Phrase New Deal Flashcards

Flashcards to review for Chapter 33

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Cards In This Set

Front Back
This government program buys up some of the surplus and pays Farmer Joe not to grow crops on part of his land.
AAA
From a poor area, Billy has been helped by the creation of a working hydro-electric plant which produces cheap energy for him and gives him a job.
TVA
This 1938 part of the New Deal made it possible for workers to earn a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour and to work a maximum workweek of 40 hours
Fair Labor Standards Act
Kevin has been hired to do some reforestation work for which he receives $35 a month in this program, one of Roosevelt's favorites.
CCC
After being closed for 4 days, First Haven Federal Savings and Loan was closed because it was financially unsound.
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Margaret is an elderly American who is given a pension under this program.
Social Security
Sam was given work to get him through the winter of 1933 by this temporary public works agency which provided short term projects for the jobless.
CWA
This second new deal program hired 9 million people to build roads, schools, and such but was heavily criticized.
WPA
These were the two programs declared unconstitutional.
AAA and NRA
This comprehensive relief program of the New Deal gave funds to states so they could continue to provide for the immediate needs of their citizens.
FERA
This guaranteed collective bargaining rights, permitted closed shops, and outlaw management spying and blacklisting.
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
These were the advisers (many academics) that served as an informal cabinet for FDR while he was president.
Brain(s) Trust
Critic of FDR who proposed the Share our Wealth Program
Huey Long
Critic of FDR who proposed a $200 a month payment to the elderly.
Dr. Francis Townsend
Racist, anti-Semitic Catholic priest who criticized FDR on the radio
Fr. Charles Coughlin