F.D.R.

" Franklin D(elano) Roosevelt Biography." __A&E Television Networks. All Rights Reserved__ © 1996-2009 1-11. 26 Jan 2009 .
 * born in Hyde Park, New York Januray 30, 1882
 * died April 12, 1945 in Warm Springs, Georgia
 * only U.S. president to be elected to 4 terms
 * went to Columbia University
 * inaugurated January 20, 1933
 * initiated "The Hundred Days" soon after inauguration
 * he ordered all banks closed until March 9 to save the banks from the huge amounts of depositors
 * Agricultural Adjustment Act - granted subsidies for farmers to reduce crop production, later changed focus to soil conservation
 * National Industrial Recovery Act - develops NRA that sets trade standards and laws and minimum wages/max hours, became complicated and was put in remission by the court in May of 1935
 * Tennessee Valley Authority - build dams and cheap electricity on the Tennessee River
 * Federal Emergency Relief Administration - funds to relief administrations in states
 * Civilian Conservation Corps - rebuilding forests and controlling flooding
 * Federal Securities Act - later became Securities and Exchange Commission to overlook and protect stock market
 * FDIC - protect deposited money
 * created social security through the social security act of 1935
 * Works Progress Administration - provided small "in between" jobs to keep up moral, skills and self-respect
 * Wagner Act - allowed workers to trade and bargain
 * economy reaches good recovery point 1937
 * created good relations overseas in Europe especially with the Soviet Union
 * fought through isolationists in Congress and acts like the Neutrality Act
 * After start of WWII, they revised Neutrality Act to allow trade of weapons/supplies to France and Britain
 * Lend-Lease Act - allowed US to accept non-monetary payment for military goods from Britain
 * Established a good relationship with Churchill
 * met with him many times during the war
 * relationships with Soviet Union declined after the war

"The New Deal and the Environment." //The Great Depression and the New Deal//. American Journey Online. Woodbridge, CT.: Primary Source Microfilm, 1999. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 3 Feb. 2009 .
 * authorized Boulder Dam (HOOVER DAM)
 * added 18 million acres of land to national park system in 1934
 * doubled wildlife refugee acreage
 * planted millions of trees to hold soil and control winds
 * worked with Department of Interior and National Resource Planning Board to better the environment
 * put the wellness of our environment near the top of the list

"From Poverty to Prosperity: The Coming of World War II." //The Great Depression and the New Deal//. American Journey Online. Woodbridge, CT.: Primary Source Microfilm, 1999. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 3 Feb. 2009 .
 * part of New Deal was to build up Armed forces and military industry
 * created jobs building tanks, planes and weapons and made country secure
 * persuaded congress to increase building on planes
 * built many more aircraft carriers
 * strengthened economy by selling arms to britain through LLA

The Franklin D. Roosevelt Administrations." //Presidential Administration Profiles for Students//. Ed. Kelle S. Sisung and Gerda-Ann Raffaelle. Detroit: Gale Group, 2002. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 3 Feb. 2009<span style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"> <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T001 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=EJ2304200033 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=fcpsbhs &version=1.0>. > > > > > > > > > > > > >  >  New Deal." //Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History//. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. <span class="pubCity" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Detroit: <span class="publisher" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gale Group, <span class="pubYear" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1999. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 3 Feb. 2009<span style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T001 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=EJ1667500436 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=fcpsbhs &version=1.0>. > > >
 * established FCC in 1934 to oversee communications
 * created Federal Housing Administration and National Labor Relations Board to give home loans
 * expanded power of federal government and made it larger
 * made executive branch more efficient through a bill in 1939 that allowed for 6 more assistants and proposing organizational changes in Congress
 * tried to regulate business and trade to bring the economy back
 * created Home Owners Loan Corporation
 * printed more money in 1933 for controlled inflation
 * inflation created spending which increased production
 * Works Program Association created jobs building roads and such for people
 * Wagner Act allowed workers to choose unions to represent them and not be discriminated against because of that
 * Social Security Act allows for pension for retired persons
 * The Banking Act of 1935 provides more power to Federal Reserve Board by adjusting supply of money and raising reserve requirement
 * Public Utilities Holding Company Act gave SEC the power to control big business more
 * The U.S. Housing Act of 1937 created housing complexes available and affordable for the poor in cleaned out slum areas
 * Resettlement Administration (RA) led by Roosevelt created the Greenbelt Towns program that built suburbs in three Greenbelts - Ohio, Maryland and Wisconsin
 * Farm Security Administration in 1937 allowed for loans to farmers to relocate after AAA
 * FDIC allowed up to $2,500 and was later raised to $100,000
 * Truth in Securities Act of 1933 made corporations give accurate info about their finance

"New Deal." //Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History//. Ed. Thomas Carson and Mary Bonk. <span class="pubCity" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Detroit: <span class="publisher" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gale Group, <span class="pubYear" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">1999. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 3 Feb. 2009<span style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T001 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=EJ1667500436 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=fcpsbhs &version=1.0>.

Recchiuti, John Louis. "Democracy and the New Deal (1930s)." //American Decades//. Ed. McConnell, Tandy. Online ed. <span class="pubCity" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Detroit: <span class="publisher" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Gale, <span class="pubYear" style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">2003. //Student Resource Center - Gold//. Gale. BRUNSWICK SR HIGH SCHOOL - MD. 4 Feb. 2009<span style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px; word-wrap: break-word;"><http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=GSRC &type=retrieve &tabID=T001 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=EJ2113101755 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=fcpsbhs &version=1.0>.

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