Winners & Losers
This act of the new deal allowed workers to unionize
Wagner Act
This person was nominated as FDR's secretary of labor and was key in pushing for progressive reforms that helped Americans come out of the depression
Frances Perkins
This constitutional amendment granted woman's suffrage
19th
The "Axis Powers" of WW2 consisted of these countries
Germany, Italy, and Japan
This social safety net allowed people to retire with some level sustainable income
Social Security
-Large labor pool = low wages
-Smaller labor pool = increased wages
This agency was created to be able to pay back people's deposits if a bank went under
FDIC
This amendment passed in 1933 ends prohibition
21st
This act made it illegal to sell arms to either side of a conflict
Neutrality Acts
This act finally grants a minimum wage and overtime laws. It also restricts child labor
The Fair Labor and Standards Act
This act was used as a way of upping agricultural prices through lowering supply
Agricultural Adjustment Act
This amendment changes the inauguration times for the president and vice president
20th
This FDR declaration by FDR opposed foreign intervention, allowing for the rise of fascism across Europe
Inter-American Conference Declaration
-Spanish Civil War, Japanese Invasion of China, and German Invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Administration creates the 30 year loan, but also creates a system which largely excludes African Americans from housing loans
The National Housing Administration
These two organizations were utilized to increase employment opportunities on public works programs after the depression
The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Tennessee Valley Authority
How many justices does the constitution say should be on the supreme court?
...it doesn't
-FDR thinks about adding 6 more to get around challenges to New Deal programs
This act allowed us to legally stay neutral in the lead up to WW2, but still provide Great-Britain, and eventually the USSR, with necessary war ships
Lend-Lease Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act leaves who out of its benefits?
Agricultural Workers
Helps landowners, but disregards agricultural workers
This act ensured that businesses had incentive to pay their workers enough to live on after the depression, despite not having a federal minimum wage in place.
National Recovery Act
This event brings the United States out of neutrality, and into WW2
Pearl Harbor