Great Depression & New Deal Flashcards

143018225	New Deal	The _____ was Roosevelt's plan for getting out of the Depression (relief, recovery, and reform).
143018226	lame-duck	time period between FDR's election in November and his inauguration in March
143018227	Fear	What FDR said we should fear.
143018228	Hundred days	_____- the 1st 100 days Roosevelt was in office. This was a time of many new programs to try to improve the economy.
143018229	Bank Holiday	_____- time when Roosevelt closed all U.S. banks to see if the banks were financially healthy. He wanted to restore confidence in the banking system.
143018230	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)	The _____ insured bank deposits up to $2,500 initially
143018231	Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC)	The _____ regulated the stock market.
143018232	FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration)	Roosevelt's relief organization called _____ which helped people find jobs.
143018233	Public works programs	_____ were government-funded projects to build public facilities.
143018234	CWA; 4;	The _____ employed __ million workers to build roads, parks, airports, and other facilities.
143018235	CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps); 2.5	The _____ put __ million young, unmarried men to work maintaining forests, beaches, and parks.
143018236	John Collier	_____ was Roosevelt's commissioner of Indian Affairs.
143018237	NRA (National Recovery Administration)	The _____ tried to balance the unstable economy through extensive planning by regulating businesses to make sure they were practicing fair business practices.
143018238	PWA	The _____ launched major public work projects like building the Grand Coulee Dam.
143018239	Federal Housing Act (FHA)	The _____ was created to improve housing standards and conditions and to insure mortgages (loans).
143018240	AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)	The _____ raised farm prices by paying subsidies or government financial assisstance to farmers who cut production of certain crops.
143018241	Tennesee Valley Authority (TVA)	The _____ provided cheap electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the entire Tennesee Valley.
143018242	Brain trust	_____- informal group of intellectuals who were FDR's advisors.
143018243	Frances Perkins	President Roosevelt appointed the 1st woman cabinet member when he appointed _____ as Sec. of Labor.
143018244	Eleanor Roosevelt	Her husband's greatest advisor.
143018245	NRA	Some "New Deal" legislation failed and the Supreme Court said the _____ was unconstitutional.
143018246	Second New Deal	The _____ went into effect. This caused more social welfare, benefits, stricter control over business, stronger support for unions, and higher taxes on the rich.
143018247	Rural Electrification Administration (REA)	Through the _____ 98% of the farms eventually had electricity compared to 10% at the beginning of the Depression.
143018248	a) set up old-age pensions and survivor's benefits. b) set up unemployment insurance. c) set up aid for dependent children, the blind, and the disabled.	In 1905, Congress set up the Social Security system which:
143018249	Alfred M. Landon	Roosevelt won re-election in 1936 when he defeated _____, the Republican, by a landslide.
143018250	Republicans; Democrats, Progressives, and Socialists	_____ thought the New Deal went too far. Some _____ did not think the New Deal went far enough.
143018251	Revenue Act of 1935; Wealth Tax Act	Wealthy people disliked Roosevelt because of the _____ or the _____ which raised taxes on the rich.
143018252	wealthy	Social Security was resented by the _____.
143018253	American Liberty League; Alfred E. Smith	The _____ led by _____, a leading business leader, said the New Deal limited individual freedom.
143018254	Progressives and Socialists	_____ charged that the New Deal didn't help enough people.
143018255	Father Coughlin; nationalization	_____, who was called the "Radio Priest", was a demagogue. He was openly anti-Jewish and praised Hitler and Mussolini. He believed in _____ which was a government takeover and ownership of banks and the redistribution of wealth.
143018256	Huey Long; 1$; $5	_____ was another demagogue. He wanted to limit individual income to __ million and inheritance to __ million and then redistribute the wealth.
143018257	deficit spending	Some modern day critics disliked subsidies when the country needed food. They also criticized "_____" development which was paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government receives in revenues.
143018258	pack the Supreme Court	Roosevelt lost some popularity by trying to _____ with liberal justices by raising the number of justices in office. He was later forced to drop the idea when the Republican and southern Democrats sided together.
143018259	recession	_____- a period of slow business activity.
143018260	recession	There was some improvement in the Depression in the mid 1930's but a _____ hit the country after Roosevelt cut some of his federal programs.
143018261	36%	Union membership rose about 7.5 million people during the Depression and by 1935 some __ of Americans were unionized.
143018262	American Federation of Labor; Committee for Industrial Organization	The AFL stands for _____ and the CIO stands for _____.
143018263	General Motors; Frank Murphy	_____ in Flint, Michigan was shut down by a sit-down strike. President Roosevelt and MIchigan governor _____ refused to send in the militia.
143018264	unconstitutional	The Supreme Court eventually declared sit-down strikes _____.
143018265	John Steinbeck	The Grapes of Wrath by _____ were written during the Depression.
143018266	Radio; Movies	_____ and _____ became a major source of entertainment during the Depression.
143018267	WPA	The _____ provided numerous jobs for unemployed artists, musicians, historians, theater people, and writers.
143018268	FDIC, SEC, and Social Security	Much of the New Deal legislation is still in existence today, like the _____, the _____, and _____.
143018269	World War II	Event that actually ended the Depression