Today, in class, we got on the computers and people presented their powerpoints.
I learned that FDR married Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin. He attended the Columbia University Law School, and passed the Bar Exam in 1907. He was paralyzed from the waste down due to Polio.
The NYA was made to help thousands of high school and college students by giving them a job. They were paid 6-40 dollars a month to do work study projects at their school. Another 155 thousand were paid 10-25 dollars a month for part time work, which included job training.
Three R's.
Relief-Immediate action taken to halt the economy's deterioration
Recovery-
Reform-Permanent programs to prevent another depression
Bank Holiday-Declared so that the panic would be stopped-passed in May 1833
Emergency Banking Act- Closed the insolvent banks and only reopened the solvent ones-May 1933
Some acts of association that put recovery together
Agricultural Adjustment Act
National Industrial Act
Home Owners Loan Corp.
Works Progress Administration
Tennessee Valley Administration
Acts of association that put reform together:
Soil Conservation Act
National Labor Relations Act and National Labor Relations Board
Social Security Administration
Federal Deposit Insurance
Federal Emergency Relief Administration was one of the first movements, it was allowed a fund of $500,000.000.
Securities and Exchange Admission
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