
Grades: 9-12
Ethics, Economics, and Social Issues
Help your students to think critically about ethical issues and understand why ideas of right and wrong are vita…
Grades 9-12
Grades 3-5
Grades K-2, 3-5
Grades K-2, 3-5
On this day in 1933, Roosevelt continued his aggressive first month in office, signing the Economy Act into law. Another strike against the Depression, the Economy Act slashed the salaries of federal employees in the name of preserving the nation's fiscal resources. It forced veterans to forgo part of their war benefits in the name of the economy. Along with these austerity measures, the Economy Act also forced the federal government to shuffle various agencies in hopes of maximizing their cost efficiency.