New Deal Flashcards

1
Q

What were the 3 main aims of the new deal?

A

Relief recovery and reform

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2
Q

What did FDR close for four days, after he was inaugurated?

A

The banks

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3
Q

What was the emergency banking act?

A

Only properly managed banks were allowed to reopen
Stricter rules for banks
FDR spoke on radio and asked for US people to trust the banks

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4
Q

What did the beer act signal the end of?

A

Prohibition

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5
Q

What were fireside chats?

A

FDR would speak on the radio and explain his plans to the people

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6
Q

Who did FDR get his expert advice from?

A

The Brains trust

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7
Q

What does the agency FERA stand for?

A

Federal Emergency relief administration

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8
Q

What was the aim of FERA?

A

To immediately help the poor, unemployed and starving

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9
Q

What did FERA do to achieve its aims?

A

.Money to state govts to run projects providing immediate relief
.Soup kitchens and temporary homes

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10
Q

What does CCC stand for?

A

Civil conservation corps

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11
Q

What did the CCC entail?

A

.Work in countryside doing conservation work

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12
Q

How much money did the CCC send home to families per day?

A

1 dollar

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13
Q

How many young men did CCC employ?

A

2.5 million

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14
Q

How many women participated in CCC?

A

8000

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15
Q

What did the AAA stand for?

A

Agricultural Adjustment Act

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16
Q

What did the AAA do?

A

.Loans and Grants to farmers to destroy crops and grow fewer crops.
This pushed up prices and helped farmers income
,This helped farmers modernise and conserve soil

17
Q

Who did AAA not help?

A

It did not help farm tenants and farm workers who lost jobs when the farm produced less.

18
Q

What did TVA stand for?

A

Tennessee Valley Authority

19
Q

What did the TVA deal with?

A

Flooding and soil erosion

20
Q

What did HOLC stand for?

A

Home owners loan cooperation

21
Q

What did HOLC do?

A

.Took over mortgages of people that were struggling with payments

22
Q

How many mortgages did HOLC take over?

A

.Over 1 million

23
Q

What percentage of Americans did HOLC rescue?

A

20%

24
Q

What did PWA stand for?

A

Public Works Administration

25
Q

Who did PWA give work to?

A

Skilled workers

26
Q

What percentage of US schools did PWA build?

A

70%

27
Q

What did FDR call the PWA?

A

Priming the pump

28
Q

What did NRA stand for?

A

National Recovery Administration

29
Q

What did the NRA promote?

A

.Improved working conditions
.End of child labour
.Fairer wages and prices

30
Q

Which organisation was eventually declared unconstitutional by the supreme court?

A

.NRA