New Deal Flashcards
1
Q
Black
A
CCC- employed 200k
PWA- short term jobs $3 bil spent
EBA - 5000 banks reopened
2
Q
Women
A
WPA- 460k employed
NRA - improved working condition
FERA - $500 million per state soup kitchens
3
Q
Rural
A
AAA -set quotas
Raised prices & modern techniques
TVA - fontana dam hydro electricity
Dams built on Tennessee river
4
Q
Workers
A
CCC - 2.5 million employed CWA - 4 million NRA- improved work conditions no child labour,fixed wages 2 million blue eagle badge
5
Q
New deals BAD
A
WPA - 8 million jobs
but 6 million unemployed by 1941
CCC -costly for tax payers
TVA - small companies out of business
6
Q
OPPOSITION
A
- Not doing enough
Huey long - cap personal fortune at $3 million - Interfering too much - boondoggling (FSA)