GCSE USA Booklet 2

Question 1

What does FERA stand for?

Answer 1

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Question 2

Name 2 high profile opponents of the New Deal

Answer 2

Huey Long
Dr Francis Townsend

Question 3

What did the NRA set up to improve factories and how many factories signed up?

Answer 3

Blue Eagle Badge Scheme and 2 million

Question 4

How many black Americans were employed by the CCC?

Answer 4

200,000

Question 5

What was the EBA and what did it do?

Answer 5

Emergency Banking Act opened 5000 trustworthy banks

Question 6

How much money did the PWA spend?

Answer 6

$3 billion

Question 7

How many women were employed by the CCC?

Answer 7

8000

Question 8

How many jobs did the WPA create in how many years?

Answer 8

8 million in 8 years

Question 9

Why was the AAA contradictory?

Answer 9

Shared better farming methods but also set quotas

Question 10

Name 3 things the PWA built

Answer 10

Schools, dams, bridges, airports

Question 11

How did the TVA help farmers?

Answer 11

By irrigating land

Question 12

How much did FERA give to states and name 3 things they bought?

Answer 12

$500 million and soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes and nursery schools

Question 13

What did the share the wealth scheme want to cap personal fortunes at and annual income?

Answer 13

$3 million and $1 million

Question 14

How many strikes were there in ____ and what % were settled in favour of workers?

Answer 14

1937
4700 strikes of which 80% were in favour of workers

Question 15

How many people were hired by the CCC?

Answer 15

2.5 million

Question 16

In which month and year did FDR become President?

Answer 16

March, 1933

Question 17

How many people were still unemployed by ____?

Answer 17

1941 6 million

Question 18

Which Second New Deal agency supplied electricity to areas not previously supplied?

Answer 18

Rural Electrification Administration

Question 19

What was the EA and what did it do?

Answer 19

Economy Act and cut government employee’s wages by 15%

Question 20

What was FDR accused of being like after threatening the Supreme Court judges?

Answer 20

A dictator or a fascist

Question 21

Name 2 things the NRA did to improve factory conditions

Answer 21

Improved working conditions, outlawed child labour

Question 22

Name the two laws of ____ designed to help Native Americans

Answer 22

1934
Native Reorganisation Act
Indian Reservation Act

Question 23

What did FDR do for the USA every Sunday and how many people listened?

Answer 23

Fireside chats and 60 million

Question 24

How many Supreme Court judges did FDR threaten to sack?

Answer 24

6

Question 25

Name a dam built by the TVA

Answer 25

Wilson

Question 26

Name 2 Republican policies the New Deal was against

Answer 26

Laissez faire and rugged individualism

Question 27

Name two famous films from the 1930s

Answer 27

Gone with the wind and the Wizard of Oz

Question 28

Which comics were first published in the 1930s?

Answer 28

Superman and Batman

Question 29

How much did the US government spend per day on the war by 1945?

Answer 29

$250 million per day!

Question 30

How many machine guns and warships did the USA produce during WW2?

Answer 30

2.6 million machine guns and 86,000 warships

Question 31

How many workers were there in factories during WW2?

Answer 31

14 million

Question 32

Which policy gave war resource to Britain and the USSR during WW2?

Answer 32

The Lend Lease

Question 33

What did the USSR receive during the Lend Lease?

Answer 33

7000 tanks, 18,700 aircraft and 400,000 jeeps

Question 34

How many black Americans gained jobs during WW2?

Answer 34

2 million

Question 35

How many women joined the workforce during WW2?

Answer 35

7 million

Question 36

What did FDR introduce in ____ to help black American workers?

Answer 36

1941 The Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)

Question 37

What does CORE stand for?

Answer 37

Congress of Racial Equality

Question 38

What did CORE do in ____?

Answer 38

1947 16 CORE activists travelled from northern to southern states in the Journey of Conciliation