Posted by 3AustinE on February 22, 2010 at 10:23am
Today we have the last two presentations to do finally. Test is Wednesday. Blog this week is on the Treaty of Versailles. What was it, what did it do, and did it help start ww2.Test QuestionsWhat was the New Deal (1st and 2nd) and its goals (3 R's)?The three R’s were Relief (to halt the deteriorating markets and help the people), Recovery (temporary programs to start helping and to recover from the depression), Reform (permanent programs to help the economy).Why did people criticize the New Deal?-Charles Edward Caughlin was a Catholic Priest; he was against Jewish leaders and Roosevelt. He believed that Roosevelt wasn’t doing enough to help workers.-Huey Long fought for the poor because he grew up in the middle class. He started the “share our wealth” program to take from the rich and give to the poor. FDR was making the poor people work and he thought that they should just take the rich people’s money.-Francis Townsend was another critic. He proposed a plan to pay pensions to elderly people to live a good middle class lifestyle. It would come from taxes on goods sold and people really like the idea. He thought that Roosevelt’s plan was not doing enough to help the elderly.Why was FDR upset with the US Supreme Court was and what did he do to try to solve this issue?FDR was unhappy with the courts decisions that dealt with the New Deal so he went out to try to put judges in the Supreme Court to get these pasts. If there is a justice over 60 he would be able to add a new justice. People thought that he was trying to throw the checks and balance system and it was never past.How did the New Deal help:unemployed-PWA help to create new jobs in the construction industry. Civil Works administration also did this. RFC loans helped to make more jobs. USHA gave jobs for unemployed to build homes. NYA gave young people jobs. WPA gave jobs to people to “build” more jobs.Farmers- RFC loans helped to make more jobs. Soil conservation and domestic allotment act paid them to plant less and build terraces. AAA paid them to plant fewer crops. REA lit up their homes.Factory workers/labor-NLRA set up minimum wages. NIRA helped people to go buy goods only from stores that treat workers fairly.Young people- NYA gave them jobs. CCC helped to give them life skills and simple jobs.Banks/business/stock market-RFC gave loans to banks to help keep banks running by using the Trickledown Theory. FSA began regulating the stock market. EBRA shut them down so that they would stay in business when they reopened. The banking act of 1933 created the FDIC. The Banking Act of 1935 strengthened banks.Home owners- USHA gave jobs for unemployed to build homes.Elderly- the Social Security Administration helped for retirement.Native Americans-IRA got rid of the Dawes Act by giving them reservations to live on and have their schools and government.Consumers- Food, drug and cosmetics act made them safer for consumers.Describe the culture of the 1930's.Music- it was a great time for music. Country was very popular with Woody Guthrie and Huddie Leadbelly. Swing was extremely popular along with combo jazz and big band jazz that were played for listening and for parties.Sports- Football was around but it wasn’t popular. Baseball was the most popular with Babe Ruth and many other stars. Boxing decreased because of a loss of funding.Fashion- Men wore a lot of suits and hats. Women wore the “flapper” style clothing and hats.Key terms:Hundred Days: It is what happens for one hundred days after a president is elected. It shows what they plan to do and actually get accomplished.Fireside chats: informal monthly announcements that FDR gave through the radio to bring some good news to the people and so they knew where to go.Priming the pump: It is putting money in the economy to stimulate buying to get it going again. It is basically the same as Obama’s bailout.Deficit spending: When more money is spent then the government receives in revenue. The government spends more money than it has and they can’t keep up with it. We are currently 11 Trillion in debt.Brain Trust: People in his cabinet like Harry Hopkins and Frances Perkins who FDR had because he said he wasn’t the smartest so he surrounded himself with the smartest people.ReviewThere were a lot of people that hopped on trains and went from city to city to look for jobs. They sold apples on the street corners to try and make a few cents. The Dust Bowl was happening during this time which helped to pass legislation to help the farmers. Okies were people from Oklahoma who packed up and moved to California.҉The Tennessee Valley Authority was a big corporation designed to help the Tennessee Valley that was being stripped by farming and becoming a wasteland. They created new fertilizers and helped teach the farmers how to produce better crops by rotating and strip farming. They replanted trees and built dams to make new jobs and to create new power and help prevent spring floods. They made long term plans so it was very successful and is still around today. They are still helping to keep the Tennessee Valley pollutant free and reduce emissions while providing green energy. It was controversial because tax payers paid for it and they thought it would only help that area.҉The Homeowner’s Loan Corporation was to keep homes from foreclosing and gave longer mortgages.
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