Monday
Herbert Hoover- From West Branch Iowa, Parents died before he was 10, moved to Oregon, went to Stanford, Graduated with a degree with geology, Head of the food administration in world war 1, true humanitarian, helped people, 1920s he was secretary of commerce, effeciency of govt, Republican record of prosperity, pro-business, reform immigration, stay out of foreign affairs,
Hoovers fight against the Depression- Believed that he did nothing, Encouraged people to be patient, Federal Farm Board, Norris La Guardia act strengthened labor unions, Mexican immigrants were encouraged/forced to get back to Mexico, One year halt on German war payments to France, Revenue act of 1932 increased taxes so US govt had,
Tuesday
affects on people- people lived in hoovervilles; small shanties made of cardboard and blankets, Bread lines were for white men to go get food for their families, Men would work for the money to pay for the food at night,
FDR's background- Born to a very wealthy family, Married his cousin/fifth cousin, related to Theodore Roosevelt, ran for vice president and lost, Got polio after he ran for president, he couldn't run for president in 1922 because of his leg, governor of New York,
Wednesday
Programs that FDR implemented- FERA- enacted in 1933, main function was to create the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, FERA started welfare distribution, helped unemployed people find jobs, provided relief programs, PWA- built construction objects, established in 1933, Great example of FDR's priming the pump, they constructed more than 34,000 projects, a lot of dams were built, 70% of all schools were built by PWA, CWA- created jobs for thousands of people, in one year they spent about a billion dollars,
Thursday
Unemployed, WPA- Established in 1935, built 650,000 miles of roads, 78,000 bridges, 7,000 miles of airport runways, presented 225,000 concrerts, and produced 475,000 works of art, Consisted of the Federal Art Project (FAP), FTP,
Stock Market- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)-established in 1934 and is still around today; Regulated stock market, securing the stocks, got rid of insider trade,
NIRA- Established codes of fair competition, pay workers good prices, set your products at fair prices, (Blue Eagle)- used as a code of fair competition for stores/companies to hire or sell products, NIRA also a little bit into the job business, built some schools, dealed with working hours, pay, and gave workers the right to join unions, declared unconstitutional by supreme court, it was seen as a failure, NRA- 'We Do Our Part',
NLRA- Conducts elections for unions, stresses collective bargaining, fixes unfair labor practices, governed by a five-person board whose members are apoointed by the president,
FLSA- Established a national minimum wage- 40 cent minimum, Established the 40 hours work week, guarunteed time and a half for overtime in certain jobs, Prohibited most child labor, still exists today,
Friday
Farmers- AAA- Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reducethe amount of crops planted, Its purpose was to reduce crop surplus so prices would go up, 6 million pigs were killed, farmer blockades blocking trucks from reaching the markets, declared unconstitutional by supreme court, Second AAA- passed in 1938,
-Soil conservation and Domestic Allotment act- allowed the govt to pay farmers to reduce production so as to conserve soil and prevent erosion, it was a piece of legislation passed in response to the supreme courts declaration that the agricultural adjustment act, Educated farmers on how to use there lands without causing erosion,
-REA- the REA was created in 1935, brought electricity to farmers,
-FSA- Granted small farmers money to purchase items, the dust bowl forced a lot of farmers off their farms, Many farrmers bought tractors with money from the AAA thus forcing tenant farmers off the land, The FSA provided relief to these people, wanted to document the struggles of the farmers,
Banks and Young people-
-CCC Civilian Conservation Corps- Passed in 1933 during the one hundred days, CCC members worked 40 hours a week and were paid 30 a month with the required that 25 dollars of that be sent home to family, members lived in camps, wore uniforms and lived under military discipline, Planted trees fought forest fires, stopped soil erosion, Helped construct military bases during WWII, funding stoped in 1942, The slogan of the CCC was 'We an take it'
-National Youth Administration NYC- Established in 1935 and was a part of the WPA, Pushed heavily by Eleanor Roosevelt, Served 327,000 high school and college youth who were paid 6 to 40 a month for work study, It allowed thousands of young people to stay in school, It included young women,
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA- Created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven state region around the Tennessee River Valley Area, FDR signed the Tennessee Valley Authority Act created the TVA in 1933, The agency still exists and has grown to become Americas largest public power company, some criticized the TVA for only helping a specific region not the whole country,
Rural Electrification administration REA- The REA was created 1935, Provided farms with inexpensive electric lighting and power and eventually telephone services, this brought all the electrical appliances that the cities had in the 1920s,
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