the new deal and the west chapter 24 section 4 notes 6.0
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The New Deal and the West
Chapter 24 Section 4Notes 6.0
Objectives…
• Evaluate the impact of the New Deal on the West….
TheDust Bowl
Where? Why? Who?
Where was the Dust Bowl?
Dust Storm - Beaver, Oklahoma
What were the effects?
• Destroyed crops• Dust Pneumonia• People stranded• Black Blizzards• 1/5 to 1/3 applied for
relief• 90% applied for relief in
some areas
Phoenix dust storms - July 2011
• YouTube video
http://www.azcentral.com/commphotos/azcentral/19441/1#1
Federal Agencies and the Dust Bowl
• RA ….(Resettlement Administration)• WPA….• AAA …• Drought Relief Service • Soil Conservation Service…• By 1940 Dust Bowl reduced from 50 million
acres to 4 million
Migration
• Okies• Many went to CA• Became poorly paid
agricultural workers• Forced Mexicans out
How did U.S. water policy change?
• Boulder Dam/Hoover Dam
• Colorado River• Flood prevention• Irrigation• Water S. Cal.• Cheap electricity
Boulder / Hoover Dam Vital Statistics
•Location: AZ & NV•Built: 1931-1936•Cost: $165 million•Purpose: Hydroelectric/ Flood control•Employed: 8,000 workers
Hoover Dam Fast Facts
•660 ft. Thick - 726 ft. tall•20K gals. of water per sec. run the generators •Concrete equals 2 lane road - Seattle, WA, to Miami, FL
What were the consequences of U.S. water policy?
• West wanted gov’t run project to provide cheap electric power
• Increased FDR’s popularity• Helped make California’s Imperial Valley
one of the most productive agricultural areas in the world
A New Deal for Indians
• 1933-320,00 Indian people belonging to 200 tribes lived on reservations
• Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico and South Dakota
• Worst Poverty• Infant mortality rate 2x of white population• Alcoholism, tuberculosis, measles • Bureau of Indian Affairs-appointed John Collier
• Collier-progressive era social work and community organization
• Pledged to “stop wronging the Indians and to rewrite cruel and stupid laws that rob them and crush their families”
• Driving force behind Indian Reorganization Act• Navajo rejected the IRA-protest against the
reduction of their livestock• Howard Gorman-Navajo political leader did
not get along with Collier
• BIA under Collier’s tenure became more sensitive to Indian cultural and religious freedom
• Employment rose• BIA and Congress interfered with tribes-
especially economically• Margold Opinion-tribal governments retained
all their original powers-except when specifically limited by Congress