The Structure of the Fed - Two parts: the board of Governors and the 12 regional federal reserve banks - One of the jobs of the federal reserve banks is to audit the books of private sectors to ensure good standing and a healthy bank Decisions about monetary policy are made by the Federal Open Market Committee The Effectiveness of the Federal Reserve System - The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was established and given authority to make loans to banks in order to stabilize the banking sector in 1932... - The Glass Steagall Act of 1932 increased the ability of banks to borrow from the...

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It also enlarged federal authority over private banks and government loans to private banks. ... The Emergency Banking Relief Act which enlarged federal authority over private bank and made government loans to private banks. ... The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was direct federal money for relief that was through the state and local governments. ... It also established a federal role in agricultural planning, price setting, and federal farm-aid based on parity pricing and subsidy. ... The government did very little to help these people out. ...

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There was a significant difference in the Federal Government's reaction to the prosperity of the Roaring Twenties and the economic disaster of the Great Depression. ... When Franklin Roosevelt came to office, he imposed the New Deal, which drastically altered the Federal Government's role in the economy and created a very proactive approach to combating the depression. ... He felt it was the duty of the government to protect and help revive the economy. ... The Federal Government played a part in causing and fixing the economic failure. President Roosevelt significantly altered the ...

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Roosevelt, thirty-second President of the United Sates, greatly expanded the role of the federal government with a wide-ranging economic and social program, the New Deal, designed to counter the Great Depression of the 1930s. ... His New Deal established programs like the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Works Progress Administration, and the Tennessee Valley Authority. ... The Federal Emergency Relief Administration was established as a temporary program that would run on direct governmental aid to give the states large grants that were passed on as direct cash payments for nee...

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While FDR did not have a specific plan during the campaign itself, his directional philosophy was that federal government had a responsibility to ensure social justice and the welfare of its citizens. After winning the election and as FDR's presidency began, the New Deal began to flesh itself out through a collection of legislation and actions that would initiate the concept of America as a welfare state and establish the role of federal government in guaranteeing individual welfare. Seeding the idea of government as guarantor, the New Deal established a collection of agencies to focu...

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These potential causes include the maldistribution of purchasing power, the lack of diversification in the American economy, the credit structure of the economy, bank failures, the action of the Federal Reserve, America's position in international trade, and the international debt structure. ... John Maynard Keynes, in the early 1930s, attributed the crisis to the impact of changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy. ... The Federal Reserve was concerned about the rising speculation on the Stock Exchange, fearing that a stock market crash would destabilize the economy. ... One source r...

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As the Depression became worse, calls grew for increased federal intervention and spending due to the rise of the unemployed and drop of income, tax revenue, profits and prices as well as international trade. Hoover however, refused to involve the federal government in forcing fixed prices, controlling businesses, or manipulating the value of the currency. He refused to use federal money as a direct aid to citizens as he believed that it would weaken public morale. He wanted citizens to be able to help themselves without relying on the government. ... Roosevelt saw the government differently. ...

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The New Deal Throughout the 1930's Roosevelt created a government that took part in an increasingly popular role in the economy and the well being of the country. Roosevelt challenged all three branches of government and the constitution to make a better economy for America. New Deal plans such as; the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Social Security Administration helped the economy recover and got many Americans lives back to normal. ... The glass-Steagall banking act created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which...

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Its purpose was to offset the effects of the Depression by establishing federal programs of recovery, relief, and reform, or the three R's, using government intervention and federal money. ... The central legacy of the New Deal was increased government involvement in the lives of the American people. Several government-funded programs were created in the early thirties to aid economic and social dilemmas. ... In 1933 the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was established and headed by Harry Hopkins. ... In 1935 the New Deal made further efforts to promote social welfare and exert f...

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Many people came to depend on the government or charity in order to survive. A prime example that led to this tragedy is the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates in 1928 and 1929. ... Roosevelt felt that the Federal Government's duty was to help and not be helped. ... The widespread unemployment rates during the 1930s worsened an already difficult situation because the government didn't have any money at that time and the rates were too high for the government to respond. ... The reforms of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s turned the Federal Reserve into a moder...

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Short signed government economic policies were one of the factors that led to the Great Depression. ... Thus, the government took no action against unwise investing. ... The 1920's saw a stock market boom in the U.S. as the result of general optimism: businessmen and economists believed that the newly-born Federal Reserve would stabilize the economy, and that the pace of technological progress guaranteed rapidly rising living standards and expanding markets. ... Federal Reserve's attempts in 1928 and 1929 to raise interest rates to discourage stock speculation brought on an initial r...

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This program was a federal program which worked at the more minor levels. ... The first of these organizations was the Federal Emergency Relief Agency. ... Another federally run organization was the Social Security Act. ... The first was criticized for blatantly giving away federal money. ... The government began to take a more active role in the way the banking system was run. ...

