FDR and the New Deal Flashcards
He was elected president in 1932 at the depth of the Great Depression.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
After only a few weeks in office, FDR proposed this plan to get the economy back on its feet.
The New Deal
WHat did the New Deal include?
Dozens of new programs designed to help the nation through its economic crisis.
How does the government get its money?
The citizens of that country, through taxation
What were FDR’s radio talks called?
Fireside Chats
Was the New Deal successful?
to a point, yes, but 9 million people were still out of work.
When did the U.S. get out of the Great Depression
The start of WWII (war manufacturing boomed to prepare soldiers for war. Making planes, tanks, etc)
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA):
Provided funds for local and state relief organizations
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Social Security Act (We still have this today but it is going bankrupt)
Gave benefits to the elderly and orphaned and people injured in industrial accidents.
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Agriculture Adjustment Act:
Gave farmers money to make up for the government’s request that they bring fewer crops to market
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Provided government funds for construction projects and to hire writers, artists and actors
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Tennessee Valley Authority
Provided funds to develop the Tennessee River Valley
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: National INdustry Recovery Act:
Created voluntary industry-wide codes to regulate work hours, pay rates and prices
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - Probably the most famous- Know this one!
Gave 3 million young men work in environmental improvement projects (Many National Park have upgrades that were made by the men working for the CCC)
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Farm Security Administration
Lent money to sharecroppers and tenant farmers to help them buy their own land.
Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: National Labor Relations Board
Administered the National Labor Relations Act
She helped African Americans further their education and organized the Black Cabinet to offer advice on New Deal programs
Mary McLeod Bethune
Pres. of United Mine Workers, helped out with coal miners
John Lewis
Senator from Louisiana who opposed the New Deal. He wanted to take rich people’s money and give it to the poor instead. He later was found guilty of misusing public money
Huey Long
First woman Cabinet Member
Frances Perkins
One of the most popular 1st ladies. She fought to improve conditions for the poor, African Americans, &women. She said, “We cannot exist as a little island of well-being in a world where 2/3 of the people go to bed hungry every night.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
He introduced the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 which gave the government power to break strikes. He also opposed the New Deal
Robert Taft
Retired physician who proposed that every American who retired at age sixty would continue to receive a sum of $ each month for his retirement (basically Social Security) This, he thought, would free up jobs for younger people to enter the workforce.
Francis Townsend
