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What are the three Rs of the New Deal
Relief Recovery and Reform
This repealed the 18th amendment making alcohol sales legal again
21st Amendment
A system of Federal old-age benefits for retired workers.
Social Security
Tuesday, October 29th 2029 is known as what?
Black Tuesday
This person opposed FDR and his New Deal Programs. He believed we should give more to the poor.
Huey Long
This program insures deposits, examines, and supervises financial institutions for safety
FDIC
A set of programs created by FDR to get the US out of the depression were known as what?
New Deal
This program established minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
Fair Labor Standards Act
What percent of the workforce was unemployed in the Great Depression?
25%
FDR trying to change the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 candadates is know as what?
Court Packing
This program established by Congress on March 31, 1933, provided jobs for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression.
CCC
Banks closed for a "banking holiday" to restore confidence in the financial system and created tgr FDIC
Emergency Banking Act
How much money is currently insured by the FDIC?
$250,000
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
Tariffs on all imported goods
Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
This program offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops as well as teaching them sustainable farming practices.
AAA
This moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3.
20th Amendment
Why did the new deal explicitely leave out African Americans?
Support of Southern Democrats
Hoover wanted to give money to the big companies so it would trickle down to working people. How did FDR's plan differ from this?
He wanted to give money to the poor to get them to work
Why were millions of acres of land plowed to grow wheat?
Government paid farmers to grow wheat for WW1
How many laws did congress pass in the emercengy session at the beginning of FDR's presidency?
15 laws
How many days did FDR call an emergency congress for when he was elected president?
100 Days
Which New Deal Program did the supreme cours rule unconstitutional in 1935-36?
AAA and NIRA
FDR talking to citizens over the radio to alleviate fear was called what?
Fireside Chats
What did the Bonus Army want?
Early Bonus payment for WW1 Veterans