MRS. PIETRICOLA’S SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS

1. This box means this is a slide show made especially by Sonja hale BY SONJA THE GREAT DEPRESSION: THE STRUGGLE MRS. PIETRICOLA’S SOCIAL STUDIES CLASS REVIEW POWERPOINT

2. KEY PEOPLE/TERM CLICK THE OLIVE BOX TOREVEAL THE ANSWER WORD DEFINITION

3. DEFINITIONS CLICK THE OLIVE BOX TOREVEAL THE ANSWER WORD DEFINITION ISN’T STUDYING FUN?

4. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER RIGHTS GURANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION ESPECTIALLY VOTING AND EQUAL TREATMENT UNDER THE LAW Civil rights

5. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER FRIEND OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WHO BECAME THE TOP RANKING AFRICAN AMERICAN IN GOVERNMENT. SHE WAS PART OF FDR’S “BLACK CABINET” WHICH HELPED FDR WITH TREATING AFRICAN AMERICANS MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE

6. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER A SINGER WHO WAS DENIED THE RIGHT TO SING IN THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (DAR) HALL. ELANOR ROOSEVELT WAS A MEMBER BUT WAS APPALLED SO RESIGNED. SHE ASKED HER TO THEN SING AT THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL. MARIAN ANDERSON

7. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER • MIGRANT WORKERS WENT FROM FARM TO FARM PICKING CROPS (THEY WERE MEXICANS) • OKIES AND ARKIES WERE FARMERS HEADING WEST TO CALIFORNIA MIGRANT WORKERS/ OAKIES/ARKIES

8. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER SOD WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PLAINS CAUSING LOOSE SOIL. WITH NO RAIN AND A LOT OF WIND THE DUST BOWL CAUSED LARGE BLACKOUTS AND PHENMONIA DUST BOWL

9. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER ORGANIZED BY JOHN COLLIER. INDIANS WERE HIRRED TO BUILD SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND IRRIGATION SYSTEMS INDIAN NEW DEAL

10. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER A WRITER WHO CAPTURED DUST BOWL MISERIES IN HIS BOOK “THE GRAPES OF WRATH” JOHN STEINBECK

11. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER A TAX THAT REMOVES MONEY DIRECTLY FROM WORKERS PAYCHECKS PAYROLL TAX

12. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER FDR’S SECTRETARY OF LABOR AND PART OF THE COMMITTEE WHO DRAFTED THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE IN THE CABINET. SHE BELIEVED THAT A GOOD GOVERNMENT CAN BE FORMED THROUGH LEGISLATION AND COOROPORATION BETWEEN EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS FRANCES PERKINS

13. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER THE RIGHT OF A UNION TO NEGOTIATE WAGES AND BENEFITS FOR ALL OF IT’S MEMBERS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

14. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER • THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS. • MADE UP OF MANY DIFFERENT UNIONS • THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS DECIDED TO FORM A SIT DOWN STRIKE (ILLEGAL) • WORKERS STAY IN A FACTORY BUT STOP THEIR SHARE OF PRODUCTION CIO SIT DOWN STRIKES

15. FLASH CARDS CLICK WHEN YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE ANSWER A SITUATION IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT SPENDS MORE MONEY THAN IT RECIEVES IN TAXES DEFICIT SPENDING

16. ARGUMENTS FOR THE NEW DEAL

17. FDR AND HOOVER: WE DIDN’T END THE DEPRESSION, WW1 DID!

18. GET RICH QUICK TERMS STOCK: SHARES IN A COMPANY PEOPLE CAN INVEST IN AND BECOME PARTIAL BUISNESS OWNERS ECONOMIC PANIC: EVERYONE TRYS TO SELL STOCK, BUT NO ONES BUYING. BANKS HAVE NO MONEY TO GIVE BACK BECAUSE THEY’VE LOANED ALL OF IT ON MARGIN: BORROWING MONEY TO PAY FOR STOCKS, HOPING FOR A PROFIT BULL MARKET: A PERIOD OF RISING STOCK PRICES STOCK EXCHANGE: WHERE STOCKS ARE BOUGHT AND SOLD. (MOST FAMOUS:WALL STREET) BEAR MARKET: A PERIOD OF FALLING STOCK PRICES STOCK MARKET: THE BUISNESS OF BUYING AND SELLING STOCK

