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Great Depression and W WII

Great Depression and W WII. Unit 11 (1932-1945). FDR Administration A “New Deal” (1933-1940). FDR Takes Office (March 3, 1933) Inaugural Address 1 st Hundred Days Banking and Investment Major problem (Jan 30-March 33) Emergency Banking Act – Bank Holiday Fireside Chats

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Great Depression and W WII

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  1. Great Depression and WWII Unit 11 (1932-1945)

  2. FDR AdministrationA “New Deal” (1933-1940) • FDR Takes Office (March 3, 1933)Inaugural Address • 1st Hundred Days • Banking and Investment • Major problem (Jan 30-March 33) • Emergency Banking Act – Bank Holiday • Fireside Chats • Glass-Steagall Banking Act • FDIC • Securities and Exchange Act – SEC • THE BUDGET • Economy Act • 21st Amendment – Volstead Act

  3. Precious Metals and Currency Reform • Issues for Farmers, business, and Consumers (1933-34) • Gold Standard Issue • Silver Purchase Act • Gold Reserve Act • Outcomes? • NEW DEAL PROGRAMS: Phase I (1933-1934) • SEE CHART – The 3 R’s – Recovery, Relief, and Reform

  4. Evolution of Music: Jazz Swing • What is Jazz Swing? • Origins -- Palomar Ballroom 1935 – Benny Goodman; Cab Calloway • Re-emergence of Nightclub scene • Reorganization of orchestras and style

  5. New Deal Under Attack • Issues with the New Deal: positives and negatives • Governor Huey Long -- Communism • Father Charles Coughlin -- Fascism • Dr. Francis E. Townsend • The Business Plot of 1933 • ELECTION OF 19362ND NEW DEAL (1935-1936) – SEE CHART AND ADDITIONAL NOTES ADDED

  6. FDR and the Supreme Court • Conservative Supreme Court • Makeup of the court and views • NIRA and AAA struck down • U.S. vs. Butler (1935) • Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act • Unconstitutional • Additional challenges: SSA and Wagner Act • FDR Reacts (1937) – His plan and reaction by Congress and Americans; Changes in Supreme Court views and make-up – “Switch in Time Saves NINE.” • NLRB vs. Jaones@Laughlin Steel Corp (1937) • West Coast Hotel vs. Parrish (1937)

  7. Close of New Deal and Congressional Election of 1938 • Additional Acts: • Farm Tenancy Act 1937 • National Housing Act 1937 • Issues with Southern Democrats and the “Black Cabinet” • RECESSION OF 1938 • Why? FDR and Federal Reserve reactions/actions – How do we solve?? • Fair Standards Act 1938 • New AAA • Temporary National Economic Comm. • ELECTION OF 1938 AND IMPACT

  8. African American Rights and Issues • Struggles in the 1930s and early 40s • Racial stereotypes vs. reality and talent • Post Harlem Renaissance • A Philip Randolph and Beginnings of Civil Rights Movement – Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and March on Washington • Abel Meeropol – Strange Fruit Billie Holliday • Struggles in the Film Industry -- VIDEO EXAMPLES – NOTES -- DISCUSSION)

  9. Change • New Deal Impacts • Women • African-Americans and other minorities • Black Cabinet; Scottsboro Case and Trial • Labor Unions – formation CIO (1932); John L. Lewis FIRST LADY, Eleanor Roosevelt “Champion of the minority” • Conflicts with the President and Congress • Marian Anderson and DAR Incident

  10. WWII Home-front – Mobilizing for War • Government and Industry • OUT of Recession!! – Expansion of Government • Financing • Income Tax Exemptions (Victory Tax) • Victory Bonds 000 Hollywood Helps Out • FDR and Rally the People • Office of Production Management • War Powers Act • Office of Emergency Management • War Production Board – Big Business Friend  • Quota systems – Liberty Ships and Plans

  11. American Workforce WWII • Government and Business Cooperation • Wages and conditions • National War Labor Board (NWLB) • John L. Lewis and Smith-Connally Labor Disputes Act • Decrease in strikes and union membership • MINORITIES IN WORKFORCE • Women • War Manpower Comm. • African Americans • Fair Employment Practices Comm. Mexican-American Laborers assistance and issues – Zoot Suit Riots – Summer 1943

  12. Effects on Civilian Life • Armed Forces – immigrants and African Americans • USO and Bob Hope; Stage-Door Canteens • Total War Mode (1942-1945) • Inflation and FDR response • Shared sacrifice • Patriotic music and films/cartoons • The Family Impacts – Baby Boom • African Americans • Japanese Americans -- Fifth Column • Issues 1941 • Executive Order 9066 and Internment Camps • Korematsu v. U.S (1944)

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