New Deal

Question 1

first 100 days

Answer 1

FDR passes massive legislation

Question 2

mass media

Answer 2

fireside chats

Question 3

Emergency Banking Act

Answer 3

March 5, 1933
Closed all banks for 1 week
inspection of funds and safety
if it’s reopened, then it is safe

Question 4

Emergency Conservation Work Act

Answer 4

CCC (civilian conservation corps)
hires men to do conservation work
over 200000 employed
$35/month+ room and board
integrated (some)

Question 5

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Answer 5

Raise prices of farm supply
have to cut supply (get rid of cows, wheat, etc.)
government subsidies for farmers to destroy supply
controversial bc ppl are starving

Question 6

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Answer 6

sending $ to states and cities to fun local welfare programs
headed by harry hopkins
$1 bill in 2 years

Question 7

Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 7

built hydroelectric network that supplied cheap power to the south
created jobs and encouraged industry

Question 8

Home owners Refinancing Act and Farm Credit Act

Answer 8

allows home owners and farmers facing foreclosure to refinance
refinanced about 20% of all home mortgages

Question 9

Glass-Seagall Banking Act

Answer 9

created federal deposit and insurance corporation
insures all deposits up to $5000
separates commercial and investment banking
federal securities act
promotes full disclosure of stock information

Question 10

national industry recovery act

Answer 10

set code of prices, production quotas, minimum wage, max hours
abolished child labor
guaranteed recognition of unions
rules unconstitutional in 1935
created civil works admin. 
act struck down, then resurrected later

Question 11

schnecter v us

Answer 11

company challenging production quotas and prices

any exec. control= unconstitutional

Question 12

2d 100 days

Answer 12

reelection

1935

Question 13

social security act

Answer 13

gov’t pensions for retired workers
assistance to disabled or dependent children
funded by current employers and employees

Question 14

works progress administration

Answer 14

replaces the PWA and CWA

employed 8.5 mil, spent 10.5 bill

Question 15

wagner act

Answer 15

national labor relations act
creational labor relations board
guarantees right to form unions
outlaws discriminatory actions against unions

Question 16

congress of industrial organizations

Answer 16

growth in organized labor
open to blacks and women
9 mil members
sit down strikes

Question 17

revenue act of 1935

Answer 17

raise $250 mil/year in revenue by increasing upper income tax brackets, corporate taxes, gift taxes, and inheritances
“soak the rich”

Question 18

election of 1936

Answer 18

“are you better off now than 4 years ago?”

FDR wins by a landslide

Question 19

wagner- steagall housing act

Answer 19

mandates construction of low cost public house

Question 20

fair labor standards act

Answer 20

min wage
max hours
anti child labor provisions
used in NIRA

Question 21

indian reorganization act

Answer 21

reverses dawes act

allows tribal councils

Question 22

francis townshend

Answer 22

critic

old age revolving pension plan

Question 23

huey long

Answer 23

“share our wealth”

critic

Question 24

conservatives

Answer 24

critic

herbert hoover

Question 25

supreme court

Answer 25

struck down NIRA and AAA

Question 26

court packing plan 1937

Answer 26

one new justice for every one over 70
6 new justices
doesnt pass
under FDR

Question 27

roosevelt recession

Answer 27

1937/38
by 37 industrial output and real income had reached 29 levels and unemployment had dropped to 14%
FDR starts cutting back, stock market drops and unemployment rises
1938- shifts gears back

Question 28

WW2

Answer 28

ends great depression

new deal programs wither away

Question 29

long term effects

Answer 29

democratic coalition last until 1960s
position of labor strengthened
defecit spending precedent
gov't rolr in welfare more established
banking and busines regulations more accepted