1933-1945

Question 1

First New Deal legislation that helped restore national confidence (2)

Answer 1

• Emergency Banking relief Act helped restore faith in banks
• ‘Alphabet Agencies’ created jobs, e.g the Public Works Administration

Question 2

How was the Public Works Administration help? (3)

Answer 2

Between 1929-1949:
-the PWA employed over 3 million
-50,000 miles of road

Question 3

What was the problem with the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Answer 3

• Established the principle of direct federal government relief for the unemployed
• BUT many states made it difficult to administer

Question 4

Second New Deal Successes (2)

Answer 4

• WPA employed 8.5 million people over 8 years
• Social Security Act (1935) provided pensions and unemployment insurance

Question 5

Problems with Social Security (3)

Answer 5

• Amounts given were not generous
• Pensions/ unemployment insurance only became available in 1940, as people needed time to make contributions first
• Workers in agriculture and domestic services were excluded

Question 6

What was the ‘Roosevelt Recession’

Answer 6

-FDR cut federal expenditure in 1937
-Unemployment rose from 7 million to 10.4 million in 12 months
-Demonstrated the fragility of the New Deal achievements

Question 7

What was the impact of WW2 wages (2)

Answer 7

• Workers in manufacturing wages increased by 27%
• Farmers income doubled between 1940 and 1945

Question 8

Depression living standards

Answer 8

• In cities malnutrition was common and diseases such as TB was common
• People would queue at bread lines and soup kitchens

Question 9

Impact of FDR on living standards (3)

Answer 9

• 4 million homeowners kept their homes through the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
• Over half of homes had plumbing
• Nearly half of homes had central heating

Question 10

Limitations on the impact of FDR

Answer 10

-In 1937, FDR admitted he could still see 1/3 of the nation ill housed and ill nourished

Question 11

What was banned during ww2

Answer 11

‘Pleasure driving’ was banned

Question 12

WW2 positive impact on living standards (families)

Answer 12

Number of families with an annual income of under $2000 fell by 50%

Question 13

Air travel during great depression

Answer 13

Flourished and innovated
-Number of passengers nearly doubled between 1932 and 1938