USA in the 1930's

Question 1

AAA

Answer 1

(Agricultural Adjustment Administration):

Question 2

FCA

Answer 2

(farm credit admin)

Question 3

AAA

Answer 3

paid farmers to take land out of production and raise less livestock.

Question 4

WPA

Answer 4

(work progress administration)

Question 5

FCA

Answer 5

: helped farmers work out deals with banks to refinance loans with them so that farmers don’t lose their farms

Question 6

PWA

Answer 6

(Public Works Administration)

Question 7

WPA

Answer 7

: Gov created public works (bridges, roads, hospitals, schools). Employed M’s of people, both skilled and unskilled, who were “tickled” to have the jobs.

Question 8

CCC

Answer 8

(Civilian Conservation Corps)

Question 9

PWA

Answer 9

: same as WPA but on a larger scale.

Question 10

TVA

Answer 10

(Tennessee Valley Authority)

Question 11

CCC

Answer 11

: Relief program to combat unemployment by moving young men to the countryside. They did various things such as plant trees in dustball states. the army helped organize jobs for young men to raise their spirits bc if not, they would end up wondering, concentrated in streets, drinking, ending up in extremist groups. Also helped preserve the environment

Question 12

SSA

Answer 12

(Social Security Act):

Question 13

TVA

Answer 13

: developed the economy in the Tennessee Valley region by providing electricity so that they could now listen to radio, boost industry and attract people to live there.

Question 14

FERA

Answer 14

Federal Emergency Relief Act

Question 15

SSA

Answer 15

designed to combat the widespread poverty among senior citizens and disabled. Gov provided income to retired wage earners, funded by wage earners and their employers. Since then, it has expanded to the unemployed and the definition of disabled people has changed bc Reps try to limit social security whereas Dems try to expand it. (Entitlement program).

Question 16

NRA

Answer 16

National Recovery Administration

Question 17

FERA

Answer 17

For the most desperate, the Federal Emergency Relief Act (was given 500M by gov) paid to feed and shelter them. Among the most destitute were artists so the FERA employed them to do murals, mosaics.

Question 18

NRA

Answer 18

dealt with working conditions. Child labor, max 8hrs/day, min wage, more compulsory rules and enterprises had pressure to do it (if they did, got official sticker, but if they didn’t, boycotted)

Question 19

Wagner Act

Answer 19

(1935): made unions legal, made the NLRB (to complain to) and legalised collective bargaining in order to elect a representative to negotiate new contracts.

Question 20

NLRB

Answer 20

National Labor Relations Board