The New Deal and the West Chapter 24 Section 4 Notes 6.0
Objectives… Evaluate the impact of the New Deal on the West….
The Dust Bowl Where? Why? Who?
Where was the Dust Bowl?
Dust Storm - Beaver, Oklahoma
Texas Today U.S. Drought Monitor
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
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: Cost: $165 million Purpose: Hydroelectric/ Flood control Employed: 8,000 workers
Hoover Dam Fast Facts 660 ft. Thick 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 ,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