19. NEW DEAL PROGRAMS CCC FERA WPA NIRA NRA PWA AAA REA TVA SSA FDIC CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS: HIRED MEN 18-25 FOR $1 A DAY TO PLANT TREES, BUILD BRIDGES, PARKS AND FLOOD CONTROL. FEDERAL EMERGANCY RELIEF ADMINISTRATION, GAVE FEDERAL MONEY TO STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES. THESE AGENCIES DISTRIBUTED IT TO THE POOR WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTARTION BUILT/REPAIRED PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SCHOOLS, GOVERNMENT OFFICES, AND POST OFFICES. WROTE STORIES AND PAINTED MURALS NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT ALLOWED THE PRESIDENT TO REGULATE BANKS. ALLOWED HIM TO PASS NRA NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION WANTED TO KEEP STABLE PRICING WHILE BOOSTING EMPLOYMENT AND BUYING POWER. MAJOR INDUSTRIES PROMISED TO ALLOW MINIMUM WAGE AND NOT HIRE CHILDREN. NEVER REALLY HELPED PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION GRANTED MORE THAN $3 BILLION TO BUILD PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ADMINISTRATION RESTORED AGRICULTURE DURING THE DEPRESSION. IT SLOWED PRODUCTION OF SOME MATERIALS TO RAISE PRICES. CONSIDERED UNCONSTITUTIONAL RURAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION TO BRING ELECTRICITY TO ISOLATED RURAL AREAS TENNESSE VALLY ATHORITY FORMED IN 1933 BUILT DAMS FOR FLOODING ALONG THE TENNESSE RIVER. BROUGHT ELECTRICITY TO THE POOR AND RESTORED JOBS. (KICKED MANY OFF THEIR LAND TO DO SO) SOCIAL SECURITY ACT ESTABLISHED A SYSTEM OF OLD AGE BENNIFITS FOR WORKERS/VICTUMS OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS/HANDYCAPPED FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE ADMINISTRATION INSURED SAVINGS ACCOUNTS IN BANKS APPROVED BY GOVERNMENTS. IF THE BANK FAILED, THE MONEY WAS GIVEN BACK TO DEPOSITORS. (RESTORED TRUST)

20. MRS. P’S REVIEW SHEET BANK STOCK MARKET GOES FROM BULL TO BEAR BUYING ON MARGIN INFLATES PRICES=PANIC SELLING BLACK THURSDAY-TUESDAY: 10/29/1929 IMMEDIATE DEPRESSION CAUSE CAUSES: WEAK BANKING SYSTEM. LOANS GO TO FARMERS WHO CANT REPAY RUN ON THE BANKS: PEOPLE GO TO GET MONEY OUT, BUT NOTHING IS THERE (FDIC MAKES SURE MONEY IS ALWAYS IN THE BANK) HOOVER WANTS LAISSEZ FAIRE (HANDS OFF THE ECONOMY) ENCOURAGES PRIVATE CHERATIES AND SOUP KITCHENS. RFC: GAVE MONEY TO RAILROADS, AND BIG BUISNESSES… HOPING IT WOULD TRIKLE DOWN TO THE POOR. BONUS ARMY: WANTED THEIR WW1 BONUS NOW NOT IN 1945 DUST BOWL: CAUSES: WIND+OVERGRAZING THERE WAS NO CROP ROTATION CAUSING MASSIVE DUST STORMS MADE ANIMALS AND PEOPLE VERY SICK AND DEAD FARMERS WENT BANKRUPT NO CROPS WERE GROWING MIGRANT FARMERS WENT WEST TO CALIFORNIA. THEY WERE KNOWN AS OAKIES AND ARKIES JOHN STEINBACK WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE GRAPES OF WRATH BASED ON AN OAKIE FAMILY FDR: NEW DEAL: RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM PROVIDE JOBS AND SERVE A PURPOSE FIRESIDE CHATS: EXPLAINED BANKING HOLLIDAY AND TO TRUST THE BANKS (CALMED AMERICANS) HUEY LONG: “SHARE THE WEALTH!” FRANCIS TOWNSEND: GIVE PENSIONS (SSA) FATHER CONGHLIN: RADIO PRIEST WHO THOUGHT THE NEW DEAL WENT TOO FAR (CREATED NATIONAL DEBT) FACISM: VIOLENT DICTATOR FDR’S BAD IDEA: +6 JUSTICES TO INCREASE HIS SUPREME COURT POWER THE DEPRESSION WAS WORLD WIDE! ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: ACTED AS FDR’S EYES, EARS AND LEGS FDR NEXT NEXT

21. THE DUST BOWL OVERGRAZING SOD REMOVAL PNEOMMIA, DEATH AND OTHER SICKNESS’ DEVELOPED. CATTLE AND CROPS DIED. OAKIES AND ARKIES HEADED TO CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A HORIBLE TIME. TO VIEW AGAIN PRESS THE ARROW. IF NOT, PRESS ANYWHERE ELSE NOT ROTATING CROPS _ FARMERS ALSO DIDN’T ROTATE THEIR CROPS, CAUSING THE SOIL IN THE FIELDS TO DRY AS WELL. PRETTY SOON THERE WAS NO RAIN, HIGH WINDS AND LOOSE SOIL EVERYWHERE. THE DUST BOWL HAD BEGUN FARMERS FLOCKED TO THE WEST WITH THEIR FAMILIES THEY BUILT THEIR FARMS AND FIELDS HERE. THEY DID HOWEVER MAKE SEVERAL KEY MISTAKES, CAUSING THE DUST BOWL FOR STARTERS THEY ALLOWED OVERGRAZING: ALLOWING THE ANIMALS TO EAT AND EAT UNTIL THERE IS NO MORE GRASS LEFT THEY ALSO TORE UP THE SOD THAT HELD THE PLAINS SOIL IN PLACE WHILE THEY WERE PLANTING

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