APUSH - Ch. 33 Study Guide Flashcards
How did Sec. of State Henry Stimson deal with the Manchurian crisis?
infantile paralysis
The strongest supporter of—and advocate for—the poor and minorities in FDRs years was what person?
Eleanor Roosevelt - TR’s Wife
What did FDR say he would do to combat the economic crisis when he became president? (2)
create a new deal for the “forgotten man”
to balance the budget
How would you characterize the beginning days of FDRs presidency?
Hopeful
What was the dramatic change in the election of 1932 as far as African Americans were concerned?
the Depression?
When Franklin Roosevelt assumed the presidency in March 1933 what kind of political support did he have?
the Congress
The Works Progress Adm. was a major _______________ program of the New Deal; the Public Works Adm. was a long-range __________ program; and the Social Security Act was a major_______________ program.
relief
recovery
reform
What ended the string of bank failures that became a part of FDR’s 100 days?
Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act: law creating the Federal deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured individual bank deposits and ended a century-long tradition of unstable banking that had reached a crisis in the Great Depression
What was the first crisis that FDR had to address and what did he do?
Bank Failures - assured people that it was now safer to keep money in a reopened bank ?
What was the effect of Franklin Roosevelt taking America off the gold standard? (2)
domestic circulation continued to be prohibited
gold coins became collectors’ items
What New Deal program became the most popular?
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC): a Gov. program created by Congress to hire young unemployed men to improve the rural, out-of-doors environment with such work as planting trees, fighting fires, draining swamps, and maintaining National Parks
What was one of the most complex and ambitious New Deal programs?
National Recovery Administrations (NRA): “National Run Around” early New Deal program designed to assist industry, labor, and the unemployed
What was the most radical of FDR’s New Deal programs that was set up by the 100 Days Congress?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): one of the most revolutionary of the New Deal public work projects, it brought cheap electric power, full employment, low-cost housing, and environmental improvements to Americans in the Tennessee Valley
Who was FDR’s close advisor who was the administrator of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?
Harry L. Hopkins
Who was the author of “Share the Wealth” which taxed the rich to help the poor and make every man a king?
Senator Huey P.
