February 10, 2011.

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Farming- AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Act was established in 1933. Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce the amount of crops planted. Purpose was to reduce crop surplus so prices would go up. Farmers were paid to leave some land untilled. Oversaw a larg scale destruction of existing crops and livestock in an attempt to reduce surpluses. Millions of pigs were slaughtered in the AAA's effort to raise prices. It was finally decared unconstitutional by the supreme court because of the taxing. They only taxed the food processors. Before it was declared unconstitutional farm prices went up. Farmers werehomes- Home Owner's Loan Corporation. Typical home loan in 1930 required a 50% down payment and had to be paid off within 507 years at an interest rate of 6 to 8 percent. The HOLC extended loans from shorter, expensive payments of the 15 years to the lower payments of the 30 year loans.Charles Coughlin-critic of the new deal. Roman Catholic Priest in Michigan. Used the radio to broadcast his religious and political opinions. Had an average audience of 30 million. Publically supported fdr. preached about the new deal. Helped get FDR into office. Didn't think FDR was doing enough to fight bankers.After we were done with presentations we started our blog discussions.Sports-baseball and boxing were becoming more popular. Yankees were the main baseball team. Joe Lewis was the best boxer. Most people liked boxing because they could gamble on matches. They postponed the winter olympics for a little while. The 1936 olympics were held in Germany. Football was loosing money because no one could afford to go to the games. Horse racing was also popular. Racing was beginning to get more popular. Sir Malcolm Campbell was breaking records every year. Sports fans wanted better, faster games. In this time period the NBA started allowing dunking, and 3 pointers.There were many actors and actresses that made their names in the 30's. This area was named the Golden Age of movies. Shirley Temple became huge in this time period. Started introducing color and sounds into the films. Started new film genres like comedy and horror. The biggest film came out was the Wizard of Oz. Cartoon films were released by Disney, for example Snow White. Betty Boop, and Popeye the Sailor. THey had drive-in-theaters. Robinhood staring Arel Flinn was released. The original King Kong was released in the 1930s.