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The New Deal
-Relief, Recovery, and Reform
-FDR
-Democrats had majority
-2 separate deals
-deal 1: tried to recover and protect against possible future
crashed
-deal 2: labor unions, social security act
The Great Depression
-1929 - 1939
-The Great Depression had devastating effects in countries both
rich and poor. Personal income, tax revenue, profits and prices
dropped, while international trade plunged by more than 50%.
-heavy industry was hit hard
,Eugene Talmadge
Father died before taking office
Herman Eugene Talmadge
. To date only Joe Brown and Eugene Talmadge have been
elected FOUR times as Governor of Georgia.
How did Talmadge end the 1934 Textile Strike
He declared martial law, using the National Guard to break the
1934 textile strike in Georgia and incarcerate the strikers in a
hastily constructed camp near Atlanta.
US Unemployment Rate during Great Depression
Unemployment in the U.S. rose to 25% and in some countries
rose as high as 33%
,Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying
farmers to reduce crop area. Its purpose was to reduce crop
surplus so as to effectively raise the value of crops, thereby
giving farmers relative stability again.
Paid farmers to destroy surplus and limit production ; An
unintended consequence of the policy, however, was to put
farmers out of work, causing even greater numbers to seek
other means of employment. 1933
World War 2
1939 - 1945
Allies - US, GB, France, Soviet Union
Axis - Germany Japan Italy
Germany Invaded Poland Japan Bombed Pearl Harbor
Ended with Hiroshima
Franklin D. Roosevelt
, President of the US during Great Depression and World War II.
Implemented New Deal.
Only president served 3 terms!
Un-American Activities Committee
House committee on international security looking for alleged
disloyalty 1938. Communist ties
Domino Theory
1950s to the 1980's if one country in a region came under the
influence of communism, then the surrounding countries would
follow in a domino effect.
Pearl Harbor
-1941
-strike against US by Imperial japanese navy