we got an assigned blog. i have fads in the 1930's.
now were going into presentations. whoop. whoop.
FDR's Background
born jan. 30 1882.
dad was 54 when he was born
mom was his main influnce growing up.
took many trips growing up- he was wealthy.
loved golf.
paralyzed from polio and had to give it up. early 1920's. spent the rest of his life mostly ina wheel chair.
fifth cousin- theodore roosevelt. (he was really inspired by him.)
home schooled until the age of 14 by his mom.
in 1903 he went to harvard.
he married his fifth cousin, eleanor, once removed.
married on march 17 1905 and had six kids.
passed the new york bar exam in 1907.
he won a seat in the bew york senate for the democrats.
National youth administration (unemployed) (young people)
new deal agency from 1935-1945.
headed by aubrey williams.
1938- nya helped around 327 thousand high school and college kids.
they were paid 6-40 dollars a month to do work study projects at their school.
nyc included women unlike the ccc.
NYA's budget was around 58,000,000.
The Three R's
Relief Recovery and Reform.
Relief- giving relief to the people, stop suffering. ways:bank holiday- declared that the panic would be stoppped. federal emergenct relief act.
Recovery- recovering from the depression on a larger scale. ways: agricultural adjustment act. tennesee valley authority. home owners loan corp. national industry recovery.
Reform- reform of the economics. banks and the stock market. didnt want banks to fail and no more pooling and fraud with stock markets. ways: the soil conservation act. national labor relations act and national relations board. social security act. federal deposit insurance. securities and exchange commission.
Emergency Banking Relief Act/ Bank Holiday
one of the first movements. allowed to fund of 500,000,000 dollars to help people who were in need.
Bank Holiday-
closed all banks and were premitted to reopen only after being deemed solvent by government.
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