New Deal Flashcards

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Black

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CCC- employed 200k
PWA- short term jobs $3 bil spent
EBA - 5000 banks reopened

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2
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Women

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WPA- 460k employed
NRA - improved working condition
FERA - $500 million per state soup kitchens

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3
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Rural

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AAA -set quotas
Raised prices & modern techniques
TVA - fontana dam hydro electricity
Dams built on Tennessee river

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4
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Workers

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CCC - 2.5 million employed
CWA - 4 million 
NRA- improved work conditions 
no child labour,fixed wages
2 million blue eagle badge
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5
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New deals BAD

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WPA - 8 million jobs
but 6 million unemployed by 1941
CCC -costly for tax payers
TVA - small companies out of business

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6
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OPPOSITION

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  1. Not doing enough
    Huey long - cap personal fortune at $3 million
  2. Interfering too much - boondoggling (FSA)
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