Chapter 15 Flashcards
What Kind of attitude did FDR have
Can do attitude
Who won the election
Roosevelt
Move inaugurations to January
20th Amendment
Or waiting for inauguration Roosevelt worked on ideas with a group known as
The brain trust
Program to alleviate problems of the Great Depression
New deal
What were the goals of the new deal
Relief for the needy, economic recovery, financial reform
The Roosevelt administration launched a period of intense activity
Hundred days
How long did the hundred days last
From March 9 to June 16 of 1933
Many pieces of the new deal legislation was passed
15
What do you Roosevelt do the day after his inauguration
Shut down banks to prevent with drawls
Author rise the treasury department to inspect the countries bank
Emergency banking relief act
What were the rules of the emergency banking relief act
If they couldn’t pay their bills they stayed close. If they were able to pay bills they reopened
A radio chat about public concerns, explaining his new deal measures
Fireside chat
What did the glass Steagall act of 1933 establish
The FDIC
Provided federal insurance for bank accounts up to $5000
FDIC
Required corporations to provide complete info on all stock offerings and made them liable for misrepresentations
Federal security acts
To regulate stock markets
Securities and exchange commission
Bill that allowed alcohol with tax
21st amendment
Raise crop prices by leveraging production, while government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land
Agricultural adjustment act
Paid $200 million for plowing under 10,000,000 acres of their crops
Cotton growers
Renovated fire existing dams and made 20 new ones, created lots of jobs, provided flood control, hydroelectric power
Tennessee Valley Authority
Provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings
National industrial recovery act
Young men 18 through 25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping soil erosion and flood control projects
Civilian Conservation Corps
Two term governor of New York
Franklin Roosevelt