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Bell Ringer #6 – 11/23/2010

Bell Ringer #6 – 11/23/2010. Before starting Bethune-Cookman college, explain the achievements of Mary McLeod Bethune. Describe Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet” in the 1930s. Mary McLeod Bethune. A teacher and leader of the NACW. An associate of Eleanor Roosevelt and advocate for black women.

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Bell Ringer #6 – 11/23/2010

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  1. Bell Ringer #6 – 11/23/2010 • Before starting Bethune-Cookman college, explain the achievements of Mary McLeod Bethune. • Describe Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet” in the 1930s.

  2. Mary McLeod Bethune A teacher and leader of the NACW. An associate of Eleanor Roosevelt and advocate for black women. Wrote a column for the Chicago Defender until she died in 1955.

  3. Goals of the New Deal • Decrease unemployment • Increase prices of farm goods by limiting production. • Regulate stock market • Recover banking system

  4. Motion Picture Show anyone?

  5. 1930s Radio & Motion Picture • 65% of population attended the movies once a week. There were more movie theaters than banks. • 90% of households owned a radio.

  6. The Rural Scene • New Deal policies had significant impact on agriculture. • Agricultural Adjustment Act – raised crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production.

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