2/19- no school
2/20- talked about forum posts.
2/21- reviewed for test and finished presentation.
- Share-Our-Wealth
- Cap personal fortunes at $50 million each- equivalent to about $600 million today (later reduced to 5 million- 8 million dollars, or 60- 96 million dollars today)
- Limit annual income to one million dollars each (about $12 million today)
- Limit inheritances to five million dollars each (about $60 million today)
- Guarantee every family an annual income of $2,000 (or one-third the national average)
- Free college education and vocational training
- Old-age pensions for all persons over 60
- Veterans benefits and healthcare
- A 30 hour work week
- A four week vacation for every worker
- Greater regulation of commodity production to stabilize prices
- Long's Assassination
- Shot and killed by Carl Weiss in 1935
- New Deal vs 2nd New Deal
- 1st New Deal
- Restore nation's hope
- Help banks and stock market
- Provide jobs and relief for poor
- Plan and regulate the economy
- 2nd New Deal
- Pass new labor laws
- Create and expand New Deal agencies
- Establish Social Security for older people and unemployed
- 1st New Deal
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1st First Lady to actually do something and had a platform
2/22- started group tests
2/23- registration for classes
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