This Day in History

Jan 6th, 1941 : President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to support the “lend lease” plan to

support Britain against Germany

The Depression/ The Crash

Chap 21

I. The Crash (Oct. 29th, 1929)

A. Poverty Spreads

1. “Hoovervilles” shantytowns by homeless

2. Dustbowl hits great plains.

B. Hoover’s Approach

1. Voluntary Action2. Created Jobs

C. Bonus Army

1. In 1932, World War I Veterans march on Washington demanding pensions. General Douglas MacArthur’s uses force to remove them.

This Day In HistoryJan 12th, 1932 Hattie W. Caraway, became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

Chap 22

New Deal

I. 1932 Election

A. FDR’s “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

C. First 100 Days (15 bills Passed)

1. “Bank Holiday”-Emergency Banking Act.(close banks inspect funds)

2. FDIC- insures bank deposits up to 5000.

FDR 1932-1945 Fireside Chats

D. Creating jobs

1. CCC jobs for 18-25 years old.

2. TVA- creates power plants, replants trees, creates jobs

3. John Maynard Keyes- “Pump Priming”, deficit spending put money back into consumers hands.

II. Second New Deal (1935)

A. welfare programs

1. 1935 Social Security

2. 1935 Wagner Act- allows collective bargaining

3. 1938 Fair Labor Act- 44 hr week. no child labor and Controversial issue “minimum wage.”

III. New Deals Achievements

A. Literature

1. Margaret Mitchell (Gone with the Wind, 1936)

2. Theodor Geisel. (To Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street,1937).

3. John Stienbeck (Grapes of Wrath, 1939)

B. Radio and Movies

1. 1938, Superman debuts

2. 1939, Wizard of Oz – 1st Color Film.

May 24, 1935 Reds vs Phillies first night baseball game

1937 Golden Gate Bridge, created by WPA funding

IV. Great Depression (the results)A. Lasts from 1929 till 1941.1. 25% Unemployed2. Nearly one million farms lost.3. 5000 banks/20,000 companies go bankrupt4. People expect the President to solve U.S. problems.

(creates a welfare state)