Questions and Answers
What did the Civil Work Administration hire workers to do?
Build or improve airports, roads, and playgrounds
What was the National Recovery Administration (NRA) and what happened to it in 1935?
NRA was a program that caused industrial production to fall, and it was declared unconstitutional in 1935
What did the National Labor Relations Board do?
Organized secret ballots at factories to see if workers wanted unions
What did the Securities Act of 1933 require?
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What did the Public Works Administration (PWA) do?
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What did the Wagner Act do?
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What did the Glass-Steagall Banking Act do?
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What did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) do?
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What did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) do?
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What did the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) do?
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What was President Franklin Roosevelt's administration's approach to the economy?
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How did the New Deal affect the ongoing African American migration?
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What was the first thing President Roosevelt set out to do to fight the Depression?
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What did Senator Huey Long of Louisiana call for in 1934?
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Why did President Roosevelt launch the Second New Deal?
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What did the Social Security Act establish?
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How did the New Deal help establish a new voting coalition for President Roosevelt and the Democratic Party?
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What was the mistake of President Roosevelt's 'court-packing plan'?
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What did President Roosevelt trigger in 1937 by decreasing government spending?
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What did the New Deal establish in terms of the role of government in the economy?
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Study Notes
New Deal Programs
- The Civil Work Administration hired thousands of workers, including women, to build or improve airports, roads, and playgrounds.
- The National Recovery Administration caused industrial production to fall and was declared unconstitutional in 1935.
- The Public Works Administration awarded contracts to construction companies to build highways, dams, schools, and other facilities.
- The Works Progress Administration sponsored the Federal Number One program for artists, musicians, theater people, and writers.
- The Civilian Conservation Corps offered unemployed young men work planting trees, fighting forest fires, and building reservoirs.
Labor and Employment
- The National Labor Relations Board organized secret ballots at factories to see if workers wanted unions.
- The Wagner Act guaranteed workers the right to organize unions and bargain collectively.
- The New Deal helped establish a new voting coalition for President Roosevelt and the Democratic Party by addressing the needs of groups such as women, African Americans, and laborers.
Economy and Finance
- The Securities Act of 1933 required companies that sold stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investors.
- The Glass-Steagall Banking Act prohibited commercial banks from speculating on the stock market.
- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation covered the money that people save in banks against loss.
- President Roosevelt entered office with no clear agenda or strong political ideology, but his administration favored government intervention in the economy.
- In 1934, Senator Huey Long of Louisiana began criticizing the New Deal from the left and calling for a massive redistribution of wealth.
Social Security and Welfare
- The Social Security Act established the principle that the federal government should be responsible for citizens who, through no fault of their own, were unable to work.
- The New Deal affected the ongoing African American migration, with more people forced to migrate as tenant farmers lost their jobs.
President Roosevelt's Actions
- President Roosevelt launched the bold new programs that came to be known as the Second New Deal primarily because the first New Deal programs had not generated an economic recovery.
- President Roosevelt's "court-packing plan" was a serious mistake because it appeared to interfere with the Constitution's separation of powers.
- President Roosevelt triggered a new economic downturn in 1937 by decreasing government spending.
- The New Deal established what some have called the broker state, in which the government mediated among competing economic interests such as business leaders, farmers, workers, and homeowners.
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This quiz covers the different programs and policies implemented during the New Deal, including the Civil Work Administration, National Recovery Administration, and Public Works Administration, as well as labor laws and regulations, such as the National Labor Relations Board and the Wagner Act.
