FDR's 30 radio addresses to the American People
employed 3,000,000 uniformed men to reforest areas, fight fires, drain swamps, control floods, etc.
created in late 1933, designed to provide purely temporary jobs, many of its jobs were boondoggles
socialist LA Senator famous for his 'Share Our Wealth' program, wanted to make 'every man a king', assassinated in 1935
created in 1935, spent $11,000,000 on buildings, bridges, and roads, employed 9 million people
FDR's Secretary of Labor, 1st female member of a presidential cabinet
student of Ruth Benedict, wrote 'Coming of Age in Samoa'
caused by a 1933 drought, destroyed farm land in TX, MO, CO, OK, KS, NE, SD, ND, MT, WY, NM, IA
written by John Steinbeck, inspired by the Dust Bowl
designed to be a stock watchdog administrative agency
1933, constructed dams on the Tennessee River, sought to discover how much it cost to make electricity/ keep rates reasonable
created pensions and insurance for the old, blind, handicapped, etc. through taxation
FDR showed the U.S. was content as a regional power by withdrawing troops from Panama/ Haiti
(1936-39), Spanish rebels led by Francisco Franco overthrew the Spanish govt.
Sep. 1938, Conference in which the West gave Hitler the Sudetenland
arms, ships, et. would be sent to nations that needed them to fight Hitler
held in August 1941, resulted in the Atlantic Charter
8-point charter that called for a new League of Nations, no territorial changes contrary to natives' wishes
created the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC) which insured individual deposits up to $5,000
October 29, 1929/panicked sellers traded nearly 16 million shares on New York Stock Exchange/considered beginning of Great Depression
Professional mining engineer known for humanitarian work after WW1/elected President in 1928/signed Smoot-Hawley Tariff/Pres at beginning of Great Depression
1930 tariff which sharply increased US tariffs on foreign goods/other countries responded likewise/contributed to & prolonged Great Depression
President elected in 1932, 1936, 1940, & 1944/led US thru much of Great Depression and World War 2
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