Posted by 3Schechinger on February 2, 2010 at 9:46am
Questions for test.What was the new deal (1st and 2nd ) three r’sWhy was FDR upset with the U.S. Supreme Court and what did he do to try and solve this issueHow did the new deal help-UnymploymentFarmersFactory workers/laborYoung peopleBanks/ businessHome ownersElderlyNative AmericansDescribe culture of the 1930’sKey terms:Hundred day’s fireside chats priming the pump deficit spendingThe Indian reorganization act of 1934 was the united states effort to rebuild the Indian tribes and give them more land. This act essentially reformed the dawes act which broke up land and gave it to individual tribes. The Indian land went from 138 million acres in 1887 to 48 million acres in 1934 which is outrages. The U.S. government basically gave the tribal governments another chance to reorganize themselves, hence the name Indian reorganization act. The ‘white fold’ did researches on the native Americans and how they were doing and found out that the Indians had ultimately reached the grit of their lives. Many of them were living in the slums and had an eroded lifestyle.The Indian reorganization act was also known as the wheeler-howard act. Americans came up with an official definition for “Indians” and “Tribes.” The definition for Indians is the aboriginal people of America, and the definition of tribe is an aggregate of people descending from their ancestors. This act also provided native Americans with the same rights and abilities of the common American. It allowed them to go to school and start their own corporations. In the earlier years we placed the Indians on reservations and by doing this we took Indians that were formerly enemies and forced them to live on the same reservation with each other. It just didn’t work out and they always fought. This is another reason why they are so poor and living in slums.http://www.enotes.com/major-acts-congress/indian-reorganization-actThe Works Projects Administration was established in 1935 and was later revised in 1939. In 1939 it was transferred to the Federal Works Agency. It was headed by Harry L. Hopkins. He was supplied with $4,880,000,000 dollars to motivate unemployed workers to get a job with the WPA. It supplied the unemployed with jobs like building highways, up keeping towns, reforestation, slum clearance and rural rehabilitation. By March of 1936 the WPA had reached roll totals of 3,400,000 people but with cuts in June of 1939 it only had about 2,300,000 then June 30, 1943 this organization was terminated. During this time it had employed about 8,500,000 people and 1,410,000 different projects. During its eight years it was in activity it built 651,087 miles of highways, and constructed, repaired, or improved 124,031, 125,110 public buildings, 8,192 parks, and 853 airport landing sites.
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