HISB31H3 Lecture Notes - Tennessee Valley Authority, Public Works Administration, Federal Emergency Relief Administration
13 Apr 2013
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Key terms; schecter vs united states, francis townsend, father charles coughlin, huey long, share the. Wealth plan, cio, communism and the flint sitdown strike, scottsboro boys. During hoover, there was the belief that there wasn"t enough done. Roosevelt, democract, was president from 1933 - 1945. Came into power on the platform of relief, recovery, and reform. Was a nice connection between the northern democrats and the southern. Suffered from polio: tried to hide it. Activist kind of politician: as governor of ny, opened up mil to provide direct relief to ny, first ever moment of actually providing social assitance kind of relief. Pledged his alliegance to the forgotten man at the bottom of the pyramid. Offered few detail of his plan, but it was dubbed the "new deal" If gov"t spends money, the people can spend it in turn, thus generating economic growth. "honeymoon" period of the presidency when the president gats the most done.
