Monday - I continued my notes.
4. 1932/1936 Presidential elections
- 1932
- Herbert Hoover (R) vs. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)
- Roosevelt one
5. Bonus Army
- World War 1 veteran promised $1.25/day they served
- they wanted money early
- peacefully protested
- MacArthur brought in tank and tear gas
- present military forced past military out
6. Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
7. Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal
8. The Three R’s
- Relief for the needy
- Economic recovery
- Financial reform
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 and relief 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 talks
- FDR talking to the people
- Used to calm peoples nerves
11. The Hundred Days
12. Deficit spending and “priming the pump”
- spending more money than we have
13. FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue
- add more justices to the court
- FDR wanted to add 1 new justice for every justice over 70 yrs old
- he wanted to add justices that supported him
- lost a lot of support because of this
14. Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend
- Townshend
- wanted to give old people pensions
- Huey Long
- share the wealth programs
- Reasons New Deal was challenged
- Created a very powerful president that led Congress
- violation of checks and balances
- It was a radical departure from Laissez FaireSome acts appeared interfering and at worst unconstitutional
- created "big government"
- heavy debt burden
- US was engaged in deficit spending
- Created a very powerful president that led Congress
Tuesday - Snow day!!!
Wednesday - Snow day!!!
Thursday - We watched videos on the 1930's.
Friday - We watched the last video and we took notes.
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