GCSE USA Booklet 2 Flashcards
What does FERA stand for?
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
What is the first N of NANSPETCHEF and what 2 organisations did it set up?
NIRA and PWA and CWA
Give 2 aims of the New Deal
Get USA back to work, protect savings, provide for sick, old and unemployed, make industry and agriculture productive again
Name 3 high profile opponents of the New Deal
Huey Long, Dr Francis Townsend and Father Coughlin
Name 2 things the Social Security Acts did in the Second New Deal
Financial help to sick and disabled, pensions for elderly and widows, unemployment insurance schemes
What did the NRA set up to improve factories and how many factories signed up?
Blue Eagle Badge Scheme and 2 million
How many black Americans were employed by the CCC?
200,000
What was the EBA and what did it do?
Emergency Banking Act opened 5000 trustworthy banks
What nickname was given to useless jobs
Boondoggling
How much money did the PWA spend?
$3 billion
How many women were employed by the CCC?
8000
How many jobs did the WPA create in how many years?
8,000,000 in 8 years
Why was the AAA contradictory?
Shared better farming methods but also set quotas
Which organisation did the NRA try to close and in which year?
Schechter Poultry Corporation, 1935
Name 3 things the PWA built
Schools, dams, bridges, airports
Who was FDR’s Secretary for Labour
Frances Perkins
How did the TVA help farmers?
By irrigating land
In which month and year was FDR elected?
November, 1933
What was the name of the big trade union set up in 1935?
Committee for Industrial Organsation (CIO)
How much did FERA give to states and name 3 things they bought?
$500 million and soup kitchens, blankets, employment schemes and nursery schools
The WPA set up an organisation to take photos of farm land. What was it called?
Farm Security Administration Photographic Project
Which part of the Second New Deal forced employers to allow unions?
National Labour Relations Act or Wagner Act
How many corrupt officials did Francis Perkins remove?
59
Which organisation replaced the AAA in the Second New Deal?
Soil Conservation Act
What did the share the wealth scheme want to cap personal fortunes at and annual income?
$3 million and $1 million
How many strikes were there in 1937 and what % were settled in favour of workers?
4700 strikes of which 80% were in favour of workers
How many people were hired by the CCC?
2.5 million
In which month and year did FDR become President?
March, 1934
How many people were still unemployed by 1941?
6 million
Which Second New Deal agency supplied electricity to areas not previously supplied?
Rural Electrification Administration
What was the EA and what did it do?
Economy Act and cut government employee’s wages by 15%
What name is given to the period of time between the Presidential election and becoming President?
Lame-duck period
What was the name of FDR’s wife?
Eleanor Roosevelt
What was the main role of the CCC?
To create National Parks and accessibility to them
What was FDR accused of being like after threatening the Supreme Court judges?
A dictator or a fascist
Name 2 things the NRA did to improve factory conditions
Improved working conditions, outlawed child labour, fixed wages, fixed sensible production levels
Name the two laws of 1934 designed to help Native Americans
Native Reorganisation Act and Indian Reservation Act
What did FDR do for the USA every Sunday and how many people listened?
Fireside chats and 60 million
How many Supreme Court judges did FDR threaten to sack?
6
Name a dam built by the TVA
Fontana
Name 2 Republican policies the New Deal was against
Laissez faire and rugged individualism
Which union member was beaten up by Ford’s security force?
Frankensteen
What did Republicans claim had crippled FDR?
An STD
What happened to Huey Long and in which year?
Assassinated in 1935
Name one of FDR’s advisors who helped stop corruption
Harold Hopkins or Harold Ickes
Name two famous films from the 1930s
Gone with the wind and the Wizard of Oz
Which film showed the fate of Okies who had been evicted from their homes during the Depression?
The Grapes of Wrath
How many homes had radios by 1939?
28 million homes
Which comics were first published in the 1930s?
Superman and Batman
Which basketball team became famous by touring the world?
Harlem Globetrotters
How much did the US government spend per day on the war by 1945?
$250 million per day!
How many machine guns and warships did the USA produce during WW2?
2.6 million machine guns and 86,000 warships
How many workers were there in factories during WW2?
14 million
Which policy gave war resource to Britain and the USSR during WW2?
The Lend Lease
What did the USSR receive during the Lend Lease?
7000 tanks, 18,700 aircraft and 400,000 jeeps
How many black Americans gained jobs during WW2?
2 million
How many women joined the workforce during WW2?
7 million
How many Japanese-Americans were sent to relocation centres during WW2?
100,000
What did FDR introduce in 1941 to help black American workers?
The Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
What did CORE do in 1947?
16 CORE activists travelled from northern to southern states in the Journey of Conciliation
What did the Journey of Conciliation show?
Southern states were still discriminating against black Americans on interstate buses
