The New Deal
The New Deal was the answer to
the Great Depression.
True/False. FDR's Brain Trust was made up of Democrats only
False
The Emergency Banking Act
its purpose was the reorganization of banks.
It provided programs for workers, including pensions for Americans. Insurance for the unemployed as well as the disabled and dependent children were also provided.
Social Security Act of 1935
The ______________was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Dust Bowl
The administration of President Hoover encouraged people to ______________ and to let the crisis pass by.
remain calm
These were FDR’s first one hundred days in office.
The Hundred Days.
Its purpose was to raise prices of staple crops by controlling them and paying the farmers through subsidies.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
It set proper hours and minimum wages for different categories of workers.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
The drought came in three waves: 1934, 1936, and _____________
1939–1940
To help him plan the new deal, FDR sought the advice of the most influential professionals and academics of the time. The press named this group the “___________”.
“Brain Trust”
These 15 major bills passed by Congress in the Hundred Days had three main goals: ________
relief, recovery and reform.
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
a vast expanse of grasslands stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Missouri River and from the Rio Grande to the coniferous forests of Canada, an area more than eighteen hundred miles from north to south and more than five hundred miles from east to west.
The Great Plains
“______________” of windblown soil blocked out the sun and piled the dirt in drifts.
Black blizzards
Franklin D Roosevelt promised a “____________ for the American people”.
new deal
Roosevelt declared a bank holiday for four days. Its purpose was to ______________
stop people withdrawing their money from the banks.
It was established to protect workers from abusive companies. The act mainly created the National Labor Relations Board.
The Wagner Act of 1935
The existence of the Native Americans in the Great Plains depended on and was tied directly to the ______.
bison
Windbreaks known as ____________, swaths of trees that protect soil and crops from wind, to prevent erosion.
shelterbelts
True/False. The stock market crashed because banks invested heavily on speculated stocks and lost the money
True
It provided temporary jobs
Civil Works Administration
This area is sometimes called the breadbasket of the world.
The Great Plains
The U.S. federal government and local governments promoted bison hunting for 2 reasons:
1. To allow ranchers to range their cattle without competition from the bison,
2. _________________
to starve and weaken the Plains Indian population to pressure them to remain on reservations
The Dust Bowl caused severe widespread health crises, primarily “______________”, a deadly respiratory illness caused by inhaling fine silt that filled the lungs.
dust pneumonia
Which president launched the New Deal?
FDR
Name one New Deal program that is still going on today?
FDIC, Social Security, TVA, FHA, FCIC, SEC
Which agency or authority built dams and hydroelectric projects
TVA
Roosevelt’s radio addresses to reassure the public were called ___________
Fireside chats
The Dust Bowl primarily occurred during which decade?
1930's
Migrants from the Plains were called ___________
Okies
Which Amendment ended Prohibition?
The 21st Amendment
Which Second New Deal agency built roads, schools, and employed artists?
Works Progress Administration-WPA
Which president followed Roosevelt and continued the New Deal with his "Fair Deal"?
Truman
A major natural cause of the Dust Bowl was _____
Severe drought