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Ch 23 Flashcards

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1
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This man was the 32nd president

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, D, 1933-1945

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What experience did FDR have?

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2 terms as governor of NY

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This was FDR’s team of advisors

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Brain trust

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This was the program designed to end the depression

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New Deal

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What were the 3 goals of the new deal?

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Provide relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform

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What was the bank holiday?

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Closing the banks from march 5-12 for inspection

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This act made the FDIC

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Glass-steagall act

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This insured bank accounts up to $5000 when it was created

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Federal deposit insurance corporation

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This provided companies to provide info on all stock offerings

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Federal securities act

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This regulated the stock market

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Securities and exchange commission

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What did the 21st amendment do?

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Repeal prohibition with money through taxation

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This sought to raise crop prices by lowering crop production

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Agricultural adjustment act

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How did the AAA get going?

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Providing money to destroy crops and livestock

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What did the Tennessee Vally Authority do?

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Renovate dams, construct 20 new dams, create jobs, provide flood control and hydroelectric power

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This organization put young men to work building roads and parks and planting trees

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CCC

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This provided money to construct schools and community buildings

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National industrial recovery act

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This set price in products and cods of fair competition. It was made by NIRA

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NRA

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This provided $500 mil of direct relief in grants and work relief programs

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Federal emergency relief administration

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This is spending more than the government receives in revenue

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Deficit spending

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How did conservatives feel about the new deal?

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They thought it provided too much direct relief and it sought to control business and socialize the economy

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What did the Supreme Court do with the new deal?

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They found NIRA unconstitutional and the AAA more of a states right thing

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This man was a democratic senator from Louisiana who was a critic of the new deal and later assassinated

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Huey Long

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What was FDR’s second burst if activity?

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2nd new deal/2nd first hundred day

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This woman was the First Lady/social reformer

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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This hired people to do unskilled labor
Works Progress Admin
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This provided education, jobs, counseling to 2mil young people and needy students
National youth admin
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This defined unfair labor practices, settled disputes between employers and employees
Wagner Act/National Labor Relations Act
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This set the max work hours in a week and the minimum wage
Fair Labor Standards Act
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This was a 3 part aid act
Social security act
30
What are the 3 parts of social security?
Old age insurance for retirees 65+, unemployment compensation, and money for families with dependent children and the disabled
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This paid money to bring electricity to isolated areas
Rural electrification admin
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This lady was the first female cabinet member
Frances Perkins (sec. Of labor)
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This woman was an educator who was the head of the division of negro affairs
Mary McLeod Bethune
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What did Bethune organize?
A "black cabinet" to advise FDR on racial issues
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This woman performed at the Lincoln memorial in Easter 1939
Marian Anderson
36
What racial equality things did FDR not approve of?
An anti lynching law and ending the poll tax
37
Why were people disqualified from government work programs?
They had no permanent address
38
This man was know to restore tribal ownership to some reservations
John Collier
39
What did the Indian reservation act of 1934 do?
Land belonged to tribes and the govt could not take it away, children could attend schools on the reservation, and tribes could elect councils to govern land
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This is the alliance of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party in the 30s and 40s
New Deal coalition
41
What group supported the new deal coalition?
S whites, blacks, women, urban groups, unionized workers
42
What were women and blacks appointed to in the new deal coalition?
Federal positions and programs
43
This is a drama about southern plantations during the civil war
Gone with the wind
44
This was a 1937 Disney animation
Snow White and the 7 dwarfs
45
How did families pass time?
Radio shows
46
How did FDR most directly access Americans?
Fireside chats
47
This man gave a radio broadcast based on the war of the worlds and directed citizen Kane in 1941
Orson Welles
48
This main was the famous painter of American gothic
Grant Wood
49
This man wrote songs about depression hardships and hole
Woody Guthrie
50
What was the grapes of wrath about?
Oakie hardships
51
How did conservatives criticize the New Deal?
gov't was too large and too powerful
52
How did liberals feel about the new deal?
Not enough was done to socialize the economy
53
What did suporters of the new deal think?
There was a good balance between unregulated capitalism and overregulated socialism
54
What ended the Great Depression?
WWII Spending
55
What did FDR expand during the depression?
Power of the federal government and the presidency
56
What acts were long lasting?
FDIC (Glass Steagall), SEC, Wagner, Social Security
57
What did the second AAA do?
Make loans available to farmers
58
What determined the availability of farmer AAA loans?
Surplus and parity price
59
What is parity price?
The price intended to keep income steady
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What standards did the New Deal set?
wages, hours, banning child labor, and collective bargaining

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