince congress to say yes
- but congress said no
- some left, but some stayed
- they started protesting more
- military had to push former soldiers out even though they were just trying to help get food for their families
- MacArthur was in charge of the military group
- Hoover was president
- Hoover told MacArthur to not be to aggressive
- but he didn't listen
- He made it look like Hoover was uncaring
Relief, Reform, and Recovery:
- Relief for the needy----people need money
- Economic recovery------make more jobs so people can get money
- Financial reform-------making sure their is rules in place so they don't crash and have another depression
Fireside chats:
- something that the president said and someone would talk about it over the radio
Deficit spending and priming the pump:
- spending more money than you make
- the united states is trillion dollars in debt
- Priming the pump:
- throw a bunch of money out
- spending money on programs
- trying to create jobs for people
100 days:
- he passed 15 bills
- like organizations
Franklin's background:
- wealthy family
- married his 5th cousin
- he ran for vice president in the 1920's
- lost to Harding
- he gets polio
- everyone assumed he was done
- he died a month into his 4th term
these are republican challenges:
- A. what were some of the reasons the new deal was challenged?
- to powerful
- we want a balance of power
- we don't want a big government
- doing thongs you shouldn't
- spending to much money
Senator Huey Long:
- wanted to take land from the rich and give it to the poor
New Deal VS. 2nd New deal:
- restore nation's hope
- help banks and stock market
- provide jobs and relief for poor
- plan and regulate the economy
- pass new labor laws
- create and expand new deal agencies
- established social security for older people and unemployed
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