Chapter 17 New Deal Era Flashcards
Creator of the “New Deal”, and what year?
President Roosevelt in 1933
Agricultural Adjustment Act 1933
Provided incentries for landowners to plant fewer acres and reduce farm production
Winner of the 1928 election, majority of the votes were by?
President Hoover, majority of votes by southern whites.
Black Cabinet
Roosevelt had the largest number of AA’s in his cabinet.
•constantly changing
• members were not politicians
Mary McLeod Bethune
Only woman African American in the black cabinet.
Black Cabinets mission
Look for jobs, opportunities and equality for all AA’s
Civil Service Regulations
No longer have to identify race on work apps
National Industrial Act 1933
“Fair competition codes”
• minimum wage scale of $12-$15 per week
•abolition of child labor ⬇1⃣6⃣
•Discriminated occupational groups
Year the industrial act was declared unconstitutional
1935
(AAA) agricultural adjustment administration
Farmers receives cash benefits for plowing.
•formed by southern tenant farmers union, black & white ppl
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
REA
Rural electrification administration
FSA
Farm security administration