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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | tax on processing, pay farmers to cut production,unintended consequences (it was easy for big farmers to take check), long-term affect. It ended up being unconstitutional and got shut down. |
| Bank Holiday | FDR would talk directly to the American people with Fireside Chats. FDR explains the banking system to Americans, then closes all the banks down for a long weekend to check 9 |
| Charles Coughlin | He wanted national banking system & established his own political organization called the National Union for Social Justice. |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | a relief program where young men were sent to wilderness and rural areas to work on projects like planting trees, building reservoirs, & developing parks. This also trained the men with skills. |
| Civil Works Administration (CWA) | It's main goal was work relief! CWA came along after it became clear that the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) cash grants were not enough. |
| Consumer Confidence | stopped spending money. |
| Court Packing -scheme of 1937 | Roosevelt's attempt to get his way in the Supreme Court. He tried to add 6 more justices: going from 9 to 15. It was defeated in the end, because people saw it as messing with the constitution. |
| Demagogues | They were: 1- Good communicators and directors (especially in the media) 2- Escape goat 3- Simplify complex issues. |
| Franklin Roosevelt | (an internationalist) |
| H. Hoover- Voluntarism | Hoover Plan- maintain confidence(it's goin to be okay), encourage voluntarism(help out neighbors), and limited gov. intervention. |
| Huey Long | most dangerous man in Amer, Louisiana populist w/ nick name "the Kingfish." 'Share the Wealth' : he said we needed to redistribute the money in the nation. He guaranteed that everyone would have a house, car, radio, high school edu, &$2,000/yr income. |
| National Recovery Act/Administration (NRA) | BIG BOLD RADICAL planning. Gov tried to regulate economy. said each industry will write a code that governs that industry. this gave bigger industries the upper hand over smaller ind.(people called it the national run around) |
| Wagner Act (NLRA) | outlawed numerous union-busting tactics when a majority of company's workers voted to unionize, management had to recognize the union creates National Labor Relations Board to enforce the act this helps the union by giving them power |
| Southern Democratic opposition | they weren't sure about the New Deal now. |
| New Deal Programs | 1st: Banking Holiday, NRA, AAA, FERA, CWA, CCC, TVA 2nd New Deal: Social Security, Wagner Act (NLRA), WPA |
| Social Security Act | bigger than pension; a safety net; framers wanted system of "insurance" not "welfare" a-old age pension:worker-employer tax(ex. 7.25% for coats & Lee matches=14.5%) b-unemployment benefits:employer paid to get u from job to job c-direct asst based on n |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | (believed the gov should be chief plannin agent in econ) public development of the nations water resources as a source of cheap electric power. TVA improved water transp, eliminated floodin in the region & provided elect to 1000s who never had it before |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | A. Work relief for variety of Amers thru: a. Construction b. Fed Writers Project c. Fed Theatre Project d. Edu Programs e. Historians interviewed slaves about their views(70 yrs after abolition of slavery) B. Improving roads C. Literacy p |
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