Relief Programs
What group of people did the AAA help?
Farmers
What does NIRA stand for?
National Industrial Recovery Act
What does FLSA stand for?
Fair Labor Standards Act
What does laissez-faire mean?
Free market
Name one of the three Republican presidents that lead the US during the 1920s
Warren Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
What does AAA stand for?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
What does WPA stand for?
Works Progress Administration
What does FDIC stand for?
Federal Deposit Insurance Commission
What phrase often implies a Keynesian approach to economic spending?
deficit spending
State one out of the three goals of the New Deal
to stabilize the economy
to help the economy recover
to relieve human suffering
What does CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
What is the WPA best known for?
Public works projects
Sponsoring projects in the arts
What group did the Wagner Act create to supervise union elections and prevent businesses from treating their workers unfairly?
the National Labor Relations Board
What plan expanded the Supreme Court to as many as 15 judges?
Court Packing Plan
What were big businesses able to do under the laissez-faire policy?
they were free to expand without being held back by the government
Where did the CCC work?
National and state parks
What specific kind of program was the WPA?
Employment and infrastructure program
What did the FLSA ban in certain industries?
Oppressive child labor
What is the term for when a government's expenditures exceed its revenues during a fiscal period, causing it to run a budget deficit?
Deficit spending
What did some critics accuse Roosevelt of trying to do when he announced the Court Packing Plan?
Critics immediately charged that Roosevelt was trying to “pack” the court and thus neutralize Supreme Court justices hostile to his New Deal
How many parks did the CCC plant trees and construct trails and shelters for nationwide during its nine years of existence?
800
What did the NIRA authorize the President to do?
to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that would stimulate economic recovery
Why was the FDIC created?
to protect bank depositors and ensure a level of trust in the American banking system
What is the term for when the government takes on debt while using its spending power to create demand and stimulate the economy?
Keynesian approach
Name the New Deal program that was declared unconstitutional by Congress
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)