What was the New Deal(1st and 2nd) and it's goals(3 R's)?
-The first New Deal was to help banks, businesses, and the stock market. It was to help the people at the top. The second New Deal was to deal with the common people at the bottom and working up. It was to help like social security and stuff like that.
Why was FDR upset with the US Supreme Court and what did he do to try to solve this issue?
-They wanted to add six members the Supreme Court. For every guy who was 70 or older they would add a new justice and there were six people who were over 70. This is what FDR suggested.
How did the New Deal help:
banks/business/stock market-
-The FSA said that if investors were selling things they had to fill out paperwork. It was meant to stop fraud in sales.
-EBRA closed down all the banks that were open that shouldn’t have been. It was to help the bigger banks to make them stronger so they could get through the recession. It allowed Mr.President to take control of the banks and to send money to the banks that needed it. It made it illegal to like get a loan without permission from the president.
Consumers- It gave food, drug, and cosmetics the ability to be recalled. You had to label what you were selling with what was inside.
Describe the culture of the 1930's.
Key terms:
fireside chats-FDR went on the radio and he would send positive messages to people telling them it would be alright and to just be positive. The people would be sitting in their living rooms by the fire and that is why they called them fireside chats.
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