Unit 7 New Deal

Question 1

Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 1

relief project that put unemployed men to work planting trees, building reservoirs, developing parks, and improving agricultural irrigation.

Question 2

Social Security Act

Answer 2

provide general welfare to the unemployed and elderly Americans. Security Act was meant to pay financial benefits to retirees over age 65 based on life time pay roll tax contributions.

Question 3

agriculture adjustment act

Answer 3

passed by congress in 1933 producers of the seven basic commodities(wheat, cotton, corn, pigs, rice, tobacco, and dairy) would impose production limits on their crops to keep the prices they could charge for those crop ups.

Question 4

Public Works Administration

Answer 4

fix roads, provide jobs, build bridges, libraries, schools. Projects with set budgets

Question 5

Townsend plan

Answer 5

The purpose of this proposal focused on federal pensions for older people

Question 6

emergency banking act

Answer 6

banks reopened with government assurance that they were on financial footing. also banks that could not open were shut down for good.

Question 7

sit down strike

Answer 7

a new method of protest for workers that was non violent and prevented strikebreakers

Question 8

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

Answer 8

WPA targets more cities and towns men building roads. created millions of jobs: construction & roads, etc.