Today we are continuing the presentations
Food drug and cosmetic act.
FDCA was passed in 1938
gives authority to the FDA to oversee thae safety of food drugs and cosmetics
strengthened/replaced pure food and drug act
safe and accurate labeling on food and prescription drugs
FDR vs. Supreme Court (court packing issue)
congress declared FDRs new deal unconstutional
"four horsemen" disliked FDRs proposals
all nine justices declared national recovery administration unconstitutional
NRA was main point of new deal
roosevelt declares war
court packing plan
FDR says that new deal would save freedom and free markets
passes judiviary reorganization bill of 1937
he packed the court with people he liked so that his bills would get passed (democrats)
FDR claims it would lighten workload for supreme court
public finds out
newspapers and public condemn the idea
people thought that roosevelt was trying to get too much power, and he was changing the ecomimic system that they had had for years. Almost like a dictator
FDR was loosing popularity and went down as one of the most shameful acts done by presidents in history
REA creatived on 1935
created by federal gov.
made loans available to local electricians
only 10% of rural america had electricity
power companies didn't think that it was worth it
gov. set tax reales 4x as high as cities which made rural not want to get power
farmers had to pay for the contruction of the lines and the power that they used
they didn't think that farmers had what it took to keep the power lines
farmers required more power than cities
1939 established 417 electric opperations
supplied 288000 houses
by 1942 50%
by 1952 almost all
TVA- Tennessee Valley Authority (1933)
started because Roosevelt needed ideas to make the new deal better
had other options to fix the ecomony but the TVA looked the most promising
problems- power production, navigation and flood control, Malaria control, reforestation/erosion control.
what they did: created new fertilizers and taught farmers how to improve crop yields. They also helped replant forest and tried to control forest fires and improve habitat for animals
build damns to control flooding and made navigations easier and helped generate electricity
The new deal
was there to help the economy
economy act- cut federal cost thoughout the reorganizato=ion of cuts in salariesand veterans
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