The New Deal: 1920-1938

Question 0

SEC

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• regulates the stock market; makes sure rules are followed

- banks can’t loan money to the stock market

Question 1

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

Answer 1

Employed artists to make posters

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FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Association)

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Direct welfare

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TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

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Put hydroelectric dams along the Tennessee River

Brought electricity to “poverty pockets”

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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

Answer 4

Government gave money to farmers to not produce certain products
-Declared unconstitutional

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PWA (Public Works Administration)

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• government gave out loans to private businesses

- hired companies to build public works

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

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Gave employment opportunities to young men

Conservation work

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NRA (National Recovery Act)

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Created rules that companies had to follow

Set limits on everything

Question 8

The Three R’s

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Relief
Recovery
Reform

Question 9

Huey Long

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• should take away property from the rich and redistribute it among the poor
• free college education
• receive money each year from the government

Question 10

Father Charles Coughlin

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-the best way to end the depression is by heavily taxing the rich

Question 11

Dr. Francis Townsend

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• old people

- if you were over the age of 60 and retired, every month you would get 200$ from the government

Question 12

Herbert Hoover

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Rugged individualism:

• people were self made individuals
• was against welfare

Question 13

Trickle Down Economics

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Hoover’s plan to end the depression

• give money to banks and rural credit companies and solid companies
• congress should fund public projects
• money starts at the top and eventually makes its way to the poor

Question 14

Henry Ford

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• invented assembly line
• sold cheaper, quality cars
• raises his workers pay

Question 15

Banking Holiday

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FDR had Congress close all banks for several days

Reopened those in the best shape; troubled banks were put under government supervision

Question 16

Assembly Line and Model T

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Cars used to be made one at a time which made them more expensive
The assembly line made work more efficient; brought the work to the worker
Ford made cheaper, quality cars

Question 17

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 17

First solo flight

Question 18

Franklin Roosevelt

Answer 18

President

“Duty to Others”

Question 19

Wagner Act

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Created the NLRB

-gave workers rights to unionize, fight for fair wages, less hours