AIM: What do we need to
study?
HW: Study for test
Describe the conditions of a
depression
People lost jobs
 Lost money from the bank runs
 Overextended themselves
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Describe how Hoover dealt with
the depression.
“Prosperity around the corner”
 Aided business
 Trickle down
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Causes and Effects
Causes:
 Overproduction
 Buying on credit
 Ineffective government
 Effect:
 Government involvement
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Identify Terms
Bonus Army: WWI vets march to
Washington demanding their bonus from
the war.
 Dust Bowl: Midwest – overproduction
and drought led to dust storms
 Hoovervilles: Shanty towns outside of
cities
 Brain Trust: Group of advisors to FDR
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FDR’s plan
The New Deal – Relief, Reform, and
Recovery
 Includes: Congress to pass a wide range
of relief legislation
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Identify and Describe
AAA – Agricultural adjustment
administration – paid farmers not to
grow certain crops
 TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority - Built
dams to provide cheap electric power to
seven southern states; set up schools and
health centers.
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FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation – Insured savings accounts
in banks approved by government
 Social Security – Set up a system of
pensions for elderly, unemployed, and
handicapped.
 CCC – Civilian Conservation Corp –
provided jobs to young men to plant
trees, build bridges and parks, and set up
flood control projects.
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WPA- Works Progress Administration –
employed men and women to build hospitals,
schools, parks and airports: employed artists,
writers, and musicians
Bank holiday – FDR closed the nation’s banks
by declaring a bank holiday in order to stop the
collapse of the national banking system.
Wagner Act – guaranteed labor the right to
form unions and to practice collective
bargaining. Also known as National Labor
Relations Act.
Packing the Court Plan
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FDR wanted to increase the number of
judges from nine to fifteen if the judges
refused to retire at the age of 70.
Business leaders opposed to New
Deal
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Restricted wages and prices
Measures still used today
Social Security
 FDIC
 SEC
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Essay
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Be able to describe 3 reform measures.
Create an Outline to include necessary
information.