FDR
Day
Acts in the Second Deal
Dates
Acts in the First New Deal
100

What was the US like when FDR entered office? 

  • Leaderless 
  • The banking system had collapsed.
100

Day's relationship to the Catholic Church was....

Not easy/ paradoxical 

100

Why were two New Deals during the Great Depression? 

It responded to needs for relief, reform and recovery from the Great Depression (one for each term in FDR's presidency). 

100

When did the first New Deal take place? 

1933-1934

100

What was the objective of the first New Deal? 

To help big businesses (agriculture) 

200

What did FDR promise when he entered office? 

He promised vigorous leadership and bold action, called for discipline and cooperation

200

What is a well-reformed conscience? 

Upright and truthful conscience 

A person who thinks before they act 

200

What was the purpose of the Social Security Act? 

  • Purpose: reform
  • Gave money to states for aid to dependent children, established unemployment insurance through payroll deduction, set up old-age pensions for retirees.
200

When did the second New Deal take place? 

1934-1941

200

What was the purpose of the National Recovery Act? (NRA)

  • Purpose: recovery of industry
300

Why did the country like FDR so much? 

  • He was a practical politician who practiced the art of the possible.
  • He was a charismatic person who exhibited a warmth and understanding of people.
  • He knew how to handle press by focusing attention on Washington.
  • He provided dynamic leadership in a time of crisis. 
  • He was willing to experiment
300
In 1940, what did Day oppose? 

The conscription laws with regard to drafting men to serve the military

300

What was the purpose of National Relations Act? 

  • Purpose: reform
  • Put restraints on employers and set up a National Labor Relations Board to protect the rights of organized labor to bargain collectively with employers.
300

When did WWII begin and end? 

Sep 1, 1939 – Sep 2, 1945

300
What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act? Why was that its purpose? 
  • Purpose: the recovery of agriculture
  • So the country would not have an excess of food (inflation). 
400

What was the purpose of the New Deal? 

  • Relief:  to provide jobs for the unemployed and to protect farmers from foreclosure
  • Recovery: to get the economy back into high gear, “priming the pump”
  • Reform: To regulate banks, to abolish child labor, and to conserve farm lands
  • Overall objective: to save capitalism
400
When did Day protest the Catholic Church and why? 

She protested the archbishop's office because she thought it was corrupted. 

400

What was the purpose of the Second Agricultural Adjustment Act? 

  • Purpose: recovery for agriculture
  • Paid farmers for conservation practices, but only if they restricted production of staple crops.
400

When did the Great Depression start and end? 

October 29, 1929 – 1939

400

What was the purpose of the Federal Emergency Relief Admin (FERA)? 

To help the unemployed with basic needs. 

500

Why was it so important to save capitalism? 

Because capitalism was considered the right ideology, it competed with socialism and communism. 

500
Why were Father Virgo Michael and Father John Hugo so important to Day? 

Father Michael = wanted the laity to have a deeper sense of their unity to the church 

Father Hugo = influenced the way Day saw God (influenced her spirituality)

500

What was the purpose of the US Housing Authority? 

  • Purpose: recovery and reform
  • Used federal funds to tear down slums and construct better housing.
500

What event began the Great Depression? 

It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.

500

What was the CCC? 

  • Gave outdoor work to unemployed men between the ages of 17 and 29 (helped reduce unemployment).