FDR & the New Deal

1. During the Great Depression, many people struggled to survive. Many people were laid off at work, were no longer able to afford housing expenses, therefore evicted, and eventually ended up living on the streets. They were forced to live without much food and usually would wait outside of soup kitchens in order to get food.

2. Men weren't used to the change, and some men went out to look for jobs while others left their families. Women were different, as most women worked hard to keep their families close and to help them survive by working outside the house. Lots of children became sick during the Great Depression due to a lack of food, and many were forced to work in sweatshops, where working conditions were horrible.

3. The Dust Bowl was cause by the customs of farmers, as they used tractors to break up the grasslands, which eliminated the protective layer of grass. Overproduction wore out the crops and fields became unsuitable for farming. Effects of the Dust Bowl include farmers being forced to leave their farms and thousands of families forced to move west.

4. The New Deal was a program created to pacify the problems of the great depression and the goals of it were to create relief for the needy, to start economic recovery, and financial reform.

5. During the Hundred Days, Roosevelt planned to carry out reforms in banking, and Congress passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation.

6. Roosevelt's fireside chats were significant because American citizens felt they were more in contact with the president, as it seemed he was talking directly to them.

7. The Glass-Steagall Act, Federal Securities Act, Agricultural Adjustment Act, and the National Industrial Recovery act all tightened regulation of banking and finance.