Aimed at accomplishing three goals: relief, recovery,reforms.
What is the New Deal?
100
When FDR used the radio to communicate with American people.
What are Fireside Chats?
100
Gave money to people immediately.
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration(FERA)?
100
In 1933 and 1935, these put billions of dollars in American's pockets.
What are relief efforts?
100
He proposed a plan that sounded a lot like Communism. He also started the Share Our Wealth Society.
Who is Senator Huey P. Long?
200
The law that gave government officials the power to examine all banks, determine it's situation and take steps to correct problems.
What is the Emergency Banking Act?
200
Provided winter employment to 4 million workers, but $1 billion was spent in five months.
What is the Civil Works Administration(CWA)?
200
Employed 8.5 million Americans to build roads, subways, airports, and zoos and hired people to work at these places. This relief program also funded artists, workers, composers, and actors.
What is the Works Progress Administration(WPA)?
200
The most successful jobs relief program in all of history.
What is the Works Progress Administration(WPA)?
200
A "radio priest" that criticized FDR and eventually some government officials that happened to be Jewish. Leading Jewish figures and the Catholic Church forced him to stop his program. Started the Union Party.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
300
Made the government insure depositor's savings.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC)?
300
Built dams and other projects along the Tennessee River and its tributaries.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)?
300
Aided some of the nation's poorest like tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
What is the Farm Tenancy Act?
300
The last major piece of legislation that established a minimum wage, a maximum of 40 hours that someone can work a week, and overtime pay.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
300
The first woman ever to serve as the Secretary of Labor. Also contributed to the creation of the Social Security system.
Who is Francis Perkins?
400
An organization that watched over the nation's stock markets.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC)?
400
Employed young men from 18-25 to work on conservation projects.
What is Civilian Conservation Corporation(CCC)?
400
Brought millions power and rose the percentage of rural Americans having power from 10% to 90%.
What is the Rural Electrification Act?
400
These gave aid to millions but were not meant to be permanent and didn't give jobs to everyone.
What are relief programs?
400
The nation's first African-American federal judge.
Who is William Haste?
500
Paid farmers to not grow crops to bring the supply of food down and the the price of food up.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act(AAA)?
500
FDR promised relief for the poor through these government funded building projects.
What are public works?
500
The centerpiece of all relief programs. This would be permanent and would insure people that have retired and have unexpectedly been fired.
What is Social Security?
500
The New Deal was less successful in delivering this.
What is economic recovery?
500
She recorded many images of the sufferers of the Great Depression and focused mainly on the rural poor and jobless people.