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Life in the New Deal Era

Life in the New Deal Era. Chapter 24. FDR. Democrat – Gov of NY Polio Brain Trust Frances Perkins – Labor Harry Hopkins – FEMA, CWA 1 st Inaugural address Fireside Chats – radio Eleanor Keynesian Economics – Deficit Spending. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNpxQANk0M 1 st inaugural

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Life in the New Deal Era

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  1. Life in the New Deal Era Chapter 24

  2. FDR • Democrat – Gov of NY • Polio • Brain Trust • Frances Perkins – Labor • Harry Hopkins – FEMA, CWA • 1st Inaugural address • Fireside Chats – radio • Eleanor • Keynesian Economics – Deficit Spending

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amNpxQANk0M 1st inaugural http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9CBpbuV3ok Fire side chats

  4. 1st 100 days • 1st New Deal – 15 programs • Democratic Congress

  5. Banks • Bank Holiday – closed banks for 4 days • Emergency Banking Relief Act • FDIC • Switched to Gold and Silver Currency - Inflation

  6. Ordinary People - Relief • FERA - $ to states and cities • CWA – work projects • PWA – private firms / large projects • Pump priming • WPA – fed work projects • National Housing Act (FHA) – low rent public housing • HOLC – saved home from foreclosures

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYKpdO_HEOQ Trailer for Cinderella Man

  8. Farmers • AAA – curb overproduction • TVA – helped 7 state area in south • REA – bring electricity to south

  9. Dust Bowl • Mid 1930s in Great Plains • severe drought • Decades of overusing the land • Clouds of dust • CCC- 217 mill trees to create a windbreak • Many headed to Cali- Route 66 - OKIES

  10. Young People • CCC – 18-25 men employed • NYA – 16-25 – to help stay in school

  11. Labor • Wagner Act (National Labor Relations ) • Collective bargaining • Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) formed out of AFL • “Brass Knuckle Unionism” • John L. Lewis • Skilled and unskilled • United Auto Workers • Sit down strike - GM

  12. Labor Continued • Fair Labor Standards Act • Minimum wage • 40 hour work week

  13. Industry • Taxing the wealthy • Huey Long’s “Share our Wealth” • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) • Regulated the stock market

  14. Social Security • Old age pensions • Dr. Francis Townsend • Disability Insurance • Unemployment Insurance

  15. http://www.khanacademy.org/video/social-security-intro?playlist=American+Civicshttp://www.khanacademy.org/video/social-security-intro?playlist=American+Civics How social security works

  16. US Supreme Court Ruled New Deal Programs unconstitutional • AAA • NIRA • FDR – add a justice for any present judge over age of 70 • Add 6 new judges • Packing the court

  17. AA • FDR weak on Civil Rights • Southern Democrats • More AA put in gov’t – Black Cabinet • Mary McLeod Bethuane • DAR and Marian Anderson • Eleanor – Lincoln Memorial

  18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAONYTMf2pk Marian Anderson

  19. Amendments • 20th – Lame Duck President – March to Jan • 21st – repealed 18th – tax alcohol

  20. Federal Project Number One • WPA set $300 million aside • aided: • writers • musicians • Actors • artists

  21. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VTFkyDrH3M&feature=related Slave narratives

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