APUS2 CH 34 Flashcards

303769910	New Deal	programs that aimed for relief, recovery, reform.
303769911	short range goals	relief and immediate recovery.
303769912	long range goals	permanent recovery and reform of current abuses.
303769913	Emergency Banking Relief Act	invested the president with power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen solvent banks.
303769914	Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act	provided for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
303769915	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	insured individual deposits up to $5,000.
303769916	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	ended the disgraceful epidemic of bank failures from the Andrew Jackson days.
303769917	Civilian Conservation Corps	provided employment in fresh air government camps for about 3 million uniformed young men, many of whom might have been driven to criminal habits.
303769918	Federal Emergency Relief Act	first major effort of the new congress to grapple with the millions of unemployed adult.
303769919	Federal Emergency Relief Administration	was handed over to Harry L. Hopkins
303769920	Harry Hopkins	his agency granted about $3 billion to the states for direct dole payments or preferably for wages on work projects.
303769921	Agricultural Adjustment Act	made available many millions of dollars to help farmers meet their mortgages.
303769922	Home Owner's Loan Corporation	delighted to refinance mortgages on non farm homes, it ultimately assisted about a million badly pinched households.
303769923	Home Owners' Loan Corporation	bolted the political loyalties of relieved middle-class homeowners securely to the Democratic Party.
303769924	Civil Works Administration	focused on help for the unemployed.
303769925	Civil Works Administration	branch of FERA under Hopkins.
303769926	Civil Works Administration	designed to provide purely temporary jobs during the cruel winter emergency.
303769927	Father Charles Coughlin	"microphone messiah"
303769928	Father Charles Coughlin	Catholic radio priest in Michigan.
303769929	Father Charles Coughlin	slogan was "social justice"
303769930	Huey Long	senator that was shot by an assassin in the Louisiana state capitol in 1935.
303769931	Huey Long	"share our wealth" program promised to make "every man a king"
303769932	Francis Townsend	California doctor that had a plan for senior citizens.
303769933	Francis Townsend	plan was for elders over 60 to receive $200/month that would have to be spent that month.
303769934	Works Progress Administration	objective was employment on useful projects.
303769935	National Recovery Administration	designed to assist industry, labor, and the unemployed.
303769936	Public Works Administration	intended both for industrial recovery and for unemployment relief like the NRA.
303769937	Harold Ickes	headed the Public Works Administration.
303769938	Agricultural Adjustment Administration	established parity prices for basic commodities.
303769939	Agricultural Adjustment Administration	would eliminate price depressing surpluses by paying growers to reduce their crop acreage.
303769940	Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act	achieved the withdrawal of acreage from production by paying farmers to plant soil-conserving crops, or to let their land be fallow.
303769941	Second Agricultural Adjustment Act	continued conservation payments if growers observed acreage restrictions on specified commodities they would be eligible for parity payments.
303769942	Second Agricultural Adjustment Act	designed to give farmers more substantial share of the national income.
303769943	Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act	made possible suspension of mortgage foreclosures by the Supreme Court.
303769944	Resettlement Administration	task was removing near-farmless farmers to better land.
303769945	Indian Reorganization Act	encouraged tribes to establish local self-government and to preserve their native crafts and traditions.
303769946	Indian Reorganization Act	helped to stop the loss of Indian lands and revived tribes' interest in their identity and culture.
303769947	Truth in Securities Act	required promoters to transmit to the investor sworn information regarding the soundness of their stocks and bonds.
303769948	Securities and Exchange Commission	designed as a watchdog administrative agency.
303769949	Securities and Exchange Commission	stock markets were to operate more as trading marts and loss as gambling casinos.
303769950	Securities and Exchange Commission	was to protect the public against fraud, deception, and inside manipulation.
303769951	Tennessee Valley Authority	largely a result of the steadfast vision and unfledging zeal of Senator George W. Norris.
303769952	Tennessee Valley Authority	was by far the most revolutionary of all the New Deal schemes.
303769953	Farm Security Administration	set up camps to house the Okies.
303769954	Federal Housing Administration	used to speed recovery and better homes.
303769955	US Housing Authority	an agency designed to lend money to states or communities for low-cost construction.
303769956	Social Security Act	to cushion future depressions, they provided for federal-state unemployment insurance.
303769957	Social Security Act	to provide security for old age, specified categories of retired workers were to receive regular payments from Washington.
303769958	Wagner Act	created a powerful new National Labor Relations Board for administrative purposes and reasserted the right of labor to engage in self organization and to bargain collectively through representatives of its choice.