Ch. 15 Test Topics
Describe the cycle of the Great Depression?
What was the New Deal(1st and 2nd) and it's goals(3 R's)?-
Relief, Reform, Recovoery FDR's plan to get us out of the Great Depression.
1.Relief- for the people
2.Reform- the banking system, stock market, and businesses needed to be reformed.
3.Recovery-we willl recover from the Great Depresion
First and 2nd New deal-each goals were the same, each had a specific foucse
-The first they wanted to help top down- they wanted to help businesses, and banks survive. That would trickle down and help poor.
-2nd-bottom to top-help the poor ,so if they help the people they will have jobs, they will spend, that will help business. having the vicious cycle go reverse, and the trickle down theory reverse.
Why did people criticize the New Deal?-they said that they said that he was doing to much, the the he was making the country more socialistic, and communistic were the goverment controls businesses, and almost everything. Some people called him communist. Some people said he did to litttle.
1.said that he was a dictator that he was doing to much, he was to powerful
2.It was a radical deparutre from Laisses Faire- created a big goverment
3.Some acts appreaed interfering and the worst unconstutitional-That he was doing things that take oway peoples rights.
4.heavy debt burden-Unitesd Steas was engaged in defict spending and this was unhealthy for the economy in the long run.
Too much Too Little
Father chalres- said he was doing too much, Francis Townshed sais he was doing to little because he was not doing much for the old people he helped with the social security- Senator Huey long was going to run for president but was assasinated- he was a communist he was robin hood take from the rich give to the poor.
Why was FDR upset with the US Supreme Court and what did he do to try to solve this issue?-He wanted to get more people on the supreme court so he could have votes on his favor. The suprreme court was telling Roovelt that his acts were unconstitutional. So he put people in the Supreme court that would vote toward his way. Does not get passed. People felt that Roosevelt was getting to powerful. A lot of americans thought this was an attempt trying to get even more power. He felt that his programs were being stopped by all these old guys, and he wanted to get his acts passed. Supreme court packing bill. So he added a new judge for every person in the suprrem court that was over 70
How did the New Deal help:
unemployed- Reconstruction Finance Cooperation (RFC.) gave loans to banks, state andl ocal govt's and bussinesses to create jobs for peple-CCC- Feda-one of the first relief operations. gave loans to states. employed people to work for the goverment-helped alot of unemployed people
-pWA provided 8 million jobs to umepoloyed men. constructed roads an buildings. it is not around today. It ended when ww2 came about when jobs for warefare came about.
-National youth Administration- provided part time jobs for high school students.
-Public works adiministration-brought alot of jobs to bring dams, bridges, school, and hospitals, main goal was to give people jobs, and revive the economy. enede in ww2 when people started getting jobs.
-CWA-civil works Adminatration- improved roads, and schools, and airports. cities improved. failed becasue it was too costly, they paid there workers to well.
farmers
factory workers/labor-
young people-for the uneploymen men of -ccc employed-planted trres-they young pepole would work and they money would go to the family.
-National youth Administration- provided part time jobs for high school students. allows people to stay in school. highschool and college students. job ralted school projects. was very succesful.
banks/business- Reconstruction Finance Cooperation (RFC)-gave staes loans for emergency need. ended after WWII started by Hoover.
home owners
elderly
Native Americans-Indian reorganazation act a,ka wherler howard act or i ndian new deal-returening native american their assests back whihc was mostly land., to prevent the dcreasein reservation resources, they had their own goverment, instead of making them by like the americans.
Describe the culture of the 1930's.
Key terms:
Hundred Days-He promised that he was going to get alot of things done in 100 days. Like a report card of the first one hundred days.
fireside chats-chats the rooservelt gave over the radio to address the poeple.
priming the pump- This is an example of Deficit spending- get the economy running trying to get it going. Pumping money into the economy.
deficit spending-Spending more money then you take in. The U.S is a profesional at doing this.
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