FDR and the New Deal

Question 1

He was elected president in 1932 at the depth of the Great Depression.

Answer 1

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Question 2

After only a few weeks in office, FDR proposed this plan to get the economy back on its feet.

Answer 2

The New Deal

Question 3

WHat did the New Deal include?

Answer 3

Dozens of new programs designed to help the nation through its economic crisis.

Question 4

How does the government get its money?

Answer 4

The citizens of that country, through taxation

Question 5

What were FDR’s radio talks called?

Answer 5

Fireside Chats

Question 6

Was the New Deal successful?

Answer 6

to a point, yes, but 9 million people were still out of work.

Question 7

When did the U.S. get out of the Great Depression

Answer 7

The start of WWII (war manufacturing boomed to prepare soldiers for war. Making planes, tanks, etc)

Question 8

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA):

Answer 8

Provided funds for local and state relief organizations

Question 9

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Social Security Act (We still have this today but it is going bankrupt)

Answer 9

Gave benefits to the elderly and orphaned and people injured in industrial accidents.

Question 10

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Agriculture Adjustment Act:

Answer 10

Gave farmers money to make up for the government’s request that they bring fewer crops to market

Question 11

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Answer 11

Provided government funds for construction projects and to hire writers, artists and actors

Question 12

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Tennessee Valley Authority

Answer 12

Provided funds to develop the Tennessee River Valley

Question 13

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: National INdustry Recovery Act:

Answer 13

Created voluntary industry-wide codes to regulate work hours, pay rates and prices

Question 14

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - Probably the most famous- Know this one!

Answer 14

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)

Question 15

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: Farm Security Administration

Answer 15

Lent money to sharecroppers and tenant farmers to help them buy their own land.

Question 16

Major New Deal Acts and Agencies: National Labor Relations Board

Answer 16

Administered the National Labor Relations Act

Question 17

She helped African Americans further their education and organized the Black Cabinet to offer advice on New Deal programs

Answer 17

Mary McLeod Bethune

Question 18

Pres. of United Mine Workers, helped out with coal miners

Answer 18

John Lewis

Question 19

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

Answer 19

Huey Long

Question 20

First woman Cabinet Member

Answer 20

Frances Perkins

Question 21

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.”

Answer 21

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 22

He introduced the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 which gave the government power to break strikes. He also opposed the New Deal

Answer 22

Robert Taft

Question 23

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.

Answer 23

Francis Townsend