Relief, Reform, or Recovery
gave help and money to poor people in need
Relief
The New Deal strengthened which branch of government?
executive/president
FDR ordered all banks closed for 4 days; Gov’t inspected the financial health of the banks
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Social Security Act excluded what two groups
farmers and domestic workers
Built dams, created jobs, and controlled flooding in the Tennessee Valley
TVA Tennessee valley authority
regulate the economy for the future to prevent future depressions
Reform
FDR’s famous line at his 1st inauguration
"we have nothing to fear but fear itself"
Established a system to provide financial security, in the form of regular payments, to people who could not support themselves; an insurance for old people
Social Security
Federal relief programs in the South reinforced what
racial segregation
provides for the safer and more effective use of the assets of banks; regulates interbank control
FDIC
fix economy in the short run and put people back to work
Recovery
Who won the Presidential Election of 1932?
FDR
proposed increasing the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 members
court packing
How were women paid compared to men during the New Deal
LESS
Paid farmers to lower production of crop
Result: prices for farm products increased and farmers earned more money
AAA
How many "New Deals" did we discuss in this chapter?
2
Who won the Presidential election of 1936?
FDR
Law to regulate stock information
Federal Securities Act
Who were aided by federal funds allocated by Congress to support fine arts and provide jobs
Artists
Put 2.5+ million young men to work maintaining forests, beaches, and parks; Ages 17-29
CCC
came to refer to the relief, recovery and reform programs of FDR’s administration aimed at combating the Great Depression
New Deal
Name of the amendment that moved the Presidential inauguration
20th amendment
Which known WPA project was completed in Scranton
307 lookout/overlook
Name one of the entertainments people were able to use
movies, radio, comedy, drive-in theater, literature
Replaced the CWA ; Provided work for 8 million Americans; Built or improved playgrounds, schools, hospitals, etc.
WPA