Monday-talk about forum posts. Test tomorrow. Start talking about politics-Iowa caucus. Go to isidewith.com and take the quiz. Notes on bottom.
Tuesday- Take test.
Wednesday- We get our tests back and go over them. Start video on 1930's.
Thursday- Create groups for testing. Continue notes.
Friday-
1.Causes of the Great Depression
- Overproduction of goods
- Underconsumption of goods by consumers
- Agricultural slump in 1920's due to overproduction
- High protective tariff policies of the 1920's
- Taxes benefiting the rich -rich got richer, poor got poorer
- Stock market crash
- Banks closing
The Vicious Cycle of the Great Depression
- Companies lose $ so they lay people off
- Unemployment rate goes up and less people buy goods as income has dropped
- Companies profits fall so they have to lay more people off or close
- Cycle repeats itself
2.-Impact the Great Depression had on people and our country
- People lost jobs
- Lost homes
- Lost life savings
- Banks closed
- Hoovervilles
- Breadlines
- Soup kitchens
- Teenagers would drop out of school
- Schools shut down
- Teens felt like they were a burden to their family and go town to town looking for jobs, hopping on trains
- Selling apples-buying from wholesales and selling it for a little more
- Dust bowl
Hoovervilles
- "Shanty towns" made up of homeless people
3.-President Hoover’s attempt(or lack thereof) to help solve Great Depression
- Raised tariffs
- Encouraged people to be patient and stay positive and to volunteer to help each other
- Federal Farm Board- Stabaliy prices and promote the sale of agricultural products
- Norris-La Guardia Act to strengthen labor unions
4.-1932/1936 Presidential elections
5.-Bonus Army
6.-Entertainment, sports, music, radio, movies and fads
7.-Franklin Roosevelt’s background and accomplishments-Focus on New Deal
8.-The Three R’s
9.-The difference between the First New Deal and Second New Deal
10.-Fireside chats
11.-The Hundred Days
12.-Deficit spending and “priming the pump”
13.-FDR vs the US Supreme Court-Court Packing issue
14.-Critics and failings of the New Deal-Long, Caughlin, Townshend
Alphabet Soup Organizations:
Hoover’s Measures:
Reconstruction Finance Corporation(RFC)
Employment Projects:
Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)
Federal Emergency Relief Act/Administration(FERA)
Public Works Administration(PWA)
Civil Works Administration(CWA)
Works Progress Administration(WPA)
National Youth Administration(NYA)
Business/Bank Assistance and Reform:
Emergency Banking Relief Act(Bank Holiday)(EBRA)
Federal Securities Act(FSA)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)
National Recovery Administration(NRA)/National Industrial Recovery Act(NIRA)
Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)
Banking Act of 1935
Farm Relief and Rural Development:
Agricultural Adjustment Act(1st and 2nd)(AAA)
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)
Rural Electrification Administration(REA)
Farm Security Administration(FSA)
Housing:
Home Owners’s Loan Corporation(HOLC)
Federal Housing Administration(FHA)
United States Housing Authority(USHA)
Labor Relations:
National Labor Relations Act(Wagner Act)(NLRB)
Fair Labor Standards Act(FLSA)
Retirement:
Social Security Administration(Glass-Steagall Act)(SSA)
Native Americans:
Indian Reorganization Act(IRA)
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