US History Unit Four B

I

100

Guarantees bank deposits

FDIC

200

Employed young men that planted trees, cleared brush, and fought forest fires

CCC

300

Why was the Supreme Court case Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States groundbreaking?

Decided the National Industrial Recovery Act was unconstitutional

400

Included pensions to retirees, unemployment compensation, payments to the disabled, and to dependent children and their mothers

Social Security

500

Provided water to cities and farms in California

CCVP

II

100

Provided refinancing to prevent home foreclosures

HOLC

200

Provides assistance to victims of natural disasters

FERA

300

Outlawed business practices that were unfair to labor

Wagner Act

400

Allowed Roosevelt to add up to six more justices to the Court (defeated by Congress)

Court packing

500

Was declared unconstitutional

NIRA

III

100

Provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages

FCA

200

Built or repaired roads, bridges, dams, sewer systems, schools, and other public works including Mount Rushmore

PWA

300

Investigated unfair labor practices

NLRB

400

Improved housing standards

National Housing Act

500

What impact did the AAA have on the Great Depression?

Boosted farm goods prices

IV

100

Sold electricity produced from power plants at low rates

TVA

200

Similar to the PWA in that it hired laborers for construction projects

CWA

300

Craft (skill) union

AFL

400

List two accomplishments of the Fair Labor Standards Act

• Established a minimum wage (40 cents an hour)

• Established a maximum workweek of 40 hours

• Established time and a half for overtime

• Established child-labor restrictions (16 year olds)

500

Separated commercial and investment banking institutions

Glass-Steagall Act

V

100

President Roosevelt's advisory committee that developed New Deal programs

Brain Trust

200

Employed artists, writers, musicians, and actors who were paid to paint murals, write stories, and perform plays

WPA

300

Industrial union

CIO

400

Name two members of teh New Deal Coalition

Labor unions, blue collar workers, minorities (racial, ethnic, and religious), farmers, white Southerners, people on relief, and intellectuals

500

Established the Securities Exchange Commission

Securities Act