New Deal

"Act Up"

100

Allowed some banks to re-open after the treasury inspected them. 

What is the Emergency Banking Relief Act? 

200

Brought electricity to rural areas. 

What is the Rural Electrification Act?

300

established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)? 

What is the Glass-Steagall Act? 

400

protected rights of workers and allowed them to join unions and bargain for fair labor practices. 

What is the Wagner (Fair Labor) Act?

500

provided old-age insurance, unemployment compensation, and benefits

What is the Social Security Act? 

"Admins"

100

tried to raise crop prices by lowering production, gave the government too much control over farms

What is the Agricultural Adjustment Administration-Act? 

200

helped provide money to students to help them stay in school and go to college

What is the National Youth Administration?

300

provided money to states to create jobs and build community buildings

What is the Public Works Administration?

400

created jobs building airport, public buildings, roads, and buildings

What is the Works Progress Administration? 

500

provided loans to farmers to help them keep their land.

What is the Farm Security Administration?

Terms 2

100

Roosevelt's advisory group

What is the Brain Trust?

200

radio broadcasts from the White House encouraging people to trust banks and support programs.

What are fireside chats?

300

African American advisers to the president

What is the Black Cabinet?

400

Period of severe drought and winds blowing around topsoil

What is the Dust Bowl?

500

the 3 goals of the New Deal

What are Relief, Reform, Recovery?

Terms 2

100

provided money to homeowners facing foreclosure

What is the Home Owners Loan Corporation?

200

provided direct relief to the needy, clothing, food

What is the Federal Emergency Relief Act?

300

created make-work jobs, picking up trash etc

What is the Civil Works Administration? 

400

put 18-25 year old men to work, building roads, planting trees

What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?

500

regulated companies that sold stocks and bonds

What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?

Misc.

100

won the election of 1936

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

200

Roosevelt wanted to reform this by appointing new people to office to support his programs

What is the Supreme Court?

300

amount of trees the CCC planted

What is 27 million?

400

paid artists and actors wages to produce public art and perform plays

What are the Federal Art Project and the Federal Theater Project?

500

Programs that we still have today

What are the FDIC, SEC, Social Security Act?