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Dorothea Lange
-migrant mother is one of a sets of photograph
-her subject are homeless women, their children & migrant workers
-her work was funded by federal agencies, such as the farm security administration
-the editor then told the federal authorities whom urged the government to rush to the camp to prevent starvation -
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Immigration during the Depression
-the stock market crashed in 1929, it caused high unemployment, Americans panicked, they began to blame Mexican and European immigrants for their problems
-the United States deported about 1.5 million Mexicans and Europeans between 1929 and 1935
-President Hoover authorized a special Mexican Repatriation Act to send Mexican-American immigrants back to Mexico -
stock market crash-b
-Warren G Harding campaign promised to return the US prewar mentally without the thought of war tainting the minds of American people
-a return to the way of life before WW1
-foreign competition by means of tarries weaken import quotas or other restrictions or handicaps placed on the imports of foreign competitors -
stock market crash-A
-buying on the margin: meant people had to pay 10-20% of the value of the shares, you were borrowing 80-90% of the value of the shares
-an example of buying on margin to get a loan from bank to pay off another loan from bank to pay off another loan -
stock market crash-C
-disposable income is the amount of money that households have available for spending
-people were spending instead of saving, when the market crashed all the people did a "bank run" to get more money
-the "bank run" caused the "bank failure" b/c the banks couldn't keep up with the peoples demands for money -
robert taft (new deal socialism)
-co-operating with conservative democrat and led the conservative that opposed the New Deal
-the republicans gains in the 1938 elections combined with the creation of the conservative j/had stopped the expansions of New Deal
-calling for economy in gov. a balanced budget, less centralization of power in the Nation's Capital -
Securities & exchange commision
-the purpose of the SEC is protecting investor from dangerous or illegal financial practices of fraud
-the issue it addressed, was the fact that no one was watching the stock markets
-the effects of its passage was prevent another stock market collapse; in doing so, it evolved our markets into high-tech trading centers -
Tennessee valley authority
-it was created by congressional in may 1933 to provide flood control, electricity generator & economic development during the depression
-this was president roosevelts new deal for reform
-largest public power company in the U.S. was the 5th largest river system, provides electricity for Tennessee but also parts of Kentucky, Alabama,Georgia,north Carolina& Virginia
-some feared the "TVA" was a form of socialism -
Huey Long
-US senator & former governor of Louisiana Huey Long promised to give each American family an income of $5,000 a year, to be paid for by taxing the Rich Long was assassinated before he was able to mount his campaign against FDR -
Judicia Procedures Reform Bill
-the reform bill was frequently called the "court packing plan" was a legislative initiative proposed by US president Franklin D Roosevelt to add more justice to the US supreme courts
-the bill was to increase the number of US supreme court justice the to bring in several new justice who would change the balance of opinion on the court
-Roosevelt failed many times at attempting to pass the law its failure exposed the limits of Roosevelts abilities to push legislation through direct public appeal -
stock market crash
-it was a result of various economic imbalances & structural failings
-in 1920's, a rapid growth in bank credit & loans in the US
-margin borrowed money were exposed & rush to sell shares & try to redeem their debts
-stock market crash can be blamed on over exuberance & false expectation -
civilian defense organizations
-These organizations and others worked together to mobilize the civilian population in response to the threat
-commissioned civilian pilots patrolled the coast and borders
- organized approximately 10 million volunteers who trained to fight fires, decontaminate after chemical weapon attacks, provide first aid, and other duties
-sent civilians instead of officials