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government funded building projects
What is public works?
100
The watchdog over the nation's stock market
What is Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
100
Monthly payments/pensions. money taken out of your paycheck and paid back to you if someone can't work or retires.
What is social security?
100
Aided some of the nation's poorest; tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
What is the Farm Tenancy Act?
100
These became permanent fixtures in the American Government because of billions of dollars put back into Americans pockets in the 1933 & 1935 relief efforts.
What are Social Security and unemployment?
200
used the radio to communicate with American people
What is Fireside Chats?
200
forced companies to share financial info with the public. Its purpose was to help investors and restore confidence in the fairness of the markets.
What is the Federal Securities Act?
200
Sen. Huey P. Long created this "society" to give every family $5,000 to buy a home + $2,500 income/year. It proposed heavy taxes on the wealthy.
What is the Share Our Wealth Society?
200
When the government spends more money than it makes/brings in.
What is deficit?
200
Established minimum wage.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
300
The three goals of the "New Deal"
What are relief, recovery, and reforms?
300
Gave farmers a subsidy
What is Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
300
This act brought power to farmers
What is the Rural Electrification Act?
300
When FDR wanted to put more judges on Supreme Court so he could have more friendly votes and votes in his favor. FDR lost some of his own supporters because of this.
What is The Court-packing Plan?
300
The lowest you can pay a worker.
What is minimum wage?
400
The law that gave the government official power to examine all banks, determine it's situation, and take steps to correct it.
What is the Emergency Banking Act?
400
government payment to grow fewer crops
What is subsidy?
400
Gave money to people immediately - relief
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Administration?
400
Believed FDR was too friendly with banks and businesses. He created the Share Our Wealth Society.
Who is Sen. Huey P. Long?
400
Gave aid to millions but the programs were not meant to be permanent and they didn't give jobs to everyone.
What are relief programs?
500
Provided government insurance for depositors savings.
What is the FDIC?
500
Mandated that companies in the same industry cooperate and set prices and production levels. Labor Unions were also federally protected by this act. It was declared unconstitutional on 1935 (created monopoly)
What is the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?
500
This eventually employed 8.5 million Americans and they built railroads, subways, airports, zoos, and worked in offices, schools, museums, factories, and even funded the efforts of artists, workers, composers, and actors where soon to be famous people got their start.
What is the Works Progress Administration?
500
"Radio priest" - he concluded that FDR was not doing enough to curb the power of the nation's bankers and financial leaders.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
500
Called on the President to cut taxes, balance the budget, and return power to the states.
Who are Anti-New Deal senators?