FDR Acts: Relief, Recovery, Combination

Question 1

What was the public works Administration act

Answer 1

Combination
PWA of 1933 launched projects, such as the Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia river. It was intended both for idustrial recovery and unemployment relief. Eventually more than $4 billion was spent on 34,000 construction projects. One of these projects was San Fransico’s Golden Gate Bridge.

Question 2

What was the Ag, Adjustment Administration

Answer 2

AAA of 1933 raised farm prices through subsidies. It paid farmers not to raise certain crops and livestock, hoping that lower production would cause prices to rise. The Supreme Court struck down the tax that funded AAA subsidies to farmers. The Civil Works Admin (CWA) was a public works program funding jobs ranging from ditch digging to highway repairs to teaching. Created in Nov. 1933, it was criticized as “make work” and abandoned in the spring of 1934. It provided a psychological and physical boost to its 4 million workers.

Question 3

Whats the two combination acts

Answer 3

The Public Works Admin(PWA)

The Ag. Adjustment Admin. (AAA)

Question 4

name the 10 relief acts

Answer 4

The Farm Security Administration (FSA)
The Federal Writers Project (FWP)
Works Progress Admin (WPA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Federal Art Project (FAP)
Federal Emergency Relief Admin (FERA)
Federal Music Project (FMP)
Federal Theatre Project( FTP)
The Civil Works Administration (CWA)
National Youth Administration (NYA)

Question 5

The Farm and Security Admin (FSA)

Answer 5

(Relief)

Was created in 1937(formerly called the Resettlement Admin in1935) to aid sharecroppers

Question 6

The Federal Writers Project (FWP)

Answer 6

(relief)
of 1935 was a part of the Works Progress Admin(WPA). This cultural program employed about 6,686 writers at its peak in 1936. It produced 3.5 million copies of 800 titles by 1941

Question 7

The Works Progress Admin(WPA)

Answer 7

(relief)
was a part of the second phase of the New Deal. From 1935 until 1943, this agency provided work from about 3 mill. workers @ a time. By 1943, it had helped between 8mill-9mill. Under the WPA,buildings,roads,airports, and schools were constructed. Actors, painters, muscians and writers were employed through the Federal Theatre Project; the fed. art project and the fed, writeres project

Question 8

Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC)

Answer 8

(Relief)
of 193 put million men to work in a variety of conservation projects; planting trees to combat soil erosion and maintain national forests; eliminating stream pollution; creating fish, game and bird sanctuaries; and conserving coal, petroleum, shale, gas, sodium,, and helim deposits. Workers earned a dollar a day but recieved free board and job training. From 1934 to 1937, this program funded similar programs for 8,500 women. It taught men and women of America how to live independently, thus increasing self-esteem.

Question 9

Federal Art Project(FAP)

Answer 9

Relief
of 1935 was a part of the Works Progress Admin (WPA). This cultural program employed 5,300 artists at its height in 1936. Murals, paintings, sculptures and photography were all part of this program

Question 10

Federal Emergency Relief Admin( FERA)

Answer 10

Relief

of 1933 out money into public works programs which were gov.-funded projects to build public facilities and create jobs

Question 11

Fed Music Project(FMP)

Answer 11

Relief

of 1935 was a part of the Works Progress Admin(WPA). This cultural program employed about 16,000 muscians at its peak

Question 12

Fed. Theatre Project( FTP)

Answer 12

Relief
of 1935 was part of the Works Progress Admin(WPA) and employed 12,700 theater workers at its peak. The fed. theater units presented more than 1,000 people. There were 1,200 plays produced in the four years of the project

Question 13

Civil Works Admin(CWA)

Answer 13

relief
Was a public program funding jobs ranging from ditch digging to hwy repairs to teaching. Created in November 1933, it was criticized as “make work” and abandoned in the spring of 1934. It provided a psychological and physical boost to its 4 mill. workers.

Question 14

National Youth Admin (NYA)

Answer 14

Created under the Emergency Relief Act of 1935, provided more than 4.5 mill jobs for young people. It gave part-time employment to students, established training programs and provided aid to unemployed youth.

Question 15

What are the 8 reform acts

Answer 15

The fed housing admin(FHA)
Emerg. Banking Act
Fair Labor Standard Act 1938
Fed. Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
National Labor Relation Act( Wagner Act)
Securities Exchange and COmmision (SEC)
Social Securities Act of 1935
Revenue ACt of 1935

Question 16

Federal Housing Admin

Answer 16

Reform
FHA of 1934
worked to improve housing standards and condition and to insure mortgages

Question 17

Emergency Banking Act

Answer 17

Reform
on march 6, 1933, FDR shut down all banks in the nation and forced Congress to pass this Act. It gave the gov. the oppurtunity to inspect the health of all banks. This re-established citizens’ faith in banks. Inspectors found that most banks were healthy, and two-thirds of all banks were allowed to open soon after

Question 18

Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

Answer 18

reform

of 1938 nanned child labor and set a min wage. It also established a normal work week of 40hrs

Question 19

The Fed. Deposit Insurance corp (FDIC)

Answer 19

reform

established by the Glass-Stegall Banking Act of 1933 to insure bank deposits of up to $5,000

Question 20

National Labor Relations Act

Answer 20

reform
(wagner Act)
July 1935 legalized collective bargaining and closed shops (workplaces open only to union members) Although it was designed to bring about industrial peace, it led to a wave of strikes, many of which were sit-down strikes. These tactics, although not always successful, proved quite powerful. In 1939, the supreme court outlawed the sit-down strike as being too potent a weapon and an obstacle to negotiation.

Question 21

Securities Exchange Commision (SEC)

Answer 21

reform
of 1934 required full disclosure of info on stocks being sold. The SEC regulated the stock market. Congress also gave the Federal Resere Board the power to regulate the purchase of stick on margin.

Question 22

Social Security Act of 1935

Answer 22

reform
established the admin. of a national pension fund for the aged and unemployed, as well as public assistance for dependent mothers, children and disabled people. It was financed by a payroll tax based on employer and employee contributions

Question 23

Revenue Act of 1935

Answer 23

(Wealth Tax Act) Raised the tax rate on individual incomes that exceed $50,000 and also increased rates on the income and profits of corporations.