Feb. 1-5

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Monday- Discussed 30s topics

Tuesday- No School

Wednesday- No School

Thursday- Discussed 30's topics

Friday- Watched America the story of us

4.-1932/1936 Presidential elections

5.-Bonus Army

• Government promised pensions to to the WWI soldiers
  • Soldiers tried to get the checks early to help their family
  • Congress doesn't pass it
    • Some soldiers started to revolt
  • Hoover called in the army
    • Army pushed rebels out by tear gas(not Hoovers's plan)
      • Made him seem uncaring

6.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads

• Movies
  • Gone with the Wind 
  • Wizard of Oz
• Sports
• Olympics
• Radio

7.-Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal

• FDR 
  • Ran for VP- 1920- James Cok
    • People knew he was an up incoming running in the democratic party
  • Only President in a wheel chair
    • Diagnosed with polio
  • Great resume for president

8.-The Three R’s

FDR's plan

• Relief
• Reform 
• Recovery

9.-The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal

First New Deal

• Restore Nations hope
• Help banks and stock market
• provide jobs for poor
• Plan and Regulate the economy

Second New Deal

• Pass New Labor Laws
• Create and Expand New Deal agencies
• Establish Social Security for older people and unemployed

10.-Fireside chats

• Radio messages to the people
  • FDR first president to do this
  • Americans thought they were being directly talked to

11.-The Hundred Days

• FDR's 100 Days
  • 100 days for him to try get things done and see if they worked
  • People would think he was a good president trying get things done

12.-Deficit spending and “priming the pump”

• Spending money to help our country get money flowing
  • Spent by government
  • Government didn't have money
  • Jump start the economy
• After FDR pulled money out 
  • Economy started to drop

13.-FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue

• Roosevelt thought the supreme court was unconstitutional 
  • 6/9 over 70 years old
  • He try to enforce a rule where he got to elect a new justice for everyone over 70
  • Made to get democrats on the board
    • Pro new deal
  • loss for FDR

14.-Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend

• New Deal
  • Peoples fears/dislikes
    • Violated checks and balance system
    • Made government a huge part of the country not Laissez Faire
    • Laws were unconstitutional 
    • Spending more money than the government could afford "Deficit Spending"
• Caughlin and Townshed
  • Thought FDR wasn't doing enough