the New Deal
Between 1933 and 1939, _____ created many programs and reforms aimed at helping the country out of the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
_____ ownership more than doubled between 1931 and 1939 as prices fell. FDR continued his Fireside Chats, and programs like Orson Welles's "War of the Worlds" entertained audiences.
What is Radio?
These crises contributed to the Great Depression, an era of widespread unemployment and poverty.
What were the banking crisis and stock market crash of 1929?
______ argued that the New Deal did not address what they saw as injustices in the US' market-based economy.
Who are Socialists?
The 21st Amendment ended ______. States now had the authority to regulate alcohol sales and consumption within their own borders. The 21st Amendment was passed in Congress in February 1933 and ratified in December 1933.
What is Prohibition?
What were the New Deal main goals?
Farm Security Administration sent out ________ to document and humanize the consequences of the Great Depression.
What are photographers?
People lost confidence in the banks and withdrew their money at alarming rates.
What is something that caused the banking Crisis?
Objected to the New Deal because of its proposals to raise taxes on and close tax loopholes for the wealthy. They believed that the New Deal expanded the role of the government too much.
Who are conservative Republican and wealthy Business leaders?
She began speaking out about lynching. She helped activists gain access to people within the government that could help them. She worked with NAACP, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, leader Walter White to bring an anti-lynching bill to Congress, but it failed to pass.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
"Old-age assistance and benefits programs, unemployment compensation, aid to dependent children, maternal and child welfare, and those with physical disabilities." It remains one of the best-known programs of the New Deal because it has continued and amended to present day.
What is Social Security?
Recorded "Strange Fruit," a song that protested the lynching of African Americans.
Who is Billie Holiday?
1. Birth rates decreased as women sought out information about birth control.
2. Crime rates increased since unemployed workers would steal to get food for their families.
3.Abandonment rates increased as husbands left their families to look for work.
What are three ways the Depression changed American Society?
While Roosevelt's New Deal helped some African Americans, the president did not challenge _______.
What is segregation?
The NNA protested discriminatory hiring practices by picketing, boycotting, and protesting against businesses that fired or refused to hire African Americans.
What is the New Negro Association?
Established in 1935, is an independent agency that helps prevent unfair labor practices and enforce labor laws.
What is the National Labor Relations Board?
African American sculptor _____ ______ taught many artists who would later be nationally recognized.
Who is Augusta Savage?
The Great Depression was especially harmful to ________ _________. Overproduction and high tariffs from Europe led to a drop in crop prices and the loss of customers outside of the US.
Who are American Farmers?
A popular radio personality and priest, initially supported FDR's goals but later accused him of being too friendly to bankers.
Who is a Charles Coughlin?
The popularity of the New Deal contributed to a realignment of the American _____ -_____ ______.
What is two-party system?
Functioned as a more wide-reaching vision for the future of the country as a whole, putting into place sweeping social welfare reforms. Many of these programs still exist today.
What is the Second New Deal?
The WPA also created ______ which provided work for artists in a wide variety of fields. These included visual arts, acting, writing, photography, music, and dance. Several community art centers are here today because of this program.
What is Federal Project Number One?
The Great Depression also marked a shift toward increased _____ _____. FDR used Keynesian economic theory, which argues that ______ ______ can increase growth.
What is government spending?
Primary criticism of the New Deal was that it didn't go far enough. His political views did not fit neatly into a specific category. Many of his policies and ideas focused on helping the poor and working classes. Though he was decried at the time as a socialist and even a communist, his style had a naturally authoritarian bent.
Who is Huey P. Long, nicknamed, "The Kingfish."
His goal was to add justices to the court who would outnumber those who had voted to strike down parts of the New Deal.
What is FDR's Court Packing Plan?