Forum post leaders
TVA: created to generate electric power and controls floods in Tennessee at low cost. created jobs
EBRA: Emergency Banking relief act: would close a bank down, reorganize it and reopen the bank when it was stable
FDIC: insured people's money in banks
Bank Act of 1935: made the FDIC a permanent agency within the US gov. strengthened the power of the federal reserve.
Federal Securities Act: made the stock market a safer place for people to invest their money. Required investors received more infos, prohibited deceit, misrepresentations and fraud in the sale of securities to public.
Securities and exchange commission: SEC: regulates the stock market, makes it more secure and safer for people's money
REA: provided low cost electricity for farmers.
--------------------------------------------------------
Music:
records sold before and after the crash: 100 millions- 6 millions
Federal Projects:
FAP: Federal Art Project
FMP: Federal Music Project
FTP: Federal Theatre Project
FWP: Federal Writers Project
HRS: Historical Record Survey
NA:
IRA: Indian Reorganization Act: abolished the Dawes act (tried to americanize NA) and allowed native american to govern themselves, allowed them to manage and keep their lands, included provisions to help create jobs and led to many casinos on Indian reservations. This Act is still around today.
FDR's 3's : Recovery, relief and reform.
doing too much or not enough
People, republicans, conservative: Getting too powerful, big government (>< laissez faire), some acts appeared interfering and unconstitutional, heavy debt.
Court packing Bill: 9 people slowing progress down
Father Charles Caughlin: radio speaker, called for a check ($200- a month)
Francis Townshend: FDR wasn't doing enough, his ideas led to social security
Senator Huey Long: Louisiana, Every man a king. Taxing the rich and giving the poor (share our wealth). was killed.
---------------------------
Review:
1. Background of President Hoover including his 1928 election victory (Born in Iowa, moved to Oregon, went to Stanford University, his parents both died before he was 10)
2. What the President Hoover administration did to help alleviate the problems of the Stock Market Crash and Great Depression (People think he didn't do enough, wanted the laissez-faire policy but people didn't want to be patient) RFC, FFB, Hawley Smoot Tariff, Revenue Act.
3. Show/Describe the impact that the Stock market Crash and Great Depression had on people's lives
4. Background of Franklin D. Roosevelt including his victory in the 1932 election
5. Struggles of the following people/organizations as well as the New Deal Programs that impacted the following people/organizations. Focus on these questions;
a. How were these people/groups/organizations struggling?
b. What New Deal programs were set up to help these people/groups/organizations?
c. What did these New Deal programs do specifically to help these people/groups/organizations?
d. Were these New Deal programs successful in helping these people/groups/organizations?
-unemployed
-young people
-factory workers/labor unions
-farmers
-elderly/poor
-homeowners
-artists/musicians
-women/African-American/Native Americans
-banks
-stock market
-energy
6. Opponents/Criticisms of FDR and the New Deal
7. Impact of the New Deal-Long term
Comments