Inclass Essay Stats 1

Question 1

Roosevelt 1932 Election

Answer 1

winning 22 821 857 votes and 44 states

Question 2

Hoover 1932 Election

Answer 2

Hoovers 15 761 841 and 6 states

Question 3

New Deal Enactment

Answer 3

March 4 1920, with the aims of; relief, recovery and reform to reverse the negative affect of the depression through 15 reform bills

Question 4

RFC

Answer 4

• Reconstruction Finance Corporation
• approved January 22, 1932
• with an initial capital of $500 million.
• This tried to provide indirect relief to unemployed through loans to banks, insurance companies, railroads, farm organisations and state and local governments.

Question 5

FERA

Answer 5

• Federal Emergency Relief Administration
• that gave $500 million to help homeless and starving Americans,
• with most of the money to increase soup kitchens, shelters, clothing and employment schemes

Question 6

CCC

Answer 6

• Civilian Conservation Corps
• gave jobs to single men under the age of 25 in the country side;
• clearing land, planting trees and strengthening river banks.
• They were given clothing and food, and a wage that was sent back to their struggling families.
• Between 1932-1942 close to 3 million men took part in the CCC scheme.

Question 7

CWA

Answer 7

• Civilian Works Administration
• 4 million people jobs over the minter of 1933-34 in areas such as railroads or sweeping leaves in parks.
• This gave the people something to do, and regain confidence in the economy

Question 8

PWA

Answer 8

• Public Works Administration
• aimed to create lasting public works, and
• 7 billion was spent employing men to build dams, bridges and other infrastructure.
• Between 1933 and 1930, the PWA built 70 percent of schools, and 33 percent of American hospitals.

Question 9

The Emergency Banking Act

Answer 9

4 day break for all banking at 1am, Monday March 6 1933.

Question 10

Gold Standard

Answer 10

• In March and April 1933,
• Roosevelt took American off the Gold Standard.
• This saw that American currency couldn’t be exchanged for gold, making the currency worth fall.
• The decrease in value stimulates foreign buyers and increased foreign trade overseas.

Question 11

Fireside Chats

Answer 11

‘fireside chats’ on Sunday, March 12th 1933.
These became a series where Roosevelt could discuss this future plans over the ration for the entirety of the nation to here,
this tone of voice; calm and relaxed instilled confidence in the country.

Question 12

FCA

Answer 12

• Farm Credit Administration

- was to given loans to a fifth of farmers so they wouldn’t lose their farms,

Question 13

AAA

Answer 13

• Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA)
• to pay farmers to produce less food by reducing their livestock or land.
• This increased produce price, and between 1933 and 1939 farmer’s income doubled.

Question 14

The Emergency Farm Mortgage

Answer 14

• was introduced as apart of Roosevelt’s relief program in March 1933, and
• gave aid to farmers by refinancing mortgages.

Question 15

Smooth Hawley Tariff

Answer 15

• 1930,
• with plans that this would encourage the purchase of American goods.
• The tariff increased custom duties on foreign goods, making them more expensive,
• but this backfired as foreign countries retaliated by terminating foreign trade from American farmers,
• worsening their financial situation.

Question 16

Social Security Act

Answer 16

• passed by Congress in 1935.
• This provided old age pensions by the federal government, and took funds from the employer and employees wages so that this was left over for when the individual retired.
• This stopped many elderly from having to depend on family or friends, or becoming extremely poor and homeless.