This Day in History

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This Day in History

• Jan 6th, 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt
  asks Congress to support the lend lease plan to
  support Britain against Germany

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The Depression/ The Crash

• Chap 21

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• The Crash (Oct. 29th, 1929)
• A. Poverty Spreads
• 1. Hoovervilles shantytowns by homeless
• 2. Dustbowl hits great plains.

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• B. Hoovers Approach
• 1. Voluntary Action
• 2. Created Jobs

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• C. Bonus Army
• In 1932, World War I Veterans march on Washington
  demanding pensions. General Douglas MacArthurs
  uses force to remove them.

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This Day In History

• Jan 12th, 1932 Hattie W. Caraway, became the
  first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Chap 22

• New Deal

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• 1932 Election
• A. FDRs NEW DEAL
• 1. JOBS
• 2. Protect savings
• B. Cabinet Helps
• 1. 1st women- Francis Perkins
• 2.Black Cabinet- unofficial advisers.

1932 Liberal Democrat FDR Wins
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• C. First 100 Days (15 bills Passed)
• Bank Holiday-Emergency Banking Act.(close banks
  inspect funds)
• FDIC- insures bank deposits up to 5000.

FDR 1932-1945
Fireside Chats
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• D. Creating jobs
• CCC jobs for 18-25 years old.
• TVA- creates power plants, replants trees,
  creates jobs
• John Maynard Keyes- Pump Priming, deficit
  spending put money back into consumers hands.

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• II. Second New Deal (1935)
• A. welfare programs
• 1935 Social Security
• 1935 Wagner Act- allows collective bargaining
• 1938 Fair Labor Act- 44 hr week. no child labor
  and Controversial issue minimum wage.

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• III. New Deals Achievements
• A. Literature
• Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind, 1936)
• Theodor Geisel. (To Think That I Saw it on
  Mulberry Street,1937).
• John Stienbeck (Grapes of Wrath, 1939)

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• B. Radio and Movies
• 1938, Superman debuts
• 1939, Wizard of Oz 1st Color Film.

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• May 24, 1935 Reds vs Phillies first night
  baseball game

1937 Golden Gate Bridge, created by WPA funding
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• IV. Great Depression (the results)
• Lasts from 1929 till 1941.
• 1. 25 Unemployed
• 2. Nearly one million farms lost.
• 3. 5000 banks/20,000 companies go bankrupt
• 4. People expect the President to solve U.S.
  problems. (creates a welfare state)