Thursday March 1, 2007 Notes; 5th Period

I apologize for posting so late. Here is some of the things we took down.

• Roosevelt's New Deal.
• FDIC invests deposits in banks up to $5,000 in a savings account
• Securities Act and Securities Exchange Act: later established Securites and Exchange Commision to enforce federal law.
• FER Administration prouded $500,000,000 for relief to the poor.
• Young people just coming out of high were in hard luck of finding a job because there were rarely available at the time. So Roosevelt put these people, including Mr. G's father to be to work with the Civil Conservation Corps. one of the most popular New Deal Programs.
• Civil works Administration put 4 million unemployed to wrok on 400,000 small scale government projects.
• 3-Rs: relief, recovery, and reform are relief programs.