Political Developments: Some Successes and Failures of the New Deal

Question 1

What alphabet agency was the TVA?

Answer 1

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 2

What year was the Tennessee Valley Authority set up?

Answer 2

1933

Question 3

What was the broad aim of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

Answer 3

To provide electricity to farms in rural areas

Question 3

How many dams did the TVA build?

Answer 3

20 dams

Question 4

By what percentage did farmers’ incomes increase from 1929 to 1949 due to the TVA?

Answer 4

Increased by 200%

Question 4

How many of the poorest states did the River Tennessee run through?

Answer 4

7 poorest states

Question 5

What percentage of farms in the TVA dam area had electricity before?

Answer 5

2% of farms

Question 5

What was the AAA alphabet agency?

Answer 5

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Question 6

What year was the Agricultural Adjustment Administration created?

Answer 6

1933

Question 7

What did the AAA do?

Answer 7

Paid money to farmers to stop them farming their land

Question 8

How many more acres of cotton-farming land were created at the start of 1933 compared to 1932?

Answer 8

500,000 more acres of cotton-farming land

Question 9

How many acres of cotton farmland did the AAA destroy?

Answer 9

11 million acres

Question 10

How many cents did the price of cotton per lb go up by from 1933 to 1934?

Answer 10

Went up by 4 cents per pound

Question 11

How many piglets did the AAA kill?

Answer 11

6 million piglets

Question 11

How many cows did the AAA kill in 1934?

Answer 11

8 million cows

Question 12

By what percentage had cow breeding gone down by 1937?

Answer 12

Gone down by 20%

Question 13

What was an issue for the public with millions of animals being disposed of after being killed?

Answer 13

They could have been used to feed people

Question 14

How many people were homeless in 1933?

Answer 14

2 million people

Question 15

What act created social security? What year was it passed?

Answer 15

Social Security Act, 1935

Question 16

What was the benefit of social security in terms of government spending?

Answer 16

It was self-funding

Question 17

How many weeks would people pay into their unemployment benefit for under social security?

Answer 17

16 weeks

Question 18

How much money did people pay into their unemployment benefit a week?

Answer 18

$70 a week

Question 19

How much lower was the balance of payments deficit for the government under FDR from Hoover’s time as President?

Answer 19

$2 billion lower

Question 19

How much did elderly people pay a week for their pensions?

Answer 19

$80 a week

Question 20

What was the PWA alphabet agency?

Answer 20

Public Works Administration

Question 21

When was the Public Works Administration founded?

Answer 21

1933

Question 22

How many miles of roads did the PWA make?

Answer 22

50,000 miles of roads

Question 22

How much money was given to the PWA?

Answer 22

$3 billion

Question 23

What did the PWA manage to make 10,000 of?

Answer 23

Made 10,000 schools

Question 24

What year was the CWA made?

Answer 24

1933

Question 24

What was the CWA alphabet agency?

Answer 24

Civil Works Administration

Question 25

What was the focus of the CWA?

Answer 25

Get people into jobs

Question 26

How many people were put into work due to the CWA?

Answer 26

4 million people

Question 27

When did the harsh 1933 winter end? (To the month)

Answer 27

March 1934

Question 28

What happened to the CWA after the harsh 1933 winter ended?

Answer 28

They closed down

Question 29

What was the 1933 ERBA?

Answer 29

1933 Emergency Relief Banking Act

Question 30

How long did it take Congress to debate the passing of the 1933 ERBA?

Answer 30

40 minutes

Question 31

What did the 1934 Truth-in-Securities Act do?

Answer 31

Made it so that brokers would have to sell accurate financial securities to their customers

Question 32

Up to how much money could people put in the bank that would be protected by the government?

Answer 32

$2000

Question 33

What did the Wagner Act do?

Answer 33

It made it legal to join a trade union

Question 34

When was the Wagner Act passed?

Answer 34

1935

Question 35

By what percentage did Trade Union membership go up from 1935 to 1940?

Answer 35

Went up by 200%

Question 36

What was the NRA?

Answer 36

National Recovery Administration

Question 37

What year was the NRA created?

Answer 37

1933

Question 38

What did one code of practice tell businesses to do to employees' working hours?

Answer 38

Cut working hours by 10%

Question 38

What diod one code of practice tell businesses to do to employees' wages?

Answer 38

Increase them by 10%

Question 38

What did the NRA do to antitrust laws?

Answer 38

It abolished them for 2 years

Question 38

What would businesses have to follow under the NRA rather than antitrust laws?

Answer 38

Codes of practice

Question 39

How did businesses respond to the codes of practice?

Answer 39

They did not follow them

Question 40

What was the consumer situation by late 1934?

Answer 40

A "Buy Now" campaign had to be made to get consumers to spend

Question 41

What percentage of the workforce were unemployed by 1939?

Answer 41

17%

Question 42

What event truly helped to bring an end to the high unemployment during the Depression?

Answer 42

WWII

Question 43

What percentage of people were unemployed in 1943?

Answer 43

2%

Question 44

How many federal laws were ruled unconstitutional from 1794 to 1934?

Answer 44

60 federal laws

Question 45

How many federal laws were ruled unconstitutional from 1935 to 1935?

Answer 45

10 federal laws

Question 46

Which bill did FDR try to pass when the Supreme Court started to oppose his New Deal policies?

Answer 46

Judiciary Reform Bill

Question 47

What did the Judiciary Reform Bill suggest?

Answer 47

For every judge over 70 years old, an additional judge would be appointed

Question 48

How many Senators voted in favour of the Judiciary Reform Bill?

Answer 48

20 Senators

Question 49

How many Senators voted out of favour of the Judiciary Reform Bill?

Answer 49

70 Senators

Question 50

What was FDR attempting with his Judiciary Reform Bill?

Answer 50

Court Packing

Question 51

Why did FDR want to do court packing with the Supreme Court?

Answer 51

So that there would be judges appointed more in favour of his policies

Question 52

What case did the Supreme Court make against the NRA in 1935?

Answer 52

Sick chicken case

Question 53

What did a butcher firm try to sell to people?

Answer 53

Chickens that were unfit for human consumption

Question 54

How did the National Recovery Administration respond to the butcher firms actions?

Answer 54

They sanctioned them

Question 55

How did the Supreme Court respond to the NRA's actions?

Answer 55

Said they were unconstitutional

Question 56

What year was the NRA ruled unconstitutional?

Answer 56

1935

Question 57

What was the total income of all Americans in 1929 and in 1939?

Answer 57

1929 - $86 billion. 1939 - $73 billion