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New Deal Findings: First New Deal Programs (1933-1936) - 2 views

started by Kay Bradley on 24 Mar 11
  • Kay Bradley
     
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  • Alex Sommer
     
    -Summarized with the 3R's of FDR's program: relief, recovery, reform
    -FDR led the Democratic party and voiced liberal, pro-union policies
    -Republicans mostly opposed legislation passed during the New Deal
    -Some laws passed were later declared unconstitutional by chief justice Charles Evan Hughes (the "Crazy Chicken" case, Hughes declared the NRA and NIRA unconstitutional)
    -Some legislation passed
    Federal Emergency Relief Act
    CCC
    NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)
    FDIC
    RFC
    NRA (National Recovery Act)
    -FDR gave out huge sums of money (billions) to needy people, while incurring a huge public debt


    Sources:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal
    http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/depression/section5.rhtml
    And Dr. Bradley and Mr. Reinke

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