HIS222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Theodore Roosevelt, Executive Order 8802, Disability Insurance
Document Summary
Government has a responsibility for the well-being of its citizens. Those suffering from hardship have the right to call upon the government for aid. That should always be the bottom line, whether you agree with them or not. Combines teddy roosevelt and woodrow wilson and makes the new deal. Combining liberal principles of a wilson with the character of a roosevelt. First 100 days- emergency banking acts, fdic (put your money in the bank, it"s secure for you), civilian conservation core (what we can do for the earth), repeals prohibition, National recovery act, sec, social security, wpa (650,000 miles of road, 8000 pars, 8560 airports), minimum working standards, outlawing child labor, creates minimum wage, unemployment and disability insurance, farm relief, art theater and writers project, legalize unions (the wagner act), exec. Order 8802 (fair employment act, outlawing racial discrimination in government), fha, gi bill (government will pay for veteran education)
