Solutions of the Great Depression (Roosevelt)

Question 1

1st Solution

Answer 1

First 100 days:
Fireside Chats on radio-calmed nation and told people to save money in banks
-Banks’ Holiday- reopen strong banks

Question 2

First New Deal (1933)

Answer 2

-Relief, Recovery, Reform
-Relief- FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)
provided cash and food
-Recovery- job creation
-Reform- change laws to prevent worsening depression

Question 3

2nd New Deal (1935)

Answer 3

Social Reform

• Social Security Act
  
  • provided unemployment money
  • TODAY: provides retirement and disability money
• WPA: Works Project Administration- job creation

Question 4

How did African-Americans view FDR?

Answer 4

Working class African-Americans supported with FDR.
His programs convinced many to vote for him to pull them out of poverty.

Question 5

What were the three R’s of his program?

Answer 5

-Relief, Recovery, Reform

Question 6

What programs were created as a part of the “recovery” part of FDR’s first new deal?

Answer 6

TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority- built dams
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps- national parks
PWA: Public Works Administration- roads and bridges

Question 7

What programs were created as a part of the “reform” part of FDR’s first new deal?

Answer 7

FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: insures money in bank- up to $250,000
AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Administration: regulate farm production

Question 8

Relief

Answer 8

FERA- Federal Emergency Relief Administration gave people food and cash