R Groups
What are the 3 R Groups?
Relief, recovery, and reform
What is the Works Progress Administration?
Influential husband and wife duo who helped lead America out of the Great Depression while improving the lives of Americans.
Who are Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt?
Advocated for the Roosevelt administration to do more for women and African Americans
New Deal administration that provided jobs to artists, actors, and writers.
What did Relief programs do?
Provided temporary help to Americans unemployed due to the Great Depression
Attempted to boost the economy by lowering crop production and raising crop prices. They achieved this by paying farmers to leave parts of their land unplanted.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
Helped organize the "Black Cabinet"
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Gave Native Americans autonomy over tribal reservation lands
What is the Indian Reorganization act of 1934?
Why is the 1930s important for the Movie and Radio industries?
They began to peak during their Golden Age
What did Recovery programs do?
Worked to bounce back the economy from the Depression
One of the most important programs established by Roosevelt's administration that is still in effect today.
What is the Social Security Act?
First female cabinet member who helps create the Social Security System
Why was FDR hesitant to fully support civil rights for African Americans?
He didn't want to upset southern voters
How did movies impact Americans during the Great Depression and New Deal period?
They provided them with relief and an escape from the harsh realities of the Depression
What did Reform programs do?
Worked to eliminate the causes of depression to prevent another major economic crisis
What is the significance of the National Industrial Recovery Act?
It helped bounce back the economy by beginning to improve working conditions
What is John Collier accredited with?
He helped to create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Advised the Roosevelt administration on racial issues during the 1930's
What is the Black Cabinet?
What is the significance of the 3 R's?
They provide the framework for New Deal programs
What is the significance of the Wagner Act?
It is one of the most important labor laws and helped reform workers rights.
Was a critic of the New Deal who created his own social program
How did New Deal programs discriminate against women?
Hired mainly (or only) men and some set lower wages for women than men.
American songwriter who wrote the Dust Bowl Ballads
Who is Woody Guthrie?