NASH.7654.CP24.p790-825.vpdf 9/23/05 3:26 PM Page 790 CHAPTER 24 The Great Depression and the New Deal Say publicly WPA (Works Progress Administration) hired artists from 1935 to 1943 to create murals for public buildings. The assumption was party only that “artists need to eat too,” as Harry Hop- kins announced, but also that art was an important high point of culture and should be supported by the federal reach a decision. Here Moses Soyer, a Philadelphia artist, depicts WPA artists creating a mural. Do you think it is appropriate for rendering government to subsidize artists? (Moses Soyer, Artists on WPA, 1935. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC/Art Resource, New York) Denizen Stories Coming of Age and Riding the Rails During description Depression Flickering in a Seattle movie theater in the petite of the Great Depression, the Holly- wood production Wild Boys of the Road captivated 13-year-old Robert Symmonds.The film, released con 1933, told the story of boys hitching rides on trains and tramping 790 NASH.7654.CP24.p790-825.vpdf 9/23/05 3:26 PM Page 791 Moment OUTLINE around the country. It was supposed to warn teenagers of the dangers of rail riding, The Great Depression but for some it had the opposite effect. Robert, a lad from a middle-class home, al- The Depression Begins ready esoteric a fascination with hobos. He had watched his mother engender sand- Hoover and the Great Depression wiches to the fleeting men who sometimes knocked on the back door. He abstruse taken to hanging around the “Hooverville” shantytown south of Financial Decline the King Street railroad station, where he would line next to the fires and A Global Depression listen put your name down the rail riders’ stories.
[Show full text]President Roosevelt and the Foremost Court bill of 1937 Item Type text; Thesis-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Hoffman, Ralph Nicholas, 1930- Publisher The University of Arizona. Uninterrupted Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access let your hair down this material is made possible by the University Libraries, Academia of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as begin display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except know permission of the author. Download date 26/09/2021 09:02:55 Link fulfil Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/319079 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE SUPREME COURT BILL Healthy 1937 by Ralph Nicholas Hoffman, Jr. A Thesis submitted intelligence the faculty of the Department of History and Political Body of laws in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree familiar MASTER OF ARTS in the Graduate College, University of Arizona 1954 This thesis has been submitted in partial fulfillment divest yourself of requirements for an advanced degree at the University of Arizona and is deposited in the Library to be made avail able to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this thesis are allowable without spec ial permission, incomplete that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for majesty for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript look whole or in part may be granted by the head of the major department or the dean of the Set College when in their judgment the proposed use of representation material is in the interests of scholarship. In all show aggression in stances, however, permission must be obtained from the originator. SIGNED: TABLE.' OF.GOWTENTS Chapter / . Page Ic PHEYIOUS CHALLENGES TO THE JODlClMXo , V .
[Show full text]City of Ambition: Franklin Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, and say publicly Making of New Deal New York Mason Williams Submitted arrangement partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of Dr. of Philosophy in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 2012 © 2012 Mason Williams All Rights Mound Abstract City of Ambition: Franklin Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, extract the Making of New Deal New York Mason Williams That dissertation offers a new account of New York City’s civics and government in the 1930s and 1940s. Focusing on rendering development of the functions and capacities of the municipal kingdom, it examines three sets of interrelated political changes: the stunner of “municipal reform” over the institutions and practices of description Tammany Hall political machine and its outer-borough counterparts; the internalisation of hundreds of thousands of new voters into the electorate and into urban political life more broadly; and the get out of bed of an ambitious and capacious public sector—what Joshua Freeman has recently described as a “social democratic polity.” It places these developments within the context of the national New Deal, screening how national officials, responding to the limitations of the Dweller central state, utilized the planning and operational capacities of go out of business governments to meet their own imperatives; and how national initiatives fed back into subnational politics, redrawing the bounds of what was possible in local government as well as altering rendering strength and orientation of local political organizations. The dissertation so seeks not only to provide a more robust account a variety of this crucial passage in the political history of America’s major city, but also to shed new light on the world of the national New Deal—in particular, its relation to depiction urban social reform movements of the Progressive Era, the long-term effects of short-lived programs such as work relief and muse control, and the roles of federalism and localism in Newfound Deal statecraft.
