Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

History - Civil Rights - African Americans > The New Deal - The Alphabet Agencies > Flashcards

The New Deal - The Alphabet Agencies Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

When was the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

A

1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

A

AAA

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What was the purpose of the AAA?

A

-used subsidies (government gives money towards it) to regulate (control/oversee) farm production

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What were the issues with the AAA?

A

-disbanded after WW2->impact on rationing up to 1947->agriculture sidelined post 1945 as a result of globalisaton/ industrialisation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the AAA?

A

-less production on farms, meant fewer jobs available-> impacted mostly AA due to sharecropping
-200,000 sharecroppers were displaced and forced elsewhere for work. Forced to travel to towns for work at a time when jobs were scarce
-exposed them to more racism and discrimination

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

When was the Tennessee Valley Authority?

A

1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Tennessee Valley Authority?

A

TVA

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the purpose of the TVA?

A

-regional planning of a deprived area with, hydro-electricity production, environmental conservatism, flood control and educational and health projects
-involved the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Kentucky

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What were the issues with the TVA?

A

-still in operation though criticised for its unanticipated environmental impact

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the TVA?

A

-racial segregation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

When was the Civilian Conservation Corps?

A

1933

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Civilian Conservation Corps??

A

CCC

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What was the purpose of the CCC?

A

-provided work for young men aged 18-25 paying $30 a month, $25 had to be sent to their families
-they stayed in camps organised on military lines and worked on regional environmental projects such as national parks where they built trails, recreation facilities and access roads

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What were the issues with the CCC?

A

-disbanded in 1942

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the CCC?

A

-racial segregation

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

When was the Federal Housing Administration?

A

1934

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Federal Housing Administration?

A

FHA

18
Q

What was the purpose of the FHA?

A

-Federal guarantees of private mortgages with reduced down payments from 30%-10% and extended repayment time from 20-30 years
-enabled more Americans to purchase their own homes

19
Q

Does the FHA still continue today?

A

yes

20
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the FHA?

A

-refusal to give mortgages for black families in traditionally white neighbourhoods

21
Q

When was the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

A

1935

22
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Works Progress Administration?

A

WPA

23
Q

What was the purpose of the WPA?

A

-established work relief programmes funding a vast range of projects directed at different areas including the Federal Act Project (FAP)
-run by Harry Hopkins

24
Q

How long did the WPA run for and how many people did it employ using what?

A

-ran for 8 years
-employed 8.5 million people using local officials to administer the projects

25
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the WPA?

A

-blacks find it harder to get into new industries due to finding it harder to get higher wages that whites
-doesn’t consider colour
-1 million black Americans working for it by 1939

26
Q

When was the Wagner Act?

A

1935

27
Q

What’s another name for the Wagner Act?

A

-National Labour Relations Act

28
Q

What was the purpose of the Wagner Act?

A

-originally drafted with a provision prohibiting racial discrimination
-but the American Federation of Labour successfully lobbied against it, and it was dropped
-AFL unions used their new power, granted by the Wagner Act, to exclude blacks on a large scale

29
Q

Does the Wagner Act still continue today and what was it expanded into?

A

-continues today but was expanded in 2 other acts (Taft -Hartley Labour Act of 1947 and the Landrum-Griffin Act of 1959)

30
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the Wagner Act?

A

-the Wagner Act had the effect of excluding blacks, since the dominant unions discriminated against blacks
-harmed blacks by making labour union monopolies legal

31
Q

When was the Social Security Act?

A

1935

32
Q

What is the abbreviation of the Social Security Act?

A

SSA

33
Q

What was the purpose of the SSA?

A

-created guaranteed retirement payments for over 65s
-set up federal insurance for the unemployed
-provided additional assistance for the disabled
-for public health and for dependent women and children

34
Q

Does the SSA still continue today?

A

yes

35
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the SSA?

A

-indifferent to meeting the needs of black Americans, as in the exclusion of domestic workers (a major area of black female employment)

36
Q

When was the Fair Labour Standards Act?

A

1938

37
Q

What was the purpose of the Fair Labour Standards Act?

A

-set a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour and a maximum working week of 40 hours for businesses involved in interstate commerce and particularly for workers not in unions
-it raised the wages of 12 million workers by 1940
-the system was a model for the future
-it was opposed by Southern conservatives on the grounds of excessive government interference with business
-they also feared that Southern industry with it’s traditional low wage structure would lose its competitiveness

38
Q

What were the issues with the Fair Labour Standards Act?

A

-it gave the benefits for a shorter working week and a minimum hourly wage by statute rather than by union negotiation
-this was the last New Deal reform to become law

39
Q

When was the National Housing Act?

A

1938

40
Q

What was the purpose of the National Housing Act?

A

-established the United States Housing Authority and set up housing projects for low income families

41
Q

What were the issues with the National Housing Act?

A

-encouraged house building and home ownership but was also discriminatory against black Americans and inadvertently promoted suburban over inner-city housing

42
Q

What was the impact on African Americans due to the National Housing Act?

A

-Blacks were technically excluded due to the disallowing of them to build their own home or have a home of their own

History - Civil Rights - African Americans (14 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions