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Outline Chapter 24 Group Work

Mnemonic

Elanor Roosevelt - FDR's wife...emerged as leader in her own right-being the most active first lady in history. Prohibition repealed with Twenty-first amendment during FDR's presidency Roosevelt (Franklin) elected president during depression Economic depression ensues in the 1930s Stock market crash - wall street - major cause of the depression Standards Act- major reform of the new deal Indian Reorganization Act Overproduction of consumer goods, uneven distribution of income, stock market speculation, buying on margin, excessive use of credit, govt policies, and global economic policies were all causes of the crash New Deal = FDR's economic policy to improve the economy**
 * Democrats gain power with the election of FDR

Chronology
 * 1924 Coolidge wins three way presidential election
 * 1928 Kellog-Brand Pact, Hoover takes presidency


 * 1932 Roosevelt defeats Hoover
 * 1933 Bank holiday, Emergency Banking Relief Act, 20 and 21 amendments
 * 1936 Roosevelt re-elected

PEGS Political Economic Geographic Social
 * The Hawley-Smoot Tariff in 1930 increased tariff prices to try to protect US businesses, but all it did was hurt the US and international economies more because European countries placed counter tariffs on US goods in retaliation, so no countires were making enough profits in the time of hardships.
 * Fair Labor Standards Act
 * The new Deal
 * Wheeler Howard Act
 * National Youth Administration
 * Wall Street crashed between Black Thursday and Black Tuesday, or the 24th and 29th of October, 1929.
 * Uneven distribution of income, stock market speculation, excessive use of credit, overproduction of consumer goods, weak farm economy, government policies, and global economic problems were the causes of the Stock Market Crash in 1929.
 * Bank Holiday- banks closed by FDR, in which under the Emergency Banking Relief Act, the govenment examined the finances of banks closed and reopened those judged sound
 * Federal Emergency Relief Administration offered grants of federal money to states and local governments that were operating soup kitchens and other forms of relief for the jobless and homeless
 * Keynesian Economics
 * Dust Bowl in the Great Plains
 * Great Racial tensions in the South
 * The Souil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act was created in 1936
 * The Gold Reserve act was passed in 1934
 * The Indian Reorganization act was passed in 1934
 * Programs created for relief for the unemployed by FDR's administration
 * The distinguished African American singer Marian Anderson had been refused the use of Constitution Hall in DC by the all-white Daughters of the American Revoltion. Elanor Roosevelt and Harold Ickes promptly arranged for Anderson to give a special concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
 * Women's percentage of total labor force increased. They were accused fo taking jobs from men, though they were taking jobs that men really weren't seeking. Even with Eleanor Roosevelt championing women's equality, many New Deal programs allowed women to receive lower pay than men
 * Eleanore Roosevelt served as the president's social conscience and influenced him to support minorities and the less fortunate
 * The New Deal Inacted