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Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 11 Texas and the Great Depression

Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 11 Texas and the Great Depression. The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc. Learning Outcomes (11). Comprehend the causes of the Great Depression and their impact on the state,

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Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 11 Texas and the Great Depression

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  1. Instructor E-SourcesPowerPoint™ PresentationChapter 11Texas and the Great Depression The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc.

  2. Learning Outcomes (11) • Comprehend the causes of the Great Depression and their impact on the state, • understand the ideological “sacred cows” that impeded federal government aid, • discuss the impact of the New Deal on modern Texas--its architecture, economy and culture.

  3. Chapter 11Texas & the Great Depression • U.S. economic weakness • An illusion of prosperity • Market collapse ~ October 23, 1929 • Texans confront the depression • Attitudes & resources • Local & state inadequacy • Uneven distribution & denial of relief

  4. Texas & the Great Depression • The return of “Fergusonism” • Gov. Ross Sterling damaged by controversy • A second “Ma” Ferguson Administration • “Political despair” & Fergusonism • Texas Rehabilitation & Relief Commission • Charges of corruption renewed • The New Deal & Texas • New Deal Texans • John Nance Garner, Jesse H. Jones, Sam Rayburn, Wright Patman, & Lyndon Johnson

  5. The New Deal & Texas Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gov. James V. Allred, & Adrian Levy (Mayor of Galveston), May 1937

  6. The New Deal & Texas • Recovery • The Banking Industry • Restoration of public confidence • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) • Relief Measures • Price Codes • Wagner Act (right of unions to organize) • Hiring for the unemployed (PWA) • Federal Theater & Writers’ projects (WPA) • Youth programs (NYA) • Social Security Act, 1935

  7. The New Deal & Texas Jesse Jones, A.J. McKenzie, & Col. W. B. Tuttle at Chamber of Commerce Dinner

  8. The New Deal & Texas • New Deal Farm Programs • Reducing production & cutting surpluses (AAA) • Preventing foreclosures & making loans (FCA) • Rural electrification projects (REA) • Minorities & the New Deal • Charges of discrimination • Rural blacks & relief • Segregated housing & FHA mortgages • Mexican Americans & citizenship issues • Pecan shellers strike • Garment workers strike (ILGWU) • The new “Mexican American Generation “ & LULAC

  9. The New Deal & Texas Emma Tenayuca, organizer for Workers Alliance of America A quiet moment out of the hard life in the barrio.

  10. The New Deal & Texas • New Deal & State Politics • Gov. Allred & financial woes • Repealing prohibition • Social Security & the elderly • National politics • Anti-New Deal Democrats • A return to “values” • Martin dies & the House Un-American Activities Committee

  11. Texas & the Great Depression • The end of the New Deal • “Pappy” O’Daniel • Legislative warfare • Mounting state deficit • Hostility to labor unions • Antiestablishment Senate campaigns • More urban voting public reject O’Daniel • Texans abandon the New Deal

  12. Ross S. Sterling "Dad" Joiner "Hot Oil"/Connally Act "drop a crop" plan Texas Relief Commission John Nance Garner Wright Patman Lyndon Johnson Sam Rayburn Martin Dies Jesse Jones/RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corp.) Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) WPA (Works Progress Admn.) CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.) NYA (Nat'l Youth Admn.) REA (Rural Electrification Admn.) AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act) Emma Tenayuca/Pecan Shellers Strike Independent School District v. Salvatierra "Pappy" Lee O'Daniel Richard M. Kleberg/LBJ Smith v. Allwright (1944) Key Words & Terms (11)

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