Monday - 1930's presentations
FDR's New Deal - Created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Created to calm the Great Depression, Increased Government spending and projects, Built thousands of bridges, highways, buildings, Employed people, spurred economy
Poor Man's Divorce - When a man just leaves without fully getting divorced
Crime - crime was running rampant during the 30's
Suicide - suicide rate was up in the 30's
Schooling - schools were underfunded. dropout rate was high
Soup Kitchens - served food to anyone that showed up, but mainly for people who couldn't pay for their own food
Tuesday - 1930's presentation
1) Depression - long and severe recession in an economy or market
- Causes of GD - Stock Market Crash - distribution of wealth around US, Bank credit and loans, No guarantees from banks, Buying on the margin (downpayment), Weak/small bank firms, Over 9,000 banks failed, Over 14 Billion lost = 194 Billion
- Vicious Cycle of GD - People have no money. People don't buy. Companies stop producing. Lay people off. People don't have any jobs. People have no money.
- Over Producing - Everyone was over producing because times were so good people were buying like crazy and then the buying stopped and over producing happened
- Drought Conditions - Dust Bowl "Dirty Thirties". In 1930's there were only 17 inches of rain. Lots of plowing. No cover crops. No wind buffers. Erosion.
2) President Hoover's attempt to help solve the GD
Agricultural Marketing Act -
- Stop crop prices from rising
- Half a billion dollars to fund
- Financial help for farmers
Reconstruction Finance Corporation -
- Financial Support for many businesses
- Loans - banks, railroads, mortgage associations
- It started to grow and helped to aid agriculture and financing
- Was intended to be an independent nonpolitical agency
Wednesday - NO SCHOOL
Thursday -
2) President Hoover's attempt to help solve the GD
- Hoover tied to raise tariffs so that more people would buy American products, didn't work because no one had the money to spend
3) Bonus Army -
-an assembly of 43,000 some people mostly veterans.
-17,000 were WWI veterans, families, and affiliated groups.
-Great Depression made them desperate to get money.
-The congress came up with a certificate.
-The certificate was around $1.25 to $1.00 as a bonus
- $1.25 for every served over seas and $1 every served at home
- They waited in camps outside of Washington D.C. for the bill to pass
- The bill never passed
- Tension rose even further
- Hoover sent the military to escort them away from the premises
4) Entertainment in 1930's
- Fifa World Cup - Uruguay was host and won 4-2 against Argentina
- World Series - Philadelphia Athletics won the series in the 6th game against the St. Louis Cardinals
Super Bowl - Green Bay Packers beat the New York Giants
- Jazz music was popular during the 1930's (Shirley Temple, Bing Crosby, Roy Rogers, Billie Holiday, Gene Autry)
- Radio was in more than 40% of homes in the 1930's
- Fads - Family Game Nights, Goldfish Swallowing, Stamp Collecting, Reading.
5) Franklin Roosevelt's Background -
- FDR was born on January 30, 1882, into a wealthy family
- He was an only child
- He went to Harvard, but was only a C student
- A few years after he went to Harvard he went to Columbia University Law school
- He never received a diploma because he found it boring
- In 1910 FDR was invited to run for New York State Senate
- He ran as a democrat in an area that was primarily republican for the last 32 years
- With the help of his name he won the election
- During his time elected he formed an alliance with Louis Howe
- In 1914 FDR decided to run for the US senate seat
- He lacked white house support
- FDR made too many political enemies
- He lost the election
- As a president he passed the New Deal which made tons of organizations to help the economy
- One of these groups were the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- The WPA employed millions of unskilled men to carry out public works projects such as roads and bridges
- The Civilian Conservation Corp. (CCC) as another group that employed unmarried men
- National Youth Administration (NYA)provided jobs for Americans ages 16-25
Friday - 1930's Presentations
#13 FDR vs the US Supreme Court
Election of 1936
After his landslide victory
He was frustrated
February 5, 1937
Roosevelt made a bold and perhaps miscalculated decisions.
Private meeting with cabinet members and the Senate Democratic Leadership.
Roosevelt proposed his “Court-packing” bill to circumvent the Court’s unfavorable rulings.
#9 Difference between first deal and second deal
FIrst Deal
First Made by FDR in spring of 1933
Major Points
Social Security
Response to Great Depression
3 R’s
Relief
Reform
Recovery
Second Deal
Made by FDR January of 1935
Five Major Points
Improve use of natural resources
Security against old age
Unemployment and illness
Slum Clearance
Work Relief Program
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