FDR
What is the disease that left FDR paralyzed?
Polio
What is the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration?
Reset prices for farm commodities, subsidizing farmers to reduce production
What is the purpose of the Wagner act?
Protected rights of the Union Workers
Before FDR was president, what position was he elected to?
Governor of New York
How many terms did FDR serve?
4
What is the purpose of the Federal Relief Emergency Administration?
Found jobs that matched their resumes and fit the experience they had
How did the bank holiday help the bank crisis?
Banks were closed for days until they reopened...and then people deposited money...the money helped bring the bank and businesses back
What is the purpose of the Social Security Act?
Provided welfare to Americans
What does FDR mean when he says "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself?
The bank crisis, Unemployment
The Tennessee Valley Authority created public works projects including...
Dams
What is the purpose of the National Recovery Administration?
Improve public welfare, contributing to a revival of American industry
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Why was FDR's first 100 days significant?
Provided relief, reform, recovery, made acts to help economy etc.
Name 2 examples of CCC work projects
Tree army, bridges, dams etc.
What is the purpose of the public works administration?
assist industry, labor, and the unemployed
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How did FDR’s Fireside Chats revolutionize the way presidents interact with the public?
Radio, felt like he was talking to you etc.
Name 2 examples of why the New Deal was a success and a failure (2 each)
Stopped the bank crisis, helped the rich and poor, unemployment was steady, very low wages, social security was payable only in 1942
What were the three stages of the bank crisis
1. bank holiday, 2. reopen banks 3. money deposited and money insured
Write a thesis for the new deal. Was it a success or a failure?
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