New Deal Flashcards
high profile opponents of new deal
Huey long , dr francis townsend
What was the CWA
CWA and PWA aimed to make industry strong again, CWA had 4 million workers
What was the EBA
Emergency banking act - 5000 new trustworthy banks were opened
what was the PWA
Public work administration . built airports , roads , bridges etc . millions of jobs created - cost 3 billion
What was the Federal relief administration
500 million was given to individual states to pay for soup kitchens , employment schemes etc
what did tennese valley authority do
Provided dams across river tennese to irrigate land , provided lots of jobs
one reason new deal went to far
Created too many worthless jobs known as boondoggling
one reason why new deal didn’t do enough
Dr francis townsend and father coughlin wanted to reduce personal fortunes to 1 million per yr
one reason why new deal was illegal
Supreme court closed down PWA , as they thought it was controlling people too much
