Chapter 10

Question 1

Election of 1932

Answer 1

• Republicans renominate Herbert Hover
• Depression turn many against him
• Democrats: Governor of NY Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Flew to Chicago for 1st ever acceptance to presidential acceptance
• Ending Depression: New Deal

Question 2

Election of 1936

Answer 2

• Many people owe jobs to New Deal
• Frances Perkins

Question 3

Social Security Act

Answer 3

guarantees benefits for the elderly and the unemployed

Question 4

CCC

Answer 4

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• put young men to work outdoors, learn work skills

Question 5

FDIC

Answer 5

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
• created to provide gov. insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amount

Question 6

HOLC

Answer 6

• Home Owners Loan Corporation
• bought the mortgages of homeowners who were behind in their payments

Question 7

CWA

Answer 7

• Civil Works Administration
• created to prevent, reduce, and eliminate pollution in the nation’s water in order to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation’s waters

Question 8

PWA

Answer 8

• Public Works Administration
• began a series of construction projects which focused on economic investment
• had workers work on highways, dams, schools, sewer systems, etc.

Question 9

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Answer 9

• abolishes child labor
• minium wage 25c
• 40 hour work week

Question 10

Wagner Act (NLRB)

Answer 10

• National Labor Relations Board
• workers have the right to organize unions and bargin collectively

Question 11

Polio

Answer 11

a paralyzing disease

Question 12

Broker State

Answer 12

US gov. settles conflicts with interest groups

Question 13

Sit Down Strike

Answer 13

stop working, refuse to leave factory

Question 14

Deficit Spending

Answer 14

borrow money to pay for programs

Question 15

Gold Standard

Answer 15

one ounce of gold equaled a set number of dollars

Question 16

Federal Number One

Answer 16

offers work to artists, musicians, etc.

Question 17

AAA

Answer 17

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration
• gov. would pay farmers not to raise certain livestock, such as hogs, and not to grow certain crops such as wheat and tobacco

Question 18

Congress of Industrial Organizations

Answer 18

• The Committee of IO
• The Congress of IO
• refers to federation of unions
• relates the industries (steel, automotive, etc.)

Question 19

FDR

Answer 19

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 20

Harry Hopkins

Answer 20

• helps channel money to state and local governments

Question 21

Dr. Francis Townsend

Answer 21

• supports monthly checks to citizens
• left wing critic

Question 22

Henry Morgenthau

Answer 22

Treasury Secretary, favored balancing the budget and cutting the spending

Question 23

Francis Perkins

Answer 23

Secretary of Labor, 1st woman appointed to a cabinet post

Question 24

John Maynard Keynes

Answer 24

“Keynesianism” econmics
gov. needs to continue spending during an economic rough time

Question 25

Huey Long

Answer 25

• a senator from Lousiana
• left wing (Democrat)
• critic of New Deal
• supports “Share Our Wealth” programs

Question 26

New Deal (Success vs. Disappointment)

Answer 26

• Success > created jobs, provided funding
• Disappointment > deficit spending (too much relegation)

Question 27

Political Progress vs. Mistakes

Answer 27

Progress > gov. expands role, becomes a safety net
Mistakes > too much funding, The Court Packing Plan, cutting the budget in 1937 which causes a recession

Question 28

Background of FDR

Answer 28

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Born in Hyde Park, NY (1882)
• Grew up outdoors, lifelong commitment to conservation
• Harvard and Columbia Law School
• Married Elanor Roosevelt
• Built for politics
• NY State Senator (1910) Assitant Secretary of Navy through WW1 under Wilson
• Repuation as progressive reformer
• Develops polio in early 1921