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29 Cards in this Set
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Who won the election of 1932?
What was his slogan? Was he Rep. or Demo.? |
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt.
"Happy Days Are Here Again!" |
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Name three things of FDR's Life
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1) came from rich family, but belived it was the duty of the rich to help poor
2)struck by polio 3) Overcame paralysis (seen as hero by public) |
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What did FDR promise the people?
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The New Deal
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What were the three main goals of the New Deal?
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1) Relief for the needy
2)Economic Recovery 3) Financial Reform |
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What did the first "Hundred Days" do?
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Passed alot of laws-
"Brain Trust" kept people up to date with his Fireside Chats |
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What was the emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933?
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Banks started to close because people didn't want to lose their money.
-Bank Holiday to calm people down. |
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What was the Glass-Steagall Act?
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Federal insurance for people's bank accounts up to 5k dollars.
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What was the Federal Securities Act of 1933?
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the truth in advertising for all stock offerings
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Securities Exchange Commision(SEC) 1934? What did it try to do away?
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The riggingand inside trading in the market.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)? What did it do?
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Created outdoor jobs for 18-25yr.olds (25 was sent home)
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What was the Federal emergency Relief Administration? Who was it run by?
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Harry Hopkins- $3million in grants for the unemployed
-Civil Works Administration term jobs |
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What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
What helped and hurt this effort? |
Tried to raise agricultural prices by destroying surplus of crops and livestock.
-The Dust Bowl |
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What replaced the Agricultural Adjustment Act? What year?
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killed in court in 1936 by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936.
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What was the Works Progress Administration of 1935?
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$11 billion dollars on public works projects:bridges, roads, schools, and arts
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What was the National Recovery Administration?Who killed it?
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Set prices, fair competition, standards for working, right to organize, and no child labor
-Supreme court |
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What was the Public Works Administration?
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$4 billion toward 34,000 public work projects
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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority?
What did it provide? |
it built dams along the Tennessee river.
Provided flood control, jobs, housing, and cheap electric power |
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What was the Wagner Act?
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Protected Unions
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What was the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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Eliminated child labor, established minimum wage, and raised overtime pay
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What Was the Social Security Act?
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money for the elderly amd disabled
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What did the Works Prodess Administration do?
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created as many jobs as possible. As fast as it could
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Second Term Plans- What did FDR do in his second term?
Who did he beat in the election? |
Eleanor pushed him for improving conditions for the needy.
He beat Alfred Landon |
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A recession in 1937 conviced FDR to accept John Mayard's Idea of Deficit Spending/Pump Priming.
FDR adopts Deficit Spending- What is it? |
Spending money that U.S. does not have in order to stimulate economy.
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Supreme Court Vs. FDR- What did the Supreme Court think of FDR's New Deal? What did FDR say?
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The Supreme Court believed the New Deal to be unconstitutional.
He called them old and slow. The memebers were old and would not allow him to finish the New Deal. |
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What did FDR ask congress for?Was it given to him? What did the people think?
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He asked for permission to appoint new supreme court justices. No; the people believed he wanted too much power.
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Who hated the New Deal and FDR?
What did they think of the New Deal? |
American Liberty League. They believed the New Deal was too Communist.
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Who was Huey Long? what happened to him?
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A communist that wanted to run against FDR in1936 election. He was murdered.
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Who was Father E. Coughlin
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Anti-Semite who thought FDR was on the side of big buisness
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What were the Effect of the New Deal? When will the economy be fixed?
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1) unemployment dropped by 19% from 25%
not until WW2 |
