Why was FDR upset with the US Supreme Court and what did he do to try to solve this issue?-- he was upset because most of the Sumpreme Court was against the New Deal, and passed a bill that would allow him to appoint up to six more justices
How did the New Deal help:-- glass stegall help reform banks, seperated commercial and investment banks, FDIC kept americas confidence in banks ability to examine banks,
unemployed-- Civilian Conservation Corp helped america get back to work, peacearmy. reduced crime rate 55%,the men in it got 30 dollars a month and the familys got 25... FERA gave 3.1 billionnto operate local work projects, and gave money and food to people... WPA, helped people aswell as clothe and house, helped get the job you were specialized in...
farmers-- Reconstruction Finance Corporation, gave out loans... TVA, helped reduce flooding, created citys, and put in place hydroelectric dams... agricultuarl adjustment crops, paid farmers to reduce their plating to reduce surplus i n crops, which increased prices in crops, a 2nd adjustment was enacted due to the first one being declared unconstitutional...farm security administration, began due to the failurer of the AAA, slmost 8million people on farms made less than 600, bought out small farms that werent economically stable, and created 34 subsistence homestead communities, took alot of pictures to document all problems farmers having... Soil Conservation act, help prevent erosion, put in place terraces, educate farmers how to use their land without damaging it...
factory workers/labor-- National Labor Relations Act, allowed workers to join unions... FSLA was establidhed fair working conditions by making a person can only work 40hrs a week and a minium of 40 cents an hour. child labor was banned and prohibited difences based on sex... the PWA made many construction project and created work... the CWA hired around four million people... NRA/NIRA gave workers better, and a blue eagle was given to bsuiness that treated theyre workers well...
young people-- NYA, allowed people to stay in schools while unemployed and accepted girls, helped get jobs...
banks/business-- Reconstruction Finance Corporation,gave out loans... Federal Security Act ,required investors get full information on stocks, meant to stop fruad.. banking act streghtnend Federal Reseve Boards in the field of credit managment, tightned existing restrictions on banks, provided permanent deposit insurance and maintains it at the 5000 level...
home owners
elderly--
Native Americans-- allowed Indians self govern, reversed Dawes Act
Describe the culture of the 1930's.
Key terms:
Hundred Days-- FDRs first hundred days in office
fireside chats-- messages given by FDR, in which he addresed people as if they were friends and to ensure people to have faith in banks,
priming the pump
deficit spending-- goverment buys things,
Brain Trust-- smart people FDR surrounded himself with to advise
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