New Deal and FDR

Question 1

New Deals Phase 1 and 2

Answer 1

Domestic reform

Question 2

Phase 1 (1933-34)

Answer 2

relief, recovery, reform through agriculture and business regulation, inflation, stabilize prices, and public works

Question 3

Phase 2 (1935-41)

Answer 3

Relief and recovery and social and economic regulation for workers

Question 4

Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer 4

Created a minimum wage, max work week 44 hours, overtime pay and no child labor.

Question 5

Bonus Army

Answer 5

WW1 vets support a bonus bill to grant early pension due to service. Vets camped in Washington (10,000), bonus bill rejected by congress but 2,000 vets stayed. the army is sent to disperse them, led by general MacArthur and Eisenhower. Drove from buildings and shacks burnt.

Question 6

The three R’s

Answer 6

Relief, recovery, reform

Question 7

Relief

Answer 7

Short term relief for unemployed

Question 8

Recovery

Answer 8

Stimulus for a speedy recovery

Question 9

Reform

Answer 9

Reform systematic weaknesses in the economy

Question 10

Fireside chats

Answer 10

1933-44, evening radio addresses by FDR, talked directly to the US public about economic and other concerns in the US.