FDR & the New DEAL

1. Describe how people struggled to survive during the depression.
They built communities of shacks called Shanty Towns, some people resorted to living in boxes. Many people were forced to beg and dig through garbage for food. Minorities were persecuted by whites who were competing for jobs. Conditions were a bit better in rural areas because farmers can at least grow their own food.
2. How was what happened to men during the Great Depression different from what happened to women? Children?
Men would wander looking for jobs, and wait in bread-lines. Some left their families to become hobos. Women were generally too shy to wait in bread-lines, and would rather starve than be seen begging. Children often suffered from mal-nutrition and schools were closed because kids had to work in sweatshops.
3. Describe the causes and effects (on people) because of the Dust Bowl.
The causes were unsustainable farming methods and exhausting the soil, the effects were farmers losing their jobs, and dust storms.

4. What was the New Deal and its three general goals? (The 3 Rs)
A program designed by FDR to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression. The goals were: relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
5. What did Roosevelt do during the Hundred Days?
he helped pass 15 pieces of New Deal legislation, declared a banking holiday, passed EBR act, fire-side chats, FDIC, Federal Securites act.
6. Why were Roosevelt's fireside chats significant?
They made FDR more accessable to the public and gave him a chance to explain his polices.
7. Describe four significant agencies and/or bills that tightened regulation of banking and finance.
EBR act, FDIC, Federal Securities act, SEC