New Deal Programs Pt. 1
This act closed banks for 4 days, and gave the president power over the banks to help them rebound after the stock market crash.
Emergency Banking Relief Act
This program encouraged businesses to set a minimum wage and abolish child labor (NRA)
National Recovery Act
A Detroit priest who had a radio show that bashed the New Deal
Charles Coughlin
Black Thursday
This is the name of the First Lady who transformed her position and advocated for the rights of others.
Eleanor Roosevelt
This government agency employed three million men to work on projects such as planting trees, building levees, and improving national parks (CCC).
Civilian Conservation Corps
Set the goal of stimulating the economy through the building of huge public works projects that needed a large number of workers (PWA)
Public Works Administration
A California Doctor who advocated that FDR create a pension for older people who had retired
Francis Townsend
What percentage of people were unemployed during the Great Depression?
Dust storms were also known as this during the Dust Bowl.
Black Blizzards
This agency pushed out aid to the poor and suffering by giving money to states to use in relief programs. (FERA)
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Guaranteed that money placed in a bank insured by the agency would not be lost if the bank failed (FDIC)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Huey Long
1%
This Great Depression film was a drama about Civil War families dealing with hard times (&Mrs. Sattler hates the movie)
Gone With the Wind
This act had two goals: Raise farm prices quickly and control production. With this, farm incomes rose 50% (AAA)
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This agency regulates the sale of stock and punishes dishonest sellers and resellers (SEC)
This group of people was the largest challenger of the New Deal and often reversed New Deal Programs
Supreme Court
What was the name of shelters built out of boxes that people lived in during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
How many African Americans were left jobless during the great depression?
More than half
A program created to control flooding, promote conservation, and bring electricity to rural areas along the Tennessee River (TVA)
Tennessee Valley Authority
While governor of New York, FDR drew on advice of lawyers, economists and social workers. This group was known as what?
Brain Trust
What are the two New Deal Programs that the Supreme Court took away?
The National Recovery Act and the Agricultural Adjustment Act
This group of military veterans marched on Washington in order to get their $1,000 from serving in WWI early.
The Bonus Army
What is the term for media that was created to be light or romantic in order for people to forget about their problems?
Escapism