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Chapter 14 Review

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What or whom did the AAA give money to? sharecroppers and tenant farmers to help them buy their own farms
Why did Eleanor Roosevelt worked to get people appointed to political posts? she felt that women were in the best position to promote such things as child welfare and world peace.
The Rural Electrification Act of 1935 lent money to groups of farmers who do what? Organize to build power plants.
What was an activity of the Southern Tenant Farmers' Union? The petitioned the Department of Agriculture to give them a guarantee that tenant farmers would get their fair share of AAA payments, and they went on strike to obtain raises for working tenant farmers and day laborers.
The Truth-in-Securities Act was a reform measure designed to do what? Protect investors from fraud in the stock market.
Since local relief agencies could not meet the growing demand for public aid, Roosevelt asked Congress to do what? Have FERA distribute 500 million dollars to state and local relief agencies.
What was Roosevelt's plan to deal with the bank crisis? Declare a partial bank holiday, have banks lacking assets remain closed until the government could reopen them safely, and allow banks to accept all deposits and make emergency loans for food and animal feed.
What did the Social Security Act do? started pension and survivors' benefits for the elderly and the orphaned
What was one of Father Coughlin's ideas that appealed to the working class? The wealth of a few should be redistributed to everyone.
What happened to union membership after the first two years of passing NIRA? Union membership increased by about 1 million.
What was the NIRA? National Industrial Recovery Act
What was the AAA? Agricultural Adjustment Administration
The overnight success of Dr. Townsend's social security movement demonstrated what to the country? That the elderly in America were unhappy with President Roosevelt and his lack of helping the older population.
What happened to Huey P. Long that prevented him from furthering his career? He was assassinated
Because of attacks by radicals, liberals, and conservatives, and hampered by the Supreme Court, Roosevelt did what? Launched the Second New Deal
During the depression, what families were the poorest in the nation? Native Americans
What gave aid to individuals injured due to industrial accidents? Social Security
Married women who were working were often forced to do what during the depression? Quit their jobs
Who was the secretary of the Interior that integrated his department? Harold Ickes
Who was the secretary of labor under President Roosevelt that pushed hard to obtain a social security program and a minimum-wage law that would boost the pay of thousands of poorly paid women in the workforce. Frances Perkins
People that were unemployed for more than three years had to apply for what? Public Aid
Another term for public aid is what? Dole
Roosevelt's desire to maintain support of Southern whites kept him from abolishing what? The poll tax
The STFU wrote about this person by saying that, "Too often he has talked like a cropper and acted like a planter." President Roosevelt
What group constructed many of the state and national parks? CCC
What does the CCC stand for? Civilian Conservation Corps
The time of intensive legislation and policy setting during Roosevelt's first term of office came to be called the what? The first hundred days
Electricity had been extended to a 90 percent of all American farms due to what? Rural Electrification Act
How did Roosevelt address the public often? Fireside chats
This organization sponsored a $300,000 project in San Antonio that included building a scenic walkway along the San Antonio River WPA
Why did Roosevelt want to stop labor strikes? He feared it would halt business production and in turn hurt the economy.
What is discrimination? Prejudicial treatment
Who was the Republican candidate for president in 1936? Alfred Landon
This individual headed FERA Harry Hopkins
What is a temporary shutdown of operations? Moratorium
Who was the author of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934? John Collier
Who was Roosevelt's secretary of the Treasury? William Woodin
Who was the demagogue who wanted to nationalize banks? Father Charles Coughlin
Who was the senator who launched Share Our Wealth campaign? Huey P. Long
Why did FDR try to "pack" the Supreme Court? He wanted more Supreme Court Justices that agreed with his policies and wouldn't declare them to be unconstitutional.
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