Chapter 24 Flashcards
The Master Politician
-Experience on all 3 levels of government
-displayed a willingness to try different approaches to end the depression
-use of mass media
Radio
Fireside chats
the first hundred days
15 major bills
FDR’s first action
close the banks
main purpose of the 1st new deal
recovery, relief, reform
To ensure depositors savings
federal deposit insurance corportation
to regulate the stock market
-securities and exchange commission
-joshpeh Kennedy made first commissioner of SEC
civil works administration (CWA)
FDR was forced to cancel program due to costs
most controversial of FDR’s programs
Tennessee valley authority
the most highly praised program and FDR’s favorite
Civilian conservation corps (CCC)
father Charles coughlin
The radio preist
the main purpose of 2nd new deal
lasting reform
what is the cornerstone of the 2nd new deal
social security
national labor relations act
Wagner act
FDR through the new deal helped democratic party form a new political coalition
labor unions, retirees, african americans, ethnic minorities
FDR sought to expand the court from
9 to 15
New dealers
people who supported new deal legislation
lasting effects from the new deal
1) Government now has a role in the economic planning and regulation of the American economy
-Regulates: stock market (SEC)
-Banks (FDIC)
-Industrialization (Wagner act)
2) Massive expansion of executive authority and the bureaucracies
