February 8-12

Monday - Snow Day!!!!

Tuesday - New cycle for Forum post. Test will probably be Thursday & Friday. We took notes.

  • FDR's New Deal Programs
    • Relief for the needy
    • Economic recovery
    • Financial reform
  • Unemployed people
    • Federal Emergency Relief Act
      • gave direct handouts
      • helped unemployed to find new jobs
      • relief programs
    • Public Works Administration
      • gave work
      • construction projects
        • airports
        • dams
        • aircraft carriers
        • bridges
        • hospitals
    • Civil Works Administrations
      • create jobs
      • paid high wages 
    • Works Progress Administration
      • construction work
      • built
        • roads
        • bridges
        • buildings
        • airport runways
      • produced
        • concerts
        • art
  • Young People
    • Civilian Conservation Corps
      • gave jobs
      • $30/month
      • lived in camps
      • men 18-25 (father's are on relief)
      • work
        • plant trees
        • fought forest fire
        • construction
    • National Youth Administration
      • $6-$40 a month for "work study" projects
      • thousands of young people stayed in school 
      • included women
      • people lived at home
      • Work
        • job training
        • construction
        • repair projects
  • Banks
    • Emergency Banking Relief Act
      • would close bank
      • reorganize it
      • reopen bank when stable
    • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
      • insured peoples money in banks up to $1000
      • insured money in checking accounts, money market accounts, and CD's
  • Stock Market
    • Federal Securities Act
      • made stock market a safer place for people to invest money
      • two goals
        • required investors receive significant information regarding securities being offered for public sale
        • prohibited deceit, misrepresentations, and other fraud in the sale of securities to the public
    • Securities and Exchange Commission
      • regulates the stock market 
      • made market more secure and safer for money
  • Factory Workers
    • National Industrial Recovery Act
      • codes of fair competition
        • supporting prices and wages
        • stimulating economy
        • make work hours
      • guaranteed workers the right to unionize
    • National Labor Relation Act/Board
      • conducts elections for unions
      • stresses collective bargaining
      • investigates and fixes unfair labor practices
    • Fair Labor Standards Act
      • established national minimum wage ($0.40/hour)
      • established 40 hr work week
      • time and a half for overtime
      • prohibited most child labor 
  • Farmers
    • Agricultural Adjustment Act
      • paid to plant less
      • paid to kill animals
      • gave money to buy tractors
    • Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
      • educated farmers on how to use their lands without damaging them
    • Tennessee Valley Authority
      • built water dams
      • generates electric power and controls floods
    • Rural Electrification Administration
      • provided farms with inexpensive electric lighting and power and eventually telephone services
    • Farm Security Administration
      • gave money to small farmers and tenant farmers to buy farms
      • helped tenant farmers when they were fired
  • Homeowners
    • Home Owners Loan Corporation
      • refinance homes to prevent foreclosure
      • extend loans from shorter expensive payments to lower payments for longer times
    • Federal Housing Administration
      • insured loans made by banks and private lenders for home building and home buying
      • goals
        • improve housing standards
        • improve conditions
        • provide adequate home financing system 
    • United States Housing Authority
      • lend money to states or communities for low-cost home construction
      • homes were designed for low-income and homeless people
  • Elderly Consumers 
    • Social Security Administration
      • provides retirement, disability, and survivors benefits
      • benefits are based on employees contributions
    • Food, Drug, ad Cosmetic Act
      • mandated a review of the safety of all new drugs before going to market
      • banned false therapeutic claims in drug labeling
      • authorized factory inspections and expanded enforcement powers
      • set new regulatory standards for foods and cosmetics 
  • Native Americans 
    • Indian Reorganization Act
      • abolished the Dawes Act
      • allowed Native American's to govern themselves on a tribal basis
      • allowed Natives to manage and keep their own land
      • helped create job opportunities on Indian Reservations 
        • casinos

Wednesday - Took notes and test was pushed back to Friday and Monday.

Thursday - The test is tomorrow and I continued notes above. 

Friday - Test today.

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