Chapter 32 Flashcards by Gwen Aron

fdr

assest in wife eleanor
commandinf presence and a good pseaker
sponoserd spending to releieve spending as ny governor
platform promised a balanced nudget and social and economic reforms

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eleanor roosevelt

worked in a settlement house
joined women’s trade union league and the league of women voters
brought women activists to gob
influnced gov by adovocating fot the poor and oppressed

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election of 1932

fdr’s brain trust and new deal
hoover not very enthusiatic
h trie to insist that the uncertantitiy and fear produced by frd’s victory would worsen the depression
win for FDR
1st election where blacks switched to dem party and have not sitched back
vitroy was as much pro fdr as it was antihoover

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the new deal

3 rs: relief, reform, recovery
goals: permament recoery and reform of the abuses that created the boom or bust catstrophe
reforms based on progressivism

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fdr begins the new deal

hundred days
congress aproved bills and gave pres blank check powers

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fdr manages the cash money money cash

emergency banking relief act
safe to use banks again
glass-steagall baking reform act
ordered all private holdings of gold be surrenred to gov in exchange for paper money
took nation off gold standard
managed currecny
inflation
increased money in circulation

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creating those jobs

civilian consrevation corps
federal emergency relief admino
agricultural adjustment act
home owners; loan corp refinanced mortagees on non farm homes
civil works administration

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emergency banking relief act

president has the power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange
reopen banks

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civil works administration

provided teporary jobs during the curel winter emergency
elimintaed ollutants in navigable waters

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civilian conservation corps

emplued 3 mil men on conservation projects
provided jobs
provided food and housing so some of wages could be sent home to families

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agiants the new deal

demagogues
father charles coughlin
dr francis e townsend promised everyone over 60 $200 a month
senator huey p long publicized “share our wea;th” program which would give each fam 500 smackaroons
raised questions abt the link b/w facism and economic crisrs

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works progress administration

created employment through public works
beautifivation
encirchment porgrams
federal arts project hired artists to create posters and mirals

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women

1st femal cabinet member secrarty of labor francis perkins
mary bethune served as the highest ranking africa a in fdr gov
conrtibutions to social science
antrhoplogy
ideas abt sexuality, gender isea and relationships

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helping industry and labor

national recovery administaration
public works administration
repeal of prohibition amendment
taxes
jons

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national revoery administration

indistries were to create codes of fair competition
hrs of labor would be reduced to allow for more jobs
minimum wages
right to collective bargaining
baned yellpw-dog controact
resctricited use of child labor
blue eagle symbol
USSC killed the NRA q. the decission tha tcongress couldnt give legislative powers to exacutive and congress couldnt contorl local businesd

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public works administration

4 bil spent on public works projets
headed by harold ickes
great ciulce dam made irrigation of famrs possivle

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paying farmers not to farm

agricultiral adjustment administration
soil conservation and doestic allotment act payed farmers to plant soil conserving crops
second AAA payed farmers for acerage restictions of specificied commodities

agricultural adjustment administration

established parity prices for basic commodities
eliminated surpluses by paying farmers to reduce theur crop acerage
money needed for pauments raised by tazes
increased unemployment
USSc killed it by declaring its regularory tax provisions unconst

dust bowl

drought and overfarming caused loose soil
1000s fled
oakies and arkies to s cali
“the grapes of wrath”e

effects of the dust bowl

frazier’-lenke farm bankrupcy act supsened mortage for 5 yts
resetlement admini removed nearfarmless fams to better land
indian reorganization act which encoraged trives to establish local self-gov and preserve their traditions

fighting bankers and business

truth in securties act require d promoters to tell investors info regarding the soundness of their socks
secutrities and exchange commission
public utility holding company act

securties and exchange commisison

pprotect invesotrs, maintain fair ordely and effiecient markets, and facilitate capital formation
indicatees the purpose of research use
regulate sorck markets

electricity

industry growing
escess rates
by deveolping a hydroelectric potential of the temmeessee river. gov could make jobs and reform the power monopoly
tennessee valalley athority

tennesse valley authority

discovered how much the production of ekecticty cost so rates would be fair
utility corps lash back
employment
cheap power, cheap housing, nitrates, restoration of soilt, o,proved nacitagtion, reforstiation, flood control
less pverty
dams

housing reform

federal housing administration building indsutsry stimulated by loans to hosueholders to imprve their homes and compete new ones US housing authority lended money to states or commmunities for low cost construction bacjlash from estate promoteds slum areas shrank

social securit act

provided for fed-state unemployment insurance specified categories of retired workers recieved gov payments provisions for the disabled

national labor regylations act/wagner act

created a new national labor relations board for admini purposes and ressrted the the right of labor to self organize and bargian collectivelty national laobor relations board unskilled workers began to organize themselves inro effective unsions

unions

committie for industrial organization w. in af of l broke off w. af of l cio moved to automobile industry sit down strikes cio won when its union was reorganized by general motors us steel comapny gave workes right of unionization cio changed to congress of industrial organizations

fair labor standards act

made a min wage for interstate commerace along w. max workign hrs labor by children under 16 forbidden opposition from industrialists exculsion of agricultiral, service, and domestic workers meant that blacks, mexs, and women didnt benefit

election of 1936

dems renominated fdr on platform of new deal repubs nominated alfred landon platform: condemned new deal bc of its radicalism, expermentaiton and confusion fdr dem majority back to congress fdr won bc he appealed to the forgotton man forged an enduring coalition of s, blacks, and ppor

fdr wants a new court

fdr saw ussc judges getting in the way of reform court was conservative fdr thoguht that all of the dem victories showed that the pwople wanted the new deal fdr asked congress to add a new justice for every one over70 that wouldnt reture (up to 6) political blunder

the court changes course

vetoed court packign plan conservative judges started voting on the side of liverals uphelad the priciple of a state min wage for women, reversing its stance uplead the NLRA and SSA congress vote dfull pay for justcies over 70 who retired and passed a reform bill for the courts USSC became friendler to new deal

end of the new deal

less unemployment run in deficits depression in gd keyianism reorganization act gav fdr limited powers for gov reforms hatch act barred most fed admini officials from active poltical campaigning and solciting

complaints abt the new deal

waste, incompetence, confusion, contridictions, corss purposes, and graft leftists and commies growth of goc impulsiveness of fdr large national debt failed promise of balancing hte budget undermined vitues of thrift and initiatve blamed gov for depression not being over sooner states rights ignored

appluase of new deal

relief, not eh economy had been the goal relieved worst of gd colllapse of economic system was averted fairer distrubtion of nations wealth saved nation from free enterprise not socialisic

banking collapse

banks invested heabily in the stock marker stock market collapse - baming collapse life savings gone houses collapsed

banking holiday

shut doen banks for 5 days to evaluate them stem bank failures restore confidence in banks

federal deposit insurance corporation

insured bank deposits examined and supercised financial institutions

federal emergency relief actf

granted 3 bil to state for direct dole payments or wages on work projects immediate relief for the unemployed

reciprocal trade agreement

allows congress to set the terms of trade negotiations, have cingressional consulataions during negotioatons, and moderate the tariff code