Vocab
Relief and recovery programmes by FDR intended to be temporary measures to help the poor and to stimulate the economy.
New Deal Programs
What political cause of the Great Depression raised tariffs above pre -war levels, and authorized the President to adjust tariffs, largely to assist US farmers?
Fordney McCumber Tariff Act
Mimicked FDR’s approach to the Great Depression. Introduced a series of legislative reforms in Canada.
Bennett's New Deal
Who initially had a Laissez-Faire approach and nationalized the Bank of Canada?
Mackenzie King
It was founded in 1934 and reduced deceitful trading and ensured that the public knew about investment risks and limited buying stocks
SEC (Securities Exchange Act)
A Canadian federal political party active from 1920 to 1930, operating primarily as a center-left, agrarian-populist movement. Emerged from discontent with tariffs and two-party politics.
National Progressive Party
A part of a new deal that provided direct government assistance was part of workers' rights. Old-age pensions were created, funded by both the employer and the employee through payroll taxes.
Social Security Act
Passed in Canada as a response to the Dust Bowl to manage water resources, rehabilitate land, and implement common farming practices.
Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act
Who raised tariffs on foreign goods, aimed to boost trade with Britain, passed the Unemployment Relief Act in 1930, and was inspired by the U.S New Deal?
RB Bennett
The stock market had crashed, everyone had lost money, businesses had closed, and people had lost savings in 1929. This was called what?
Wallstreet Crash
Canadian employment camps created by RB Bennett’s government providing necessities in exchange for work during the Great Depression.
Royal Twenty Centers
A U.S. government agency established in 1932 under President Hoover that aimed to stabilize the economy by preventing financial institution failures by financing banks and railroads.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
The large dust storms damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies.
The Dust Bowl
Took office in the US in 1929 and created big public projects, resulting in the famous landmark between Arizona and Nevada.
Hoover
It was intended to help American farmers and raise already high import duties on a range of agricultural and industrial goods by 20 percent
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
A large estate where peasants or slaves work.
Latifundias
A British statute that established the Dominion of Canada
British North America Pact
Signed by FDR, establishing a federal minimum wage and attempting to improve working conditions. Tried to curb poverty and increase employment.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Created the First New Deal in an attempt to supply jobs and bring the country out of the Great Depression
FDR
After leading the Liberal party in 1919, was elected in 1921 in Canada
Lyon MacKenzie King in office
Traditionalist, authoritarian, and anti-liberal movement, primarily within the Catholic Church, that sought to reintegrate social, economic, and political life under Catholic principles.
Intagralism
The largest of all New Deal agencies. It employed millions of previously unemployed people in public work projects across the US.
WPA (Works progress administration) and FAP (Federal Art project)
A new deal program that had planned to provide economic relief to young people from ages 16 to 24 through educational aid, employment opportunities, and job training skills
National Youth Administration
Leftist senator who criticized the New Deal
Huey Long
It was a major economic and psychological lifeline during the Great Depression, as it created many jobs and created hope. It also served as water storage, flood control, and low-cost electricity
Hoover Dam