The second new deal

Question 1

What was the WPA?

Answer 1

• recruited people for public works projects
• 2 million employed by 1941 (wages kept lower than in industry)
• 20% of the workforce by 1940
• fort Knox and repository of gold reserves

Question 2

What was the 1937 Wagner Act?

Answer 2

• guaranteed workers the right to collective bargaining and unions
• national labor relations board set up for fair play with workers and employers

Question 3

What was the 1935 social security act?

Answer 3

• provided pension (after 1940 but had lots of catches)

- gave unemployment benefits at a maximum of $18 a week for 16 weeks only

Question 4

What was the 1935 banking act?

Answer 4

• banks become centralized and under government control

- control moved from NY to Washington

Question 5

what was the emergency relief appropriation act?

Answer 5

• biggest ever expenditure of 45.5 billion for public works (included WPA and NYA)

Question 6

what was the national youth administration?

Answer 6

• part of appropriation relief appropriation along with WPA

- part time jobs to students completing studies

Question 7

what was the Rural electrification act (REA)?

Answer 7

• low-interest loans for farmers and rural areas to get electric
• 35% of farms had it by 1941

Question 8

what was the revenue act in 1935?

Answer 8

• increase taxes to fund the new deal

- only affected 1% of pop with income above 10,000 p/a

Question 9

what were yellow dog clauses?

Answer 9

• banned in the 1937 Wagner act

- created to prevent workers from joining unions

Question 10

how did the liberty leaguers oppose the new deal?

Answer 10

formed in 1934 by conservative republicans and democrats
- a believed market free of gov regulations was the best chance of recovery
had 125,000 members by 1936

Question 11

how did the supreme court oppose the new deal?

Answer 11

• declared more legislation unconstitutional

- black Monday in 1935 where NIRA declared and 1936 when AAA was

Question 12

how did FDR try to fight supreme courts opposition to the new deal?

Answer 12

• 1936 judicial reform bill
• supreme court judges went from 9 to 15 and replaced appointed judges above 70 for ones who would support him
• seen as an attempt to control gov so rejected

Question 13

what was unemployment in 1932 and 1939?

Answer 13

18 million and 9 million

Question 14

when was Roosevelts recession and what was it caused by?

Answer 14

• Roosevelts recession in 1937

- caused by reduction in government spending

Question 15

what did farm income increase by?

Answer 15

250%