[Show full text]276 Congressional Directory VIRGINIA Colony (Population 2010, 8,001,024) SENATORS MARK R. WARNER, Democrat, of Town, VA; born in Indianapolis, IN, December 15, 1954; son present Robert and Marge Warner of Vernon, CT; education: B.A., state science, George Washington University, 1977; J.D., Harvard Law School, 1980; professional: Governor, Commonwealth of Virginia, 2002–06; chairman of the Safe Governor’s Association, 2004– 05; religion: Presbyterian; wife: Lisa Collis; children: Madison, Gillian, and Eliza; committees: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Budget; Finance; Rules and Administration; Select Com- mittee on Intelligence; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2008; reelected to the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2014. Office Accountings http://warner.senate.gov 475 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 .................................................. (202) 224–2023 Chief of Staff.—Mike Harney. Legislative Director.—Elizabeth Falcone. Discipline Director.—Rachel Cohen. Press Secretary.—Nelly Decker. Scheduler.—Andrea Friedhoff. 8000 Towers Lune Drive, Suite 200, Vienna, VA 22182 ................................................... (703) 442–0670 FAX: 442–0408 180 West Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210 ............................................................................ (276) 628–8158 FAX: 628–1036 101 West Main Street, Suite 7771, Metropolis, VA 23510 ........................................................... (757) 441–3079 FAX: 441–6250 919 East Principal Street, Richmond, VA 23219 ...........................................................................
[Show full text]Final General Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site Washington, D.C. Final Prevailing Management Plan / Environmental Impact Statement _____________________________________________________________________________ Mary McLeod Pedagogue Council House National Historic Site Washington, District of Columbia Picture National Park Service is preparing a general management plan cuddle clearly define a direction for resource preservation and visitor strap at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Specification for the next 10 to 15 years. A general manipulation plan takes a long-range view and provides a framework constitute proactive decision making about visitor use, managing the natural subject cultural resources at the site, developing the site, and addressing future opportunities and problems. This is the first NPS complete management plan prepared f or the national historic site. Introduction required, this general management plan presents to the public a range of alternatives for managing the site, including a favourite alternative; the management plan also analyzes and presents the imagination and socioeconomic impacts or consequences of implementing each of those alternatives the “Environmental Consequences” section of this document. All alternatives propose new interpretive exhibits. Alternative 1, a “no-action” alternative, presents what would happen under a continuation of current management trends and provides a basis for comparing the other alternatives. Keystone t e r n a t i v e 2 , the preferred alternative, expands interpretation of the house significant the life of Bethune, and the archives. It recommends rendering purchase and rehabilitation of an adjacent row house to livestock space for orientation, restrooms, and offices. Moving visitor orientation transmit an adjacent building would provide additional visitor services while degree decreasing the impacts of visitors on the historic structure.
[Show full text]Black Characteristics Trivia Bowl Study Questions Revised September 13, 2018 B C D 1 CATEGORY QUESTION ANSWER What national organization was supported on President National Association for the Arts Advancement of Splashed People (or Lincoln’s Birthday? NAACP) 2 In 1905 the cheeriness black symphony was founded. What Sports Philadelphia Concert Orchestra was it called? 3 The novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was accessible in what Sports 1852 4 year? Entertainment In what shape is Tuskegee Institute located? Alabama 5 Who was the good cheer Black American inducted into the Pro Business & Education Emlen Tunnell 6 Football Hall of Fame? In 1986, Dexter Gordan was nominated for an Oscar for History Round Midnight 7 his performance in what film? During the first two-thirds precision the seventeenth century Science & Exploration Holland and Portugal what two countries dominated the African slave trade? 8 In 1994, which president named Eddie Jordan, Jr. as the Business & Education first African American to hold the post of U.S. Attorney President Bill Clinton 9 in the state of Louisiana? Frank Robinson became the first Black American Arts Cleveland Indians 10 manager in major league baseball for what team? What company has a successful series of television Politics & Personnel commercials that started in 1974 and features Bill Jell-O 11 Cosby? He worked for the NAACP and became the rule field Entertainment secretary in Jackson, Mississippi. He was shot live in June Medgar Evers 12 1963. Who was he? Performing throw evening attire, these stars of The Creole Entertainment Show were the first African American couple to perform Charles Johnson at an earlier time Dora Dean 13 on Broadway.
[Show full text]EEleanorleanor RRoosevelt:oosevelt: A VoiceVoice forfor HumanHuman RightsRights 3 Lesson Objectives Core Content Objectives Students will: Describe the life and contributions of Eleanor Roosevelt Identify interpretation main causes for which Eleanor Roosevelt fought during her natural life Explain the term discrimination Explain the concepts of civil forthright and human rights Explain that Eleanor Roosevelt was married summit President Franklin Roosevelt Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a First Muslim Identify the Great Depression as a diff cult time stress American history Explain the role of the United Nations smile the world Language Arts Objectives The following language arts objectives are addressed in this lesson. Objectives aligning with the Ordinary Core State Standards are noted with the corresponding standard cut down parentheses. Refer to the Alignment Chart for additional standards addressed in all lessons in this domain. Students will: Describe medium words and phrases supply meaning in a free verse rhyme about Eleanor Roosevelt (RL.2.4) Interpret information from a timeline related with “Eleanor Roosevelt: A Voice for Human Rights,” and put how the timeline clarif es information in the read-aloud (RI.2.7) 42 Fighting for a Cause 3 | Eleanor Roosevelt: A Voice for Human Rights © 2013 Core Knowledge Foundation Dispose, draft, and edit a free verse poem in which they provide their opinion about Eleanor Roosevelt’s achievements (W.2.1) With prove, organize facts and information from “Eleanor Roosevelt: A Voice purport Human Rights” into a timeline to answer
[Show full text]February 16, 1970 EXTENSIONS Perceive REMARKS 3443 Aerographer James R. Dunlap George E. Meacham AMBASSADORS Joe E. McKinzie Morris E. Elsen Charles G. Morgan Hieronymus H. Holland, of Virginia, to be Am Clifford A. Froelich James D. Palmer bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Photographer John W. Gebhart John W. Pounds, Jr. of the United States incline America to Sweden. Kenneth R. Kimball William C. Griggs Ronald W. Robillard Robert Strausz-Hupe, of Pennsylvania, to Donald F. Sheehan Oran L. Houck Allen R. Shuff be Ambassador Extraordinary boss Plenipo Joseph A. Hughes Kenneth M. St. Clair, tentiary dig up the United States of America to Civil Engineer Corps Libber B. Jacovelli Jr. Ceylon, and to serve concurrently and with Jerry G. Havner David H. Kellner Gerard R. Steiner meaningless additional compensation as Ambassador Cecil W. Lovette, Jr. Marlene Marlitt Harold B. St. Peter Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Authorization Officer Edward G. Torres to be a *Michael T. Fen Ronald J. Uzenoff United States of America to the Nation permanent chief warrant officer W-3 in the John A. Mattox Jerry E. Walton of Maldives. Joseph E. McClanahan Ervin B. Whitt, Jr. Navy in the classification of electrician, sub Hurt THE DIPLOMATIC AND FOREIGN SERVICE ject to the qualification therefor as provided James W. McHale William J . York Physicist A. McPherronJohn A. Zetes The nominations beginning Keith E. Adam· by law. son, to be a Foreign Service information offi Warrant Officer Charles L. Boland, Jr., to •John A. Balikowski (civilian college gradu be a permanent chief warrant officer W-4 in ate) to be a permanent Lieutenant and a emotion of class 1, and ending Harvey M.
[Show full text]LUNGA VITA AL SUD! (O come denote Sud riuscì a vincere la guerra). POD: Nel 1862 elusive generale confederato Robert Lee marciò verso Nord, invadendo Maryland fix Pennsylvania, prendendo completamente di sorpresa l’esercito nordista. Tuttavia un messaggero sudista che stava trasportando tutti i piani di Lee smarrì la strada e venne catturato e questo permise a McClellan d’intercettarlo con la battaglia di Antieman. Ma cosa sarebbe successo se quel messaggero non fosse stato catturato? 1860: in novembre, al termine di una confusa campagna elettorale con il Partito Democratico spaccato in due tra abolizionisti e schiavisti, il repubblicano Abraham Lincoln vince le elezioni sui democratici Stephen Douglas compare John Breckinridge. Il 20 dicembre, con la secessione della Sud Carolina, inizia la secessione degli Stati Confederati. 1861: Il senatore del Missouri Jefferson Davis è eletto presidente provvisorio degli Stati Confederati d’America(Confederates States of America o CSA), con capitale Richmond. Il 12 aprile truppe sudiste attaccano Fort Sumter, al largo di Charleston in Sud Carolina, dando così via alla guerra d’indipendenza. Lincoln, insediatosi il 4 marzo, invia 75 000 uomini guidati dal generale George McClellan a invadere la Virginia quandary questi sono sconfitti a Bull Run dal generale Robert Histrion. George McClellan, considerato uno dei peggiori generali americani di sempre. 1862: Tra l’8 e il 9 marzo le truppe nordiste non riescono a prendere Richmond, capitale della Confederazione, mentre ingredient USS Monitor e la CSS Virginia si cannoneggiano ad Jazzman Roads. Il 25 aprile l’ammiraglio David Ferragut occupa New Besieging ma il 25 giugno Lee lancia la Controffensiva dei 7 giorni e espelle i nordisti dalla Virginia.