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The WPA also sponsored the Federal Theater Project, Federal Act Project and Federal Writer's Project providing work for artists. ... Some complained Social Security went against American traditions and the government shouldn't regulate so, but it eventually paved the way for the later expansion of the largest program administered by the government. ... The NRA seemed to be welcomed and successful at first, but businesses felt government was over governing them, and that the courts were not being fair. ... The loss was caused mainly by federal spending that Roosevelt had made early in...

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The power of the federal government increased as it took on new roles; promoting the general and economic welfare of the nation, and regulating business and finance to guarantee they would be socially responsible. ... The New Deal was costly and put the government into debt. ... Next, the government turned its attention toward the people. ... "The purpose of FERA was to work cooperatively with state government, providing federal grants for relief purposes" (The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)). ... Another program was the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)....

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Federal excise tax was also raised. ... Congress enacted the National Industrial Recovery Act to establish a commitment to economic planning and business-government cooperation. ... The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ensured deposit bank accounts through the Federal Reserve System. ... It gave the government greater control over currency and credit. ... The New Deal set up many social reforms, set up governmental control of the economy and helped many Americans. ...

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He felt a great need to take government out of peoples lives [Doc A]. ... He did not want to use government power in dealing with this. ... One program that helped farmers was the Federal Farm Board. ... Another was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, created in 1932; it was a federally funded institution. ... The Federal Home Loan Bank Act further helped people avoid foreclosures, by making loans to building and loan associations, banks and companies. ...

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As Herbert Hoover was the nation's president at the time, the country didn't seem to progress due to his fear of unequal power between citizens and the government. Many people would protest, and send anonymous letters to the government explaining their situation and crying for help. ... After a memorable speech, he offered a curriculum of acts like Social Security Act, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Nonetheless, many people argued that the government's objective was to expand federal government. ... However, other agreed that the New Deal protected the United States ...

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The government sent them to agricultural areas to plant trees, build parks, and work on solving erosion problems. ... Also, the USA government gave farmers money to produce less crops. ... After the act passed by the congress, only the banks which were stable could re-open, like the 12 regional Federal Reserve banks. ... What's more, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration was inaugurated on May 22. ... ("The Federal Emergency Relief Administration....

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The New Deal programs had many distinct policies that helped people gain confidence in economy and in the government. ... Another program to provide direct relief for the needy was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). ... Furthermore, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) founded in 1933, insured individuals" bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures. ... For most Americans, the Social Securities system was an important function of the federal government. ... When this administration was first established, people thought the NRA was actua...

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Congress, trying to reduce unemployment, restore prosperity and return a sense of morale to American citizens, endorsed a wide variety of bills creating new federal programs and agencies. ... It returned trust in leaving money in the banks with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). ... Conservatives condemned this as a waste of government funds. ... Another attempt at socialism which was not well appreciated by the right hand side of government. ... The government over-taxed the rich and spent amounts of money greater than what they had coming in. ...

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Hoover refused to agree with the request of the Democrats in Congress, who wanted the government to distribute money to the unemployed. " as a "rugged individualist" deeply rooted in an earlier era of free enterprise, shrank from the heresy of government handouts. ... The Glass-Steagall Act used government gold reserves to help industry. The Federal Home Loan Bank Act created discount banks to help refinance homes and prevent foreclosures. ... He supported a loan of $300 million to states for direct relief, expansion of public works, and cutbacks in the federal government. ... He proposed a s...

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One of the more careless mistakes that people in general made during the "roaring twenties" was approaching government through passive means. After the "Great War", no one was really in the mood to deal with government as much as they used to. People started to ignore their government and treat it like it was no longer a very important part of their lives. ... The federal government did not help in closing this rather large gap at this time. Coolidge signed the Revenue Act of 1926, which reduced federal income and inheritance taxes by a great amount. ...

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The American people and the government feared communism; espionage was a high priority to the government. ... This act required "all communist organizations to register with the government and to publish their records" (Brinkley 793). ... One of the most important events that took place during Eisenhower's eight years was the Federal Highway Act of 1956. ... The government decided that a way to help generate resources for this program was to raise the Federal Gasoline Tax from three cents to four cents a gallon. ... "It was provided f...

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Nevertheless the New Deal did not create a full recovery from the Great Depression, yet it left a real effect in two places, the American government and American society.         ... Many historians agree that during Roosevelt's twelve years in office, there was a huge escalation in the power of the national government in general. Roosevelt additionally settled the administration as the conspicuous focus of power inside the central government. ... The power of labor unions expanded during this time, and the New Deal likewise prompted an increase in the federal regulation of the ...

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The government intervention was higher than it ever had been during the depression. The Federal Reserve Board, a special government agency, had been set up in 1913 to prevent depressions and the problems that were associated with it. ... The actions of the Federal Reserve Board explained many problems that led up the Stock Market crash and the other effects of the depression. The Federal Reserve Board watched banks very carefully and thought what was best for the banks, would also be good for America. ...

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