FDR- Depression Era

Question 1

Who was FDR the son of

Answer 1

James Roosevelt and sara Delano Roosevelt

Question 2

What disease did fdr have

Answer 2

Poliomyelitis (polio)

Question 3

fdr slogan

Answer 3

I propose a new deal. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people

Question 4

How much did FDR win by

Answer 4

Won 57% of the vote and carried all but 6 states

Question 5

What importance did Eleanor have

Answer 5

She became heavily involved in politics, and many women would write letter asking for necessities

Question 6

When was FDR inauguration

Answer 6

March 4th

Question 7

What was the lame-duck amendment (20th)

Answer 7

A leader whose authority is weakened because they are about to leave office

Question 8

What was the goal while the nation was in ruins

Answer 8

Give Americans a sense of hope

Question 9

What did FDR say in his first inaugural address

Answer 9

The only thing to fear is fear itself

Question 10

What is the “first 100 days” know to do

Answer 10

It pushes a lot of programs and acts

Question 11

What happened 1 day after the inauguration

Answer 11

FDR ordered all banks to close for the next four days

Question 12

What was the Emergency Banking Act

Answer 12

Authorized the government to inspect the financial health of all banks

Question 13

What is the Glass-Steagall Banking Act

Answer 13

Made banks choose between being a bank for civilians or commercial banking

Question 14

What the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC

Answer 14

It insured bank deposits

Question 15

What was the Federal Securities Act

Answer 15

Required businesses to disclose information about finances if they offered stock shares

Question 16

What was the Securities and Exchange Commission SEC

Answer 16

Helped to regulate the stock market

Question 17

What was the gold standard

Answer 17

Meant every U.S. dollar had to be backed up by gold

Question 18

What was the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Answer 18

Sent money to overburden local relief agencies; Salvation Army, united way, etc

Question 19

What was the civil works administrator (CWA)

Answer 19

Improving and building committee- roads parks airports and other facilities

Question 20

What was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 20

Maintained forests, beaches, and parks

Question 21

What is the NRA- national recovery administration

Answer 21

Regulate wages, control working conditions, production and prices. The goal was to stabilize the economy

Question 22

What did the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)

Answer 22

Changed mortgages to make them more manageable for people.

Question 23

What did the Agricultural Ajustment Administration AAA do

Answer 23

Gave financial aid to individuals or groups. Paid farmers not to produce.

Question 24

What was the Tennessee Valley Authority TVA

Answer 24

Helped create jobs in the region by reactivating hydroelectric power facility started during WW1

Question 25

What did the Supreme Court do to a lot of the acts

Answer 25

The court declared a lot of them unconstitutional

Question 26

What did the second new deal do

Answer 26

More social welfare benefits, stricter controls over business, stronger supprort for unions, and higher taxes on the rich

Question 27

What did the Works Progress Administration WPA

Answer 27

Built a lot of schools, playgrounds. Sewers, bridges… and employed a lot of people

Question 28

Social security administration SSA

Answer 28

Provided old age pensions, disability payments, and unemployment benefits

Question 29

What was a big issue with the agencies FDR was passing

Answer 29

Didn’t help out as many minorities or women, it was geared towards white men

Question 30

What did the Revenue act do

Answer 30

Taxed the rich and raised taxes for people with incomes over $50,000

Question 31

American Liberty league

Answer 31

Charged the new deal with limiting American freedoms: FDR’s biggest opponent

Question 32

What are demagogues

Answer 32

Leaders who manipulated people with lies, deceptive promises, and scare tactics

Question 33

Who was father coughlin

Answer 33

Dubbed the radio priest: he would contradict himself

Question 34

Who was Huey long

Answer 34

Louisiana politician- opposed FDR and broke away; he believed none of his tactics would work

Question 35

What is déficit spending

Answer 35

Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government receives in revenues

Question 36

What did FDR do to the Supreme Court

Answer 36

He appointed 6 additional justices- 1 for each justice over 70

Question 37

How did FDR get the U.S. out of the depression

Answer 37

By entering the war