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The New Deal Flashcards

1
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What New Deal policy improved working conditions?

A

National Recovery Adminstration

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2
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What did the National Recovery Administration outlaw?

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Child labour

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3
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What did the National Recovery Administration do to stop overproduction?

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Fixed wages and sensible production levels

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4
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How many employers joined the National Recovery Administration scheme?

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2 million

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5
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What were employers who joined the National Recovery Administration called?

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Blue Eagle Badge

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What was the National Recovery Administration declared as?

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Unconstitutional

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What did the Public Works Administration use government money to build?

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Schools, dams, bridges and airports

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What dam did the Public Works Administration build?

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Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia River

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9
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What did the Public Works Administration create?

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Millions of short term jobs

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10
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How much was spend on the Public Works Administration?

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$3 billion

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11
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Why did tax payers and Republicans not like the Public Works Administration?

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Costly and too much help, anti rugged individualism

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What did the Emergency Banking Act do?

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Closed down all banks until they and been checked by a government official

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13
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How many trustworthy banks did the Emergency Banking Act reopen?

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5000

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14
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What did the Emergency Banking Act impose regulations to stop?

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Reckless speculation

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15
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What insured deposits for the Emergency Banking Act?

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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16
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How much did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insure deposits up to?

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$5000

17
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Who was the Civilian Conservation Corps aimed at?

A

Young, unmarried men between 18 and 25

18
Q

How long did the Civilian Conservation Corps workers sign up for?

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6 months at a time

19
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What were some of the environmental projects done by the Civilian Conservation Corps?

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National Parks-planting trees and maintaining beaches

20
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How much did Civilian Conservation Corps workers earn?

A

$30 a month and sent back $25 to families

21
Q

How many were helped by the Civilian Conservation Corps?

A

2.5 million

22
Q

What agency gave $500 million to individual states?

A

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

23
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What was the $500 million given to individual states used to pay for?

A

Soup kitchens, employment schemes and nurseries

24
Q

Who led the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?

A

Harry Hopkins

25
Q

How much did Harry Hopkins give out?

A

$5 million within 2 hours of setting up the Federal Emergency Relief Administration

26
Q

Why was the money sent home by Civilian Conservation Corps workers not spent?

A

Lack of confidence

27
Q

When did Roosevelt present to Congress the 2nd New Deal?

A

14th June 1953

28
Q

What did the Supreme Court rule on 14th June 1953?

A

PWA and AAA were unconstitutional

29
Q

What replaced the PWA?

A

Works Progress Administration

30
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How many jobs did the Works Progress Administration set up?

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8 million in 8 years

31
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How many families were helped by the Resettlement Administration?

A

500,000

32
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What did the Resettlement Administration help families from?

A

Drought hit areas

33
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What replaced the Resettlement Administration?

A

The Farm Security Administration

34
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When was the Farm Security Administration set up?

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1937

35
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How many photos did the Farm Security Administration’s photography project take of farm land?

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80,000

36
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How much did the Farm Security Administration lend to farmers to help during the depression?

A

$1 billion

37
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Why was the Farm Security Administration opposed?

A

Republicans saw the jobs as boondoggles and a waste of money

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