Roosevelt
What was the name of Roosevelt's radio addresses to the nation?
His 'Fireside Chats'
What group assisted FDR in developing the New Deal programs?
The Brain Trust
What is was the purpose of the Rural Electrification Administration (REA)?
To loan money to electric utilities for them to build power lines to more rural areas
Who said that FDR was intervening TOO MUCH in people's and businesses lives?
Republicans
Which agency from the FIRST new deal employed young men to work on public construction projects
The PWA
1932 election, inaugurated in March 1933
This put 2.5 million young men to work on environmental projects
Civilian Conservation Corps or CCC
Which agency merged together different programs to help with employment and funded the construction of highways, buildings, and parks (as well as artwork and theatre)?
The WPA (Works Progress Administration)
Which organisation abolished child labour and ensured that workplaces were regulated?
The NRA
FERA
Became the most famous First Lady to date
Eleanor Roosevelt
Which agency hired people to build dams to prevent floods and generated hydroelectric power in seven southern states?
the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Which program paid farmers to destroy their farms?
the AAA or Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Which Act made it so that employees could not be fired for being a part of trade unions?
Why was the CWA important even though it only lasted around 5 months?
It proved that providing jobs using public-work was possible.
Where did Roosevelt go to university, and what did he study?
This act helped to solve the banking crisis by shutting down all banks for 4 days and reopening only the ones that had passed a thorough investigation
the Emergency Banking Act
Which Act gave pensions to the older Americans and the unemployed
the Social Security Act
What is court-packing?
Trying to appoint extra judges to a court in order to make it more likely that you'd win.
Which programs built, repaired, or improved 56,000 schools?
Works Progress Administration (WPA) and National Youth Administration (NYA)
How many speeches did Roosevelt give from the back of his train during his election campaign?
60
Which organisation was set up to regulate the Stock Market
the Securities and Exchange Commission
Which program helped small farmers who had not been helped by the AAA?
The Resettlement Administration (RA)
Which 1937 organisation gave tenant farmers loans so they could purchase their own farms?
The Farm Security Administration
How many banks were reopened at first?
5,000