New Deal

Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Conservatism in the United States

Judicial Procedures Reform Bill

John L. Lewis

Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Great Depression in the United States

1.Charlie Chaplin- He was an English actor who rose to fame as a silent actor and rose from nothing to be at the top of the acting profession. He fought against fascism and recognized it as a an evil and in his film, The Great Dictator, satirized him. 2.Jack Dempsey- Jack Dempsey was a professional American boxer who was a celebrity that had his reputation hurt for a perceived attempt to avoid enlistment in the U.S. army until records were revealed that showed he was rejected. 3.Satchel Paige- He is a legendary African-American pitcher who joined the white league after showing great promise in the black league and was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame.

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Tennessee Valley Authority

Tennessee River

United States Department of Energy

New Deal Fireside Chat #1 He announces a bank holiday to give the banks a chance to obtain the currency necessary for the situation The key elements of the bank holiday he has announced. Specific examples of how he explains the banking system. Examples of simple, yet powerful imagery and language that he employs. The overall effectiveness of the speech. Why they believe this speech would have been so effective in 1933. Tennessee Valley Authority Appalachian valley range is not developed ? hinders their growth FDR passes the TVA to modernize Appalachia Creates electricity, creates jobs, dams up rivers Government pumps money into that region Civilian Conservation Corp 18-25 year old men were shipped out into rural areas

Great Depression

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Causes of the Great Depression

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Great Depression In Class Notes Causes of the Great Depression Stock market crash Overproduction Industry Agriculture Industries produced more goods because of good economy in the 1920s Did not raise wages to keep up Results in under consumption Wages stayed stagnant ? market flooded with goods that cannot be purchased Unequal distribution of wealth No middle class Top 1% of Americans had more wealth than the bottom 42% of Americans Monetary policy Federal government raised interest rates in the 1920s People pulled money from banks to invest with stocks Government didn?t help the bank High tariffs and war debts Increase tariffs Election of 1932 Republican: Hoover (incumbent) Sent out the ?bonus army? on the veterans who marched on the mall

Chapter 28 Test

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Progressivism in the United States

Progressive Era

Social Issues

Politics

Chapter 28 Mark the one best answer for each of the following questions. 43. As one progressive explained, the ?real heart? of the progressive movement was to a. preserve world peace. b. use the government as an agency of human welfare. c. ensure the Jeffersonian style of government. d. reinstate the policy of laissez-faire. e. to promote economic and social equality. 44. Progressives, who were among the strongest critics of injustice in early- twentieth-century America, received much of their inspiration from a. the Federalists. b. the Greenback Labor party and the Populists. c. foreign nations. d. progressive theorists, like Jacob Riis. e. social Darwinists. 45. Match each late-nineteenth-century social critic below with the target of his criticism.

1984 AP US History DBQ

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination AMERICAN HISTORY SECTION I1 (Suggested writing time-40 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. In your essay, you should strive to support your assertions both by citing key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on your knowledge of the period. 1. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characterizations valid? Document A Source: Candidate Herbert Hoover, speech, New York, New York (October 22,1928)

1984 College Board DBQ

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The College Board Advanced Placement Examination AMERICAN HISTORY SECTION I1 (Suggested writing time-40 minutes) Directions: The following question requires you to construct a coherent essay that integrates your interpretation of Documents A-H and your knowledge of the period referred to in the question. In your essay, you should strive to support your assertions both by citing key pieces of evidence from the documents and by drawing on your knowledge of the period. 1. President Franklin D. Roosevelt is commonly thought of as a liberal and President Herbert C. Hoover as a conservative. To what extent are these characterizations valid? Document A Source: Candidate Herbert Hoover, speech, New York, New York (October 22,1928)

Chap 32 AP US History notes

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Elections in the United States

Great Depression in the United States

Conservatism in the United States

Dudley–Winthrop family

Herbert Hoover

Old Right

Calvin Coolidge

Causes of the Great Depression

McNary–Haugen Farm Relief Bill

A.P. U.S. History Notes Chapter 32 ?The Politics of Boom and Bust? (1920-1932) Chapter 32 Essential Learnings / Goals / Objectives I. Explore the economic issues involved in the Boom/Bust of the 20s. Vocabulary / Significant Terms: ?cronies? ?reactionaries? ?Merchant Marine? ?injunction? ?moratorium? ?parity? ?hung jury? ?harrow? ?reparations? ?devaluation? (of currency, also ?floating? currency) ?paternalism? ?quagmire? ?recourse? ?torpor? ?recalcitrant? ?exacerbated? I. The Republican ?Old Guard? Returns (3 Republicans win the 3 presidential elections of the 20s) A. Harding was inaugurated in 1921, looking presidential. 1. He was one of the best-liked men of his generation.

Chapter 34 Outline

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New Deal agencies

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Works Progress Administration

National Recovery Administration

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Civil Works Administration

Harry Hopkins

Labor

Chapter 34 Outline FDR: Politician in a Wheelchair Eleanor Roosevelt: first lady, Roosevelt?s cousin and wife, more active first lady, fought for the impoverished and oppressed Presidential Hopefuls of 1932 New Deal: for the ?forgotten man? ?Brains Trust?: small group of reform-minded intellectuals, credited for writing FDR?s campaign speeches ?The Worst is Past?: Hoover?s campaigning tried to cover up the depression Hoover?s Humiliation in 1932 FDR: won the presidential election, wouldn?t accept Hoover?s burdens while not yet in office Hooverites: blamed Roosevelt for allowing the depression to worsen after the results but before his inauguration FDR and the Three R?s: Relief, Recovery, Reform ?Money changers?: declared that gov. must wage war on the GD, denounced by FDR

New Deal Era

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Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Works Progress Administration

National Recovery Administration

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National Industrial Recovery Act

Social Issues

rising discontentment resulted as U.S. citizens came to detest Hoover, naming shantytowns ?Hoovervilles? and naming newspapers ?Hoover blankets? farmers began to rise up & protest in the election of 1932, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) was elected the New Deal programs were to serve the three R?s: relief for the people, recovery for business & economy, & reform of U.S. economic institutions The bread line ?Migrant Mother? The New Deal 1933-1939 The New Deal represented a new form of liberalism, the ideology of individual rights that had long shaped the character of US. society & politics. Now, ?social welfare? liberalism expanded individual rights by protecting citizens w/various social welfare programs. FDR takes office in March of 1933 20th Amendment was ratified in 1933

FDR's First New Deal

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Independent agencies of the United States government

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