Hoover was not widely like as he had little people skills, he believed in laissez-faire, which wasn't the primal thing to do when you're in a great depression. He was a little late, but he tried to give people jobs when building the Hoover dam.
The New Deal was there to help the economy. Also, prohibition ended after the outrage in the 20's. They decided to make money from it and taxed beer and wine in the Beer and Wine Revenue Act. Huey Pierce Long Jr. was the 40th governor of Lousiana, then a US Senator. He created the Share our Wealth program in 1934 to redistribute wealth (Communist). He was a critic of the Federal Reserve systems and their policies.
The CCC was a public work relief program in the US for unemployed men agest 18-25. It put young men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion and flood control. It was created to help the families, as they got 25 of the 30 dollars the men would make. It is no longer around today.
The USHA built houses for about 650,000 low income families. Poverty decreased drastically, as morale increased.
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Created in 1935 by Congress. It helped protect workers rights to unionization. It was designed to help factory workers as well.
The Civil Works Administration gave people jobs to do construction projects, specifically to help out families who have low incomes. Over 6,000 projects and 4 million people were hired. It was a project created under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It ended in 1934 due to the expenses it created.
Someone else also talked about S.S., which I somewhat covered, so I don't need to take notes on it. It's a pension fund where you take out money of your paycheck for preparation for retirement. Also, it used to be where you give the elders 150-200 dollars in hopes that they would spend it immediately.
Indian Reorganization Act secured Native American Rights. It allowed them to return to a self government, as well has have control of their assets. They were not required to have a constitution but many tribes issued one.
The Work Progress Administration helped the unemployed find jobs, such as
-construction of buildings
-roads
-drama/media
-literacy projects
-fed children
-redistributed food, clothing and housing.
Almost every community has had a park or something similar created by the agency at one point.
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act-allowed the government to pay farmers to lower production. -Conserve Soil
-Prevent soil erosion
The white house had been worried about erosion, mostly in part of the dust bowl, which tore off millions of acres of fertile topsoil. After it was passed, erosion was reduced by 65%
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
$500 million from Congress
Loaned to
-war plants
-foreign governments
-banks
-disaster relief
Public Works Administration was passed in 1933 in response to the Great Depression.
It helped lower the Unemployment rate. It constructed 11,428 roads and 7,488 school buildings, along with dams, Naval Ships, bridges and airports.
The FLSA included raising required minimum wage, not discriminating based on sex or race and not lower wages for such people. It also provided National Minimum wage along with overtime regulations and child labor laws. It was successful because it paved the way for job benefits and overtime requirements that were created for today.
The Federal Housing Administration was created to improve standards and conditions, stabalize the mortgage market, as well as provide good financing systems and insure mortgage loans. In the 1940's, the FHA assisted the veterans and military families, while from the 50's-70's, it hellped the handicapped, lower income families and the elderly.
Agricultural Adjustment Act. Established in 1933. Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce the amount of crops planted. Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus so prices would go up as well. The farmers were paid by the federal government for leaving some of their land untilled (sentence confused me). The Act created a new agency, the AAA to carry out law.
The AAA oversaw a large-scale destruction of existing crops and livestock in an attempt to reduce surpluses. People saw that the AAA was cruel during the Great Depression. While people were starving, farmers were forced to make less food. DIdn't last too long, as it was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1936. The second AAA was passed in 1938, which was funded from general taxation and therefore acceptable to the Supreme Court.
The Home Owner's Loan Corporation. HOLC. The typical home loan in 1930 required a 50% down payment and had to be paid of within 5-7 years. Buyers paid the entire interest charge at the end of the payback period in a single balloon payment. THe HOLC was established in 1933 to refinance homes, and it extended loans from shorter, expensive payments to long, lower payments for a 30 year period.
Charles Coughlin was a critic of the New Deal. He used his radio show to broadcast his religious and political opinions, and had a strong following. He had an average audience of 30 million. He publically supported the New Deal and FDR at the start.
Coughlin helped FDR get into office, but Coughlin thought that he favored the bankers too much. He tried to get FDR to do more to fight bankers and big business, and thought that his opinion would matter more to FDR. When Roosevelt let him know that he was in charge, Couglin got his gang to rebel and oppose to FDR and whatever he did.
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