New Deal Flashcards

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first new deal- when, intention, acts

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33-35-- relief and recovery
emergency banking act
AAA
CCC
TVA
SEC
NIRA

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emergency banking act

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--radio address (fireside chat) announces 3 day bank holiday and tries to restore confidence that money is safe
-- creates fdic, federal department of insurace corp that insures money up to 2000 dollars-- SUCCESS

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What does FDR carry on from hoover?

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reconstruction finance corp-- distributes 7-8 million dollars

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CCC

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civilian conservation corp
creates new environmental stuff that provided jobs

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AAA

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agricultural adjustment act
farmers couldnt sell crops becasue of mass overproduction, so the gov pays farmers to slaughter pigs and destroy surplus so they can regulat
- later found unconstitutional in butler vs US
processing tax supplied to farmers

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NIRA

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national industrial recovery act.
- Government oversight of industry.
-the NRA (national recovery assoc) was the assoc that did it-- had a blue eagle symbol
- fair competition, maintain wages
--- declared unconstitutional in Scheckter Poultry corps vs US b/c gave prez regulatory powers that belonged to congress and regulated commerce within states
aka gave too much power to the federal government

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TVA

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tenessee valley authority
- provides powerlines/ electrical development in rural areas same promise as CCC.
- gov organizations provide jobs, get people working, and put the $ in their hands

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SEC

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secrurity exchange commission
0 regulates trade and oversees stocks

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When did the game changers change things and what'd they do and who were they

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1935
huey long
francis townshend
charles coughlin
FORCE FDR FURTHER LEFT-- MORE RADICAL/ LIBERAL NEW DEAL

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huey long

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wants 100% tax on all incomes over 1 mill-- called it the share our wealth program (gov of LA)

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Francis Townshend

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wanted 200 dollars a month for retired people

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Charles coughlin

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Priest w/ weekly talk show ... criticizes FDR for not going faar enough-- biggest proposal was the national bank.

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When was the 2nd new deal and what was different

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further left-- 35-38, focused on reform

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WPA

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works projectect assoc
creates a fed writers/music/ arts project so people can capture the times through murals and stuff and puts people back to work.

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PWA

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Project works
digs and builds lincoln tunnel and triborough bridge/ hoover dam.

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resettlement admin

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makes direct loans to farmers to buy farms and share croppers--- wants them to move to more productive areas so they aren't farming overused land.

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wagner act

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also called national labor relations act
-- federal recognition of lbor unions
outlaws yellow dog conracts and strike breakers
had to collectively bargain

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fair labor standards act

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ban of child labor, created minimum wage and 40 hr work week

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pubic utilities holding company act

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resricts gas and electric companies to one geographic region

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wealth tax act

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rises axes on the rich and corporations-- max tax of 75 percent on incomes over 5 mill

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social security act

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4 elements
1- pensions
2- unemployment insurance
3- benefits for survivors of accidents (workers comp)
4- aid for disabled people and dependent mothers with chidren (welfare)

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2 things that lead to the end of the new deal

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1- court packing plan
roosevelt passes bill that for every justice 70 or over, the president gets to appoint another justice-- huge backlash

2- roosevelt recession (end of 37)
all measuresof the economy were fixd except unemployment, which was dropped
- spending stopped due to social security
WWII then brings us out

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HOW DID THE ND HELP FARMERS

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RESETTLEMENT ADMIN AND aaa. CLEAR THAT THEYRE EAIDING FARMERS.
fdr ABLE TO CREATE SECOND aaa DUE TO TAX ISSUES

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how did it help black

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unions allowed them
second great migration-- blacks moe to urban cities
NRA has codes with discrimiatory clauses yet FDR says nothing
- fed law outlawing lynching by NAACP (says nothing)
- FDR also appoints mary Vethune as director of minority affairs
- linked him and his cabinet to black organizations

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women?

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bad record with women
- grief for taking men's jobs
-- marriage rates decline
-- women who worked in the private sector (house cleaners) worked for les than minimum wage
-birthrates decline
- divorce rates rise
- high school enrollment increases

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native americans

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john collier was the leader and founder of the AMerican Indian Defense association-- greater tribal recognition
-- congress passes indian reorganization act of 1934 that restores tribes all legal entities (ends dawes)
0 legal standing= coan sue american gov for breaking treaties

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environment

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taylor grazing act-- insentivises oil conservation and better farm practices
- wildlife refuges created

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defeats of new deal

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AAA/NIRA

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success/ failure?

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33-37/38 drops unembloyment at least 10 percent, and in 37 all incidators at pre depression level besides this

ends there becasue of court packing and recesion of 37

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ND policies that are still aroudn

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social security, wagner, FDIC

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presidents roles/ involvement
each presidents view about:
how responsible is the gov for every american?

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TR/WILSON-- progressive, recognition that the government needs to do more.
HARDING- after wilson's failed league stresses normalcy with high tariffs, little gov involvement.
Harding/ coolidge enforced neo isolationis/ protectionism (ignored floods)
HOOver- by 1932, creates RTC. He realizes volunteerism isnt working but it's too late to save his presidency.
FDR carries over RTC and takes a diffferent view by making the gov responsible for employment of ever american.

wilson & FDR put foreign policy second and domestic policy first