The New Deal

Question 1

What did FDR do in the first 100 days?

Answer 1

Passed a lot of new laws

Question 2

What were fireside chats?

Answer 2

FDR would do regular speeches over radio to be broadcasted

Question 3

What did FDR do with the banking crisis?

Answer 3

Closed banks Friday-Monday

Created the emergency banking relief act

Question 4

What was the Emergency Relief act?

Answer 4

Gov guaranteed all money in banks up to value of $2500 would be safe

Question 5

How many bank failures were there in 1933?

Answer 5

4004

Question 6

How many banking failures were there in 1934?

Answer 6

62

Question 7

What was the new deal?

Answer 7

Reform
Relief
Recovery

Question 8

What were the 6 alphabet agencies for relief?

Answer 8

AAA
FERA
CWA
CCC
HOLC
SSA

Question 9

What were the alphabet agencies for recovery?

Answer 9

PWA
WPA
TVA

Question 10

What were the alphabet agencies for reform?

Answer 10

NRA

SSA

Question 11

What did the AAA stand for?

Answer 11

Agricultural adjustment act

May 1933

Paid farmers to stop producing to increase prices

1932-1935 income rose $4.5 - $6.9 billion

Dealt with crisis of overproduction

Question 12

What did the FERA stand for?

Answer 12

Federal Emergency Relief Act

May 1933

Gave $500 million to states to help unemployed

Harry Hopkins

Some states refused to spend money on the poor

Question 13

What did the CWA stand for?

Answer 13

Civil works administration

Nov 1933

Set up due to bad winter

Provided work on projects for 4 million people

Closed down after winter

Question 14

What did the CCC stand for?

Answer 14

Civilian conservation corps

March 1933

Gave work to unemployed men 17-24
In public areas

3 million young people

Training given

No job at the end

Question 15

What did the HOLC stand for?

Answer 15

Home owners loan corporation

1933

Gave loans to home buyers

Low mortgage rates to encourage buying houses but not have it repossessed

Attempt to aid housing market

Question 16

What did the SSA stand for?

Answer 16

Social security act

1935

First proper help for old/poor

Employers paid insurance to provide pensions

65’s + or when someone lost their job

Given $18 per week for 18 weeks

Question 17

What did the PWA stand for?

Answer 17

Public works administration

June 1933

$3.3 billion spend on roads, hospitals

Restart the economy

Harold Ickes in charge

Employed 1000s

Started pump priming

Built 13,000 schools

Question 18

What did the WPA stand for?

Answer 18

Works progress administration

1935

Same as PWA

Employed 2 million

Given 1 years work and training

Got contracts that private industry’s did not want

Lower wages than private industries

Question 19

What did the TVA stand for?

Answer 19

Tennessee valley authority

May 1933

River Tennessee ran through 7 poor states

Aimed to build 20 dams to control floods for hydro-electric power and water for soil to stop dust bowl

Helped farmers

Question 20

What did the NRA stand for?

Answer 20

National recovery administration

June 1933

Improve working conditions and fair wages

Help children involved in child labour

Each industry encouraged to adopt a code of practices for industry (557)

Supreme Court banned NRA later

Question 21

What was pump priming?

Answer 21

A cycle

Pay taxes
Government use money to build things
Creates jobs
More money spent

Question 22

When did FDR become president?

Answer 22

March 1933