1930's Flashcards
(29 cards)
Bank holiday
Give Banks time to recover
Fireside chat
Radio talks about issues of public concern from the government
AAA
American agricultural adjustment act Restore purchasing powers of American farmers to the pre-World War I levels
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority provide flood control
CCC
Civilian conservation corp. create jobs and saw the environmental problems
NRA
National recovery administration stabilize economy by ending competition between production with child labor
FDIC
Federal deposit insurance Corp. identify and ensure your money to a certain amount
SEC
Securities and exchange commission requiring companies that sol bonds and stocks to provide full complete truthful information to investors
WPA
Works progress administration create jobs in the communities
FHA
Federal housing administration improve housing standards increase employment in home construction
Social Security act
Created a solution for pensions and Social Security for the retired disabled
Wagner act
Get workers rights to form labor unions
Deficit spending
A government spending of more money than it receives in revenue
Eleanor Roosevelt
Wife of Franklin Roosevelt niece of Theodore Roosevelt
Father Coughlin
A critic of FDR’s programs who was popular but lost his influence due to the anti-Jewish talks
Dorothea Lange
Photographer who documented American life during the great depression and era of the new deal
Frances Perkins
Americas first female cabinet member
Orson Welles
Actor producer director and writer created one of the most renowed radio broadcast of all time, “The War of the World”
Herbert Hoover
President that wouldn’t do welfare to help the citizens, “trickle down effect”
Franklin Roosevelt
President that created the new deal
John Steinbeck
Annapolis to describe the experience their family had farming the depression
The media impact of Franklin Roosevelt’s first 100 days in office
New jobs everywhere
Why the Supreme Court opposed the new deal
They didn’t think it would work and it created more problems that Roosevelt had his fingers into too many deals for the people
The purpose movies in radio serve during the great depression
Allowed people to escape the problems with the Great Depression