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Provide the full name of the president who created the New Deal.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Provide the name of the president who contributed to the Great Depression (voted out of office).
Herbert Hoover
What does the EBA stand for?
Emergency Banking Act
What was the EBA?
Emergency Banking Act.
What does the CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Provide the FULL NAMES of the PWA and the WPA
WPA - WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
Provide the FULL names for the AAA and TVA.
AAA - AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT AGENCY
TVA - TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Provide the FULL names for HOLC and the SSA
HOLC - HOME-OWNERD LOAN CORPORATION
SSA - SOCIAL SECURITY ACT
In what year was Roosevelt elected President?
1932.
Explain what the Dust Bowl was.
Storms of dust caused by soil-erosion.
What are the THREE Rs of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What were FDR's Fireside Chats?
A series of radiobroadcasts aimed at ordinary citizens. He would explain what measures the government was taking and provided hope and optimism for the future of America
What type of power did the TVA provide, and to whom?
The TVA provided hydroelectric power to farmers and the greater South.
Explain the role of HOLC in combatting the Great Depression.
A programme designed to give people loans from the government so they could keep their homes.
How did WWII help end the Great Depression?
It provided millions of jobs through the military and the production of weapons and ammunition.
Explain the role of the NRA.
The NRA stabilised and the prices of goods across private companies.
Explain how the CCC helped combat the effects of the Great Depression.
It provided three million jobs but also taught men valuable life-skills like soil-erosion control. This helped relieve unemployment.
Explain the role of the TVA in combatting the Great Depression.
It provided hydro-electricity to millions of farmers. It provided dams for better flood control and it strengthened farmers' knowledge about soil erosion.
Provide one critique of the AAA.
It forced farmers to destroy cattle and crops while millions of people were starving.
*Wild Card Question*
From what years did FDR serve as President of the United States?
1932-1945
Comment on ONE critique of the NRA
The Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional as it was anti-capitalist in nature.
Comment on how the SSA reformed the economy.
It gave workers a safety-net to fall back and offered unemployment insurance, pensions etc.
Explain how the EBA helped restore confidence in the economy.
It stopped banks from investing in risky investments like the stock market; people were more inclined to trust the banks as there money was now safe.
Explain how the AAA provided relief to farmers.
This agency paid farmers to reduce production and destroy crops and livestock. This was meant to reduce surpluses and stabilise the price of goods. This provided relief to farmers as they were earning more money for their crops and livestock
In what year, and in what area, was America attacked by Japan?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbour in 1941.