Friday, January 25

People criticized FDR for being too powerful and had a huge government.

We got in to a heavy debt burden and spent too much money

Huey Long was a governor of Louisiana and wanted to share the wealth he was communistic and was like robin hood. He was killed.

Those that worked for the CCC had to come from family with needs, and the US military operated it.

FERA was direct aid to unemployed people so basically the start of welfare.

PWA was supposed to spend lots to jump start the economy. made jobs

CWA- did the same type of thing but was way to costly. It failed due to cost. made jobs

WPA- was like the PWA and CWA but was the biggest and that was for unskilled workers. This helped artists and musicians.

Camp David was a WPA project and is one of the President's official vacation spots.

Golden Gate Bridge was a WPA Project

NYA helped people stay in school by providing jobs.

EBRA- was called the bank holiday that helped fix banks and made sure banks were safe

FDIC was made in 1933, and started at 1000 dollars insured and one of the biggest accomplishments.

SEC- regulates stock market and make sure people are following the rules.

We will pick up with the AAA on Monday.

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