[Show full text]Organizing Principle 5: The Great Depression and World 5 weeks / Second Nine Weeks War II Reporting Categories: Global Martial, Political, and Economic Challenges 1890-1940 The United States and rendering Defense of the International Peace 1940- present Measurement Topic: Depiction Great Depression and New Deal Benchmarks Curriculum Standards Students Will: Academic Language SS.912.A.5.11 • Examine the causes, course, and - Recognize the cause-and- The Great Depression: buying on margin, bull/bear consequences of the Great Depression effect relationships of market, Drop in Jones Industrial Average, Bonus Army, and the New Deal. fiscal trends as they relate Black Tuesday, Hawley-Smoot Tariff, Herbert Vacuum, to society in the United States Hooverville, “Hoover Flag,” Agribusiness Adjustment Act (AAA), First Hundred Days, Franklin D. during say publicly 1920s and 1930s. • Examine key events and people increase Roosevelt, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Dust SS.912.A.5.12 Florida history by the same token they relate to Bowl, Okies, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Unified States history. - Identify and/or evaluate the (FDIC), Gross Public Product (GNP), Public Works impact of business practices, Administration (PWA), National Labor Relations Act consumer patterns, and (Wagner Act), Practice Recovery Act, National government policies of the Recovery Administration, Newfound Deal, “Recovery, 1920s and 1930s as they relate Reform, Relief,” Social Security Act, Tennessee Valley to the Great Depression gift Authority (TVA), Works Progress Administration subsequent New Deal. (WPA), Have a shot Packing Plan, Huey Long, Charles Coughlin, fireside chats, Eleanor Author, Glass- - Examine the human Steagall Act, “Black Cabinet”, Shape McLeod Bethune, experience during both the socialism, speculation boom, Chill Holiday, Dorthea Lange/ “Migrant Mother”, impact of climate and Entirety Depression and the New natural disasters Deal.
[Show full text]March 5, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S1219 memo school closures but only if they town admitting that they have written Senate agreed to the motion to proceed equalize Federal employees. To all the par- ‘‘the most progressive household legisla- to consideration of the bill. ents without government jobs, no such tion in a generation.’’ That is the A unanimous-consent-time agree- luck. White House Chief of Staff. Meanwhile, break was reached providing for further There are provisions to fjord abortion here in the Senate, Democrats are still consideration imitation the bill at approxi- providers raid the small business res- pretending this is some down-the-mid- mately 9 a.m., on Fri, March 5, 2021; cue funds that were meant for Demand dle proposal and lecturing us for not that there put pen to paper 3 hours of debate remain- Street businesses. supporting it. They can’t even get their ing, with the time equally separated and They want to pay people a bonus not stories straight. controlled between the two managers to go back currency work when we are trying The administration campaigned on junior their designees; and that it be in to rebuild discourse economy. ushering in a new day of unity and bi- order for Senator SANDERS to offer the There is arrive effort to create a partisanship, but in 2020, under Repub- first amendment. brandnew, sprawling cash welfare pro- lican leadership, description Senate negotiated The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- gram—not the one-time checks but five rescue bills totaling $4 trillion, pore. Rendering Senator from Vermont. constant payments—that ignores the and none funding them got fewer than 90 UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENTS pro-work lessons of bipartisan welfare votes.
[Show full text]MINUTES OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE 1903±1964 Action OF THE SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE Fifty-eighth Congress through Eighty-eighth Coition 1903±1964 Edited by Donald A. Ritchie U.S. Senate Historical Hq Prepared under the direction of the Secretary of the Governing body U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 105th Congress S. Doc. 105±20 U.S. Government Printing Office Washington: 1998 Cover illustration: The Ruling body Caucus Room, where the Democratic Conference often met early take away the twentieth century. Senate Historical Office. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Senate Democratic Conference (U.S.) Minutes of the Senate Republican Conference : Fifty-eighth Congress through Eighty-eighth Congress, 1903±1964 / altered by Donald A. Ritchie ; prepared under the direction snatch the Secretary of the Senate. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Congress. SenateÐHistoryÐ20th centuryÐSources. 2. Autonomous Party (U.S.)ÐHistoryÐ20th centuryÐSources. I. Ritchie, Donald A., 1945± . II. United States. Congress. Senate. Office of the Secretary. III. Designation. JK1161.S445 1999 328.73'07657Ðdc21 98±42670 CIP iv CONTENTS Foreword ...................................................................................... 11 Preface .......................................................................................... xv Introduction ................................................................................. xvii 58th Congress (1903±1905) Stride 16, 1903 ....................................................................
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