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This program established by Congress on March 31, 1933, provided jobs for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression.
CCC
This repealed the 18th amendment making alcohol sales legal again.
21st Amendment
Banks closed for a "banking holiday" to restore confidence in the financial system and created the FDIC
The Emergency Banking Act
This program insures deposits, examines, and supervises financial institutions for safety
FDIC
A set of programs created by FDR to get the US out of the depression were known as what?
This program offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops as well as teaching them sustainable farming practices.
A system of Federal old-age benefits for retired workers.
This person opposed FDR and his New Deal Programs. He believed we should give more to the poor.
Huey "Kingfish" Long
FDR trying to change the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 candidates is know as what?
Court Packing
This program established minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.
Fair Labor Standards Act
Tuesday, October 29th 2029 is known as what?
Black Tuesday
List the causes of the great depression?
Farmers defaulting on a loan
Other countries defaulting on loans to the US
Bank Failures
What percent of the workforce was unemployed in the Great Depression?
25%
Who was president at the beginning of the Great Depression?
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
Taxes on imported goods that caused inflation world wide
Why were millions of acres of land plowed to grow wheat in the Midwest?
The government paid farmers to grow wheat during WW1
What factors led to the dust bowl?
(3 things)
Severe drought
Loss of native grasslands due to over farming
Heavy Winds
What did the Bonus Army want?
Early payment for WW1 service bonuses
How many days did FDR call an emergency congress for when he was elected president?
How many laws did congress pass in the emergency session at the beginning of FDR's presidency?
15
This moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4 to January 20, and of members of Congress from March 4 to January 3.
20th Amendment
Hoover wanted to give money to the big companies so it would trickle down to working people. How did FDR's plan differ from this?
He wanted to support the "forgotten man" at the bottom to get them back to work
What are the three Rs of the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
How much money is currently insured by the FDIC?
$250,000
Which New Deal Program did the supreme cours rule unconstitutional in 1935-36?
AAA, NIRA