Today we started by talking about our assigned blog for this week. My topic is music. We should look for big musicians in the 1930's. We need 2 sources. Next we started on our presentations, I didn't have to go today...that makes me happy. :)
Eli started wit Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His father was 54 when he was born. He took frequent trips to Europe while he was growing up. He was born into money. Was fluent in German and French. He got paralyzed from polio in the early 1920's. Theodore Roosevelt was Franklin's 5th cousin and role model. He went to Harvard. He married his 5th cousin once removed. This sparked a conversation about marrying cousins...well, that's awkward. :P He married Elanor on March 17, 1905. they had 6 kids. Went into politics at an early age. He supported Woodrow Wilson in his Presidency campaign.
FEMA-Federal Emergency Management Association is there for disasters. Bank holidays are a result of bank panics. They happened in the fall of 1930, spring 1931, fall 1931, and fall of 1932. Continued through the winter of 1933, Marh 6, 1933, the bank holiday closed all banks, and they were only allowed to be opened after deemed okay by the government. The EBRA provided insurance to peoples money in many banks. When people put their money back into the banks, roosevelt guaranteed that the money would be safe. Within a couple of weeks most of the money was put in after the bank holiday. Set up short term insurance.
Describe the cycle of the Great Depression?
What was the New Deal(1st and 2nd) and it's goals(3 R's)?
The 3 R's are Relief, Recovery, and Reform. Relief-immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration. Recover- "pump priming" temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demant. reform-permanent programs to avoid another depression and insure citizens agains economic disasters. Parts of the Relief Act were Bank Holiday, Federal Emergency Relief Act, Civil Works Administration, Civilian Conservation Corps. It was mainly to bring relief for people. Recover-Agricultural Adjustment Act, National Industrial Recovery Act, Home Owners Loan Corp, Works Progress Administration, Tennesee Valley Authority. Reform-Soil Conservation Act, National Labor Relations Act and National Labor Relations Board, SSocial Security Adminstration, Federal Deposit Insurance, Securities and Exchange Commission. Banks and the stock market were big with reform. Most of the New Deal organizations that were passed would fall under one of the 3 R's.
Why did people criticize the New Deal?
Why was FDR upset with the US Supreme Court and what did he do to try to solve this issue?
How did the New Deal help:
unemployed-- National Youth Administration. Was a new deal agency from 1935 to 1941 as part of the works progress administration. Headed by Aubrey Williams as a well known liberator from Alabama. Close to Harry Hopkins (father of a lot of the New Deal programs) and Elanor Roosevelt . By 1938 the NYA had helped 327 kids. They were paid from $6-$40 a month to do work study projects at their school. Another 155,000kids were payed $10-$25 a month for part time work that included job training. Unike the CCC the NYA included women. Youth usually lived at home and worked at construction/repair projects. The NYA's budget was around 58 million.
farmers
factory workers/labor
young people
banks/business
home owners
elderly
Native Americans
Describe the culture of the 1930's.
Key terms:
Hundred Days
fireside chats
priming the pump
deficit spending
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