History

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The Hundred Days

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--> Bank Holiday

--closes all the banks

--> Emergency Banking Act

--> Glass Steagall Act (passed in 1933)

--separated bank and fiancees with credit fiancees

--> Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

--1933

--$100,000

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National Industrial Recovery At (NIRA)

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~Created the National Recovery Administration (NRA)

~Established industry codes that set standards for output, prices and working conditions

~Codes were exempt from antitrust laws

~Section 7a recognized the workers right to unionize

~Headed by Hugh S. Johnson, who pushed the "Blue Eagle" to be displayed by companies following the codes

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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~Gave jobs to unemployed young men, who were put to work on projects such as forest preservation, flood control and the improvement of national parks

~More than 3 million persons had passed through the CCC by 1942

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Public Works Administration (PWA)

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~Directed by Sec. of the Interior, Harold Ickes

~Contracted private construction companies to build roads, schools, hospital and other public facilities, including the Triborough Bridge and the Overseas Highway between Miami and Key West, Fl

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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-->The Tennessee Valley Authority (T.V.A.) is a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizermanufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region particularly affected by the Great Depression.

-->The enterprise was a result of the efforts of Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska.

-->TVA was envisioned not only as a provider, but also as a regional economic development agency that would use federal experts and electricity to rapidly modernize the region's economy and society.

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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~Tried to raise farm prices buy setting production quotas and paying farmers to plant less

~Ordered livestock killed to diminish supply, and thus increase prices

~By paying landowners it forced many sharecroppers and tenants of the land

~The Dust Bowl of 1931-1939 devastated the agricultural sector of the economy

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Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

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~Insured millions of long term mortgages issued by private banks

~Government built thousands of low-rent housing

~Home ownership came into the reach of million of families

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Work Progress Administration (WPA)

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~Hired more than 3 million people of all walks of life

~Constructed public buildings and bridges, schools, more than 500,000 miles of roads and 600 airports

~Built stadiums, public pools and sewage treatment plants

~Hired artists, dancers, song writers to contribute to the public exposure to the arts

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Social Security Act (SSA) (1935)

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~Created a system of unemployment insurance and old-age pensions

~Created aid to the disabled, the elderly poor and families with dependent children

~Some say it launched the "American Welfare State"

~Originally included a national healthcare insurance system, but was blocked by the American Medical Association--feared gov. regulation of doctors' activities and incomes

~Funded by contributions by employers and employees (FICA) to pay unemployment and old-age pensions

~State paid for direct poor relief, under the Aid to Dependent Children Act, administered eligibility for this program

~Initially did not include unmarried women or non-whites

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More New Deal Interventions

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--> 21st Amendment

--> Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

--> Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC)

--> Labor Upheaval

--> Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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21st Amendment

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~Repealed the 18th Amendment that created Prohibition

~Americans could once again buy, sell and manufacture alcohol

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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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~Oversee the broadcast airwaves and telephone communication

~Created June 19th, 1934

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Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC)

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~Regulates the stock and bond markets

~Designed to avoid another crash like the one in 1929

~Authorized June 6th, 1934

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Labor Upheaval

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~Federal government starts to help labor

~Multiple strikes: Toledo auto workers, Minneapolis truck drivers, San Fransisco longshoremen and the auto workers in Flint, MI.

~Wagner Act of 1935--legalized unions

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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--> A group made up of a lot of unions

~John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers (UMN) led a walkout that helped created an organization of 30 AF of L leaders and started the "sit down strike" tactic

~Many companies still fought with strikers- Republic Steal Co. of Chicago-police fire on a Memorial Day picnic held by strikers. Ten people killed.

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Voices of Protest in the 1930's

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--> Huey Long, the "Kingfish"

--take from the rich, give to the poor

--> Aimee Semple McPherson

--> Father Charles E. Coughlin

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Huey Long, the "Kingfish"

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~Governor of Louisiana in 1928, US Senator in 1930

~In 1934 he launched the Share Our Wealth movement--confiscate wealth from the richest and give it to the poor in a grant of a job and guaranteed annual income

~Assassinated in 1935 just before announcing a presidential run

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Aimee Semple McPherson

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~A Los Angelos revivalist who had her own radio station and broadcast sermons from the International church of the Foursquare Gospel

~Travel the country with elaborate sets, costumes, etc.

~A pre-curosor to the television evangelists that starts in the 1940's

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Father Charles E. Coughlin

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~The "Radio Priest"

~Attacked Wall Street bankers and greedy

capitalists

~Called for government ownership of key industries to combat the Depression

~Later became anti-semitic and favored fascists in Europe