America: New Deal

Question 1

What was the theory behind ‘The alphabet agencies’?

Answer 1

The government creates jobs by spending money
Once workers earn wages, they start buying goods
Firms and businesses then start hiring new workers

Question 2

What was did the FCA stand for?

Answer 2

Farm credit Administration

Question 3

What was the FCA?

Answer 3

Lent money to farmers who couldn’t keep up with loan payments

Question 4

What did the AAA stand for?

Answer 4

Agriculture Adjustment Agency

Question 5

What was the AAA?

Answer 5

Paid farmers to produce less - food prices rose and farmers income increased

Question 6

What did the NRA stand for?

Answer 6

National Recovery Administration

Question 7

What was the NRA?

Answer 7

Encouraged young workers and employers to work out a code of fair conditions and pay
Gave workers the right to join a trade union

Question 8

What did the TVA stand for?

Answer 8

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 9

What was the TVA?

Answer 9

Provided work building dams and electric power stations along the Tennessee River area

Question 10

What does the HOLC Stand for?

Answer 10

Home Owners Loan Corporation

Question 11

What does the HOLC do?

Answer 11

Gave loans to people struggling to pay their mortgages

Question 12

What does the CCC stand for?

Answer 12

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 13

What does the CCC do?

Answer 13

Put jobless 18-25 year olds to work in the country side creating 2.5 million jobs

Question 14

What does the CWA stand for?

Answer 14

Civil Works Administration

Question 15

What does the CWA do?

Answer 15

Provided temporary jobs for 4 million people, building schools, airports and roads

Question 16

What does the FERA stand for?

Answer 16

Federal Emergency Relief Agency

Question 17

What does the FERA stand for?

Answer 17

$500 million was given to states to help the homeless

Question 18

What was the opposition of the new deal from the rich?

Answer 18

To pay for the new deal FDR raised taxes for rich people - angered them

Question 19

What was the opposition of the new deal from business people?

Answer 19

Many business owners didn’t like the way the new deal agencies ‘interfered’ with business and gave more right to workers

Question 20

What was the opposition if the new deal from the supreme courts?

Answer 20

Ruled that the AAA agency was illegal - giving help to farmers was a matter for state governments

Question 21

What was the opposition of the new deal for the republicans?

Answer 21

Many republicans who believe in ‘Laissez Faire’ were horrified by the way the new deal dominated people’s lives

Question 22

What was Huey long’s alternative for the new deal called?

Answer 22

‘Share our wealth’

Question 23

What was the ‘share our wealth’?

Answer 23

All fortunes over $5 million would be confiscated and shared out and every family would receive $5000 to buy a radio, car and a house

Question 24

What was Francis Townsend’s alternative ideas for the new deal?

Answer 24

Wanted everyone to retire at 60 to give more job opportunities to younger people

Question 25

What was Charles Coughlin’s alternative idea for the new deal?

Answer 25

Set up the National union for social justice