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Bell Ringer #1 – 11/15/10. List 3 challenges faced by Americans during the Great Depression. The New Deal. New Deal – Roosevelt’s plan to help the needy through economic change
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Bell Ringer #1 – 11/15/10 List 3 challenges faced by Americans during the Great Depression.
The New Deal • New Deal – Roosevelt’s plan to help the needy through economic change • Roosevelt pushed Congress to pass 21st Amendment (ended prohibition) in 1933 to raise government money by taxing alcohol
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) • Put men aged 18-25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping with flood-control projects • Paid $30/month and $25 was automatically sent home to worker’s family. Free food and uniforms and lodging in work camps • Helped 3 million young men by 1942
Men of the CCC wait to be fitted for shoes in 1935 http://www.history.com/shows/america-the-story-of-us/videos/fdr-a-voice-of-hope#fdr-a-voice-of-hope
New Schools – 1930’s • The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) provided $$ to create jobs in the construction of schools and community buildings • 40,000 new schools were constructed
Huey Long – Louisiana senator who opposed the “New Deal” Started a program known as “Share-Our-Wealth” Believed Roosevelt needed to do more Long was assassinated by a lone gunman just as he became popular
Homework • Read Ch 15, Sn 1 (pgs 488-494) • Answer questions 1,2 & 3 on page 494 • Due Wednesday