us history FDRs New Deal

Question 1

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 1

1933, provided jobs for single men ages 18-25 on conservation projects
Recovery and Relief

Question 2

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Answer 2

1933, helped states provide aid for unemployment
Recovery

Question 3

Public Works Administration (PWA)

Answer 3

1933, created jobs on government projects
Relief

Question 4

Civil Works Administration (CWA)

Answer 4

1933, provided work in federal jobs
Relief

Question 5

Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)

Answer 5

1933, banks were inspected by treasury department and those stable could reopen
Recovery

Question 5

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 5

1933, protected bank deposits up to 5,000 (today up to 100,000 or 250,000)
Reform

Question 6

National Recovery Act (NRA)

Answer 6

1933, established codes of fair competition
Reform

Question 7

Agriculture Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Answer 7

1933, aides farmers and regulated crop production
Relief and Recovery

Question 8

Home Owners Loan Act (HOLA)

Answer 8

1933, loaned money at low interest to homeowners who could not met mortgages
Reform

Question 8

Tennessee Valley Administration (TVA)

Answer 8

1933, developed the resources of the Tennessee Valley
Reform

Question 9

Securities and Exchange Commission (S&EC)

Answer 9

1934, supervised the stock market and eliminated dishonest practices
Reform

Question 10

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

Answer 10

1934, insured loans for buildings and repairing homes
Reform

Question 11

National Youth Administration ( NYA)

Answer 11

1935, provided job training for unemployed young ppl and part time jobs for needy students
Recovery

Question 12

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Answer 12

1935, quickly created as many jobs as possible - construction jobs to placed in symphony orchestra
Relief and Recovery

Question 13

Banking Act (BA)

Answer 13

1935, created 7 member board to regulate nations money supply and interest rates on loans
Reform

Question 14

Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

Answer 14

1935, provided affordable electricity for isolated rural areas
Recovery

Question 15

Wagner Act, National Labor Regulations Board (WA-NLRB)

Answer 15

1935, helped unfair labor practices and established the national labor relations board to settle disputes between employees and employers
Reform

Question 16

Social Security Act (SSA)

Answer 16

1935, provided pension for retired workers and their spouse and aided ppl w/ disabilities
Reform

Question 17

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&CA)

Answer 17

1938, required manufactures to list ingredients
Reform

Question 18

United States Housing Authority(USHA)

Answer 18

1937, provided federal loans for low-cost public housing
Recovery

Question 19

Fair Standards Act (FLSA)

Answer 19

1938, rules for the employment of workers under 16yrs to a min. hourly wage & a maxi. number of hours
Reform

Question 20

Depression

Answer 20

1929, caused by stock market crash, bank failures, drought, “Black Thursday” on oct. 24

Question 21

Unemployment

Answer 21

% rose during the Great Depression to 25% of the country’s workforce was jobless, 15 mil unemployed Americans in 1933

Question 22

Stock Market

Answer 22

crash of 1929, cause everyone losing money, declined in the US stock market that contributed to the Great Depression

Question 23

Hoovervilles

Answer 23

homeless people living , caused by the Great Depression, named after president Hoovers failure to economic crisis

Question 24

Migrant Workers

Answer 24

Great Depression & Dust Bowl led to farmers to sell their land and travel to better living and farming sources

Question 25

Dust Bowl

Answer 25

Drought storms giving people dust in their lungs, causing sickness, blindness, it was a natural disaster

Question 25

Okies

Answer 25

white migrant workers traveling westward from the midwest, they changed the composition of cali from labor, looking for work in the agricultural fields

Question 26

Bonus army

Answer 26

WWI veterans travel to Washington D.C wanting their early payment of the bonus that was promised by the government

Question 27

Bread lines

Answer 27

lines of people waiting for free food ran by charities, Red Cross or churches, giving bread, soup, and hot beds for the poor

Question 28

Soup kitchens

Answer 28

provided meals for the unemployed Americans, elderly, migrants, children, and homeless

Question 29

Herbert Hoover

Answer 29

31st President launched public works program, led the wartime commission for relief in Belgium, director of the U.S food administration, presidency was elected by the Great Depression

Question 30

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 30

32nd president, had an illness, democratic, created many programs providing relief to the unemployed/farmers, built a new deal

Question 31

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 31

longest serving 1st lady of the U.S, was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist, after FDR dies she served as a U.S delegate to the United Nations General Assembly

Question 32

Huey Long

Answer 32

American politican, Democratic Party, rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President FDR and his new deal

Question 33

1930 Demagogue

Answer 33

leaders from lower classes, advocated actions, usually violent, leaders were manipulative

Question 34

New Deal

Answer 34

series of domestic programs created by FDR, public work projects and financial reforms and regulations enacted in the U.S between 1933-1938

Question 35

Relief

Answer 35

helping unemployment, and provided jobs for construction and art projects

Question 36

Reform

Answer 36

new regulations and permanent programs (into financial system, changes and improvements to a law, social system or institution)

Question 37

Recovery

Answer 37

recovering the economy , creating new jobs and separating federal money to receive the economy, increasing employment

Question 38

Deficit spending (federal government )

Answer 38

federal governments spending exceeds it revenues, spending more than it receives in a certain time period, around a year, causes budget deficit

Question 39

Federal Securities and Exchange Act

Answer 39

regulates secondary finacial markets to ensure a better and fair environment for investors