Chapter Twenty Four Flashcards
The Master Politician
Experience on all 3 levels of government
Displayed a willingness to try different approaches to ending the depression
Use of the mass media
Radio
Fireside chats
The first hundred days
15 major bills
FDRs first action
Close the banks
Main purpose of the 1st new deal
Recovery
Relief
Reform
To insure depositors savings
Federal deposit insurance corporation
To regulate the stock market
Securities and exchange commission
Joseph Kennedy first commissioner of the SEC
Civil works administration
FDR was forced to cancel the program due to costs
The most controversial of fdrs programs
Tennessee Valley Authority
The most highly praised program and FDRs favorite
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Father Charles coughlin
The radio priest
The main purpose of 2nd new deal
Lasting reform
Cornerstone of the 2nd new deal
Social security
National labor relations act
Wagner act
FDR through the new deal helped the democratic party form new a political coalitions
•labor unions
•retirees
•african americans
•ethnic minorities