HIST 2013 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Consumerism, Eleanor Roosevelt, Popular Front
23 Aug 2016
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3/8 emergency banking act the rst time gov. comes to the rescue of banks initial measures rescued the nancial system. The first new deal (1933-1934) focused on economic recovery a series of experiments, some which succeeded, some which did not. . 3 bil. created to build public facilities civil works administration to hire workers for construction projects. 21st amendment repealed prohibition federal communications commission oversaw nation"s broadcast airways and television companies securities and exchange commission regulate stock and bond market. The grassroots revolt demand went beyond better wages the rise of the cio congress of industrial organizations set out to create unions. Upton sinclair and the end of poverty (ca) called for the state to use idle factories to provide jobs for the unemployed. Huey long (la) populist and socialist governor in 1928 and 1930 built roads, schools and hospitals one of the most colorful in american politics.
