The new deal was created by FDR. People call it the three R's. Relief to the unemployed and badly hurt farmers, Reform of business and financial practices, and promoting Recovery of the economy during the Great Depression. During this time the unempl
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I chose John Collier as my topic this week because I have always been interested in Indians sense I was a child. John Collier’s was Commissioner of Indian Affairs this assignment was given to him by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. John Collier created th
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Something Interesting in Ch. 15National Youth Administration (NYA)The National Youth Administration (or NYA) was the idea of Eleanor Roosevelt. President Roosevelt, however, was against creating programs for young people. I don't understand why he wo
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Many people have seen the picture entitled, Migrant Mother, and have no idea what it really is. The picture clearly depicts a woman in great grief and desperation, with two children at her sides and an infant in her lap. This picture was take in 1936
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Born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1895, Dorothea Lange photographed much of the American life during the era of New Deal and the Great Depression. What helped her to be able to do this was her study of photography at Columbia University. In 1918, she wo
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1) 9/11/2001- Two planes were hijacked by suicide bombers who then flew them into the Twin Towers killing over 3,017 people including those on the planes.
2) 12/26/2004- A tsunami hits the countries of Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia,
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Social Security ActThe Social Security Act provided economic security for senior citizens. This act was passed in 1935. It was created by a committee headed by the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. The Congress passed the Social Security Act as pa
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For our assigned blog this week we were to choose a topic discussed in chapter 15 and expand on it. Chapter 15 is based off of the New Deal. I chose to blog about section 4, Culture in the 1930s.Movies were a main source of entertainment in the 1930s
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The new deal was the name that Franklin roosevelt gave to his recovery plans in 1933 to 1936. He had three main points to his plans in the new deal that are called the 3 R's releif, reform, and recovery. Releif was meant to help unemployed people and
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Today we are going to talk about the Stock Market Crash.We are also doing our blog discussion.We viewed different graphs about how the stock market crashed. We also saw how stock dropped over the time period from the early 1920's and later. In the 19
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Something that I thought was interesting in Ch. 15:National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)Definition:The National Industrial Recovery Act- provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.Th
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Causes of the Stock Market crash:During the 1920’s there was unremarkable times of prosperity. The Stock Market was doing great and only getting better and the United States seemed to be headed in the right direction. On October 29, 1929, also known
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The Crash of 1929Today we continued to watch the movie and look for these questions throughout the movie. These are the questions that I did not fully get answered yesterday.2) Story of Stock Market CrashOn October 29, 1929 everyone wanted to sell th
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Today we first talked about some of the causes as well as the effects of the stock market crash. Some of the causes that we talked about included that their was no regulation on the stock market. Uneven distrabution of wealth made the wealthy people
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Today we had blog discussion over the causes of the Stock Market Crash.Today we talked about the causes of the Stock Market Crash. Overproduction was a main cause of the crash because no one could afford to buy their products so they had to let go of
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Today we had a discussion day about the Great Depression and the Stock Market Crash. Mr. Bruns explained some of the reasons why the stock market crashed via some overheades that he put up during class. The Federal Resverve system rose interest rates
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Today we watched a movie called the Roaring 20's. We had to answeer questions like what made the 1920's roaring, excitng and what caused people to buy more household and fun items. The invention of electricity caused people to buy many different thin
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