FDR and New Deal

"This Land is Your Land"

Woody Guthrie

"Their Eyes Were Watching God"

Zora Neale Hurston

How did First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt participate in the New Deal?

by advocating for women and the rights of workers

How did the Second New Deal attempt to prevent another Dust Bowl through the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act?

by compensating farmers for practicing good soil management and conservation

How did striking labor unions often prevent companies from using scabs in the 1930s?

by remaining inside their factories

How did a large part of the general public try to escape the hardships of their lives during the Great Depression?

by watching popular movies

Which of the following types of films were most popular during the 1930s?

comedies, gangster films

Which of the following was an effect of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934?

greater tribal control over their own affairs

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

guarantees the money in individual bank accounts

Provided for collective bargaining and protected the right of workers to join unions

Wagner Act

Why did Woody Guthrie become popular during the 1930s?

People could relate to his songs about hard times and hope.

Hired photographers to document the lives of people in rural areas

Farm Security Administration (FSA)

organized the first all-African American trade union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters

A. Philip Randolph

Which of the following was an effect of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

Artists and writers were paid to produce art and literature.

One important New Deal program was the ____________, which created jobs through a series of projects including building roads and parks and controlling soil erosion and flooding.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Established a maximum weekly number of hours to work and a minimum wage

Fair Labor Standards Act

One government agency that was created by the Second New to help farmers was the _________, which loaned money to tenant farmers so they could become landholders.

Farm Security Administration

First woman appointed to cabinet; served as secretary of labor

Frances Perkins

American Gothic

Grant Wood

Which of the following was a criticism of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

It created unneccessary projects just to employ people.

Commissioner of Indian Affairs who helped create the Indian Reorganization Act

John Collier

"The Grapes of Wrath"

John Steinbeck

Why did the New Deal end?

Leaders wanted to avoid additional deficit spending.

Among the more than 100 African Americans appointed by President Roosevelt, ____________ served as the head of the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration.

Mary McLeod Bethune

Headed the Division of Negro Affairs and helped organize a group of African Americans to advise the president on racial issues

Mary McLeod Bethune

Provided young people with education, jobs, and counseling

National Youth Administration (NYA)

Which of the following were advances made by women and minority groups during the New Deal?

Native Americans gained greater control over reservation lands; African Americans advised FDR at the White House; FDR appointed women as diplomats and federal judges; Native American children were allowed to be educated in the reservation schools.

Which of the following occurred to avoid too much deficit spending?

New Deal programs were reduced, and higher unemployment resulted

Native Son

Richard Wright

What was Eleanor Roosevelt's role in the New Deal?

She advocated for people who were typically underrepresented.

How did First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt help with reforms during the New Deal?

She lobbied for civil rights and workers' rights; She reported to the president of the suffering she saw on her travels.

How did Mary McLeod Bethune use her position to benefit the African American community?

She organized a group of African Americans to advise the president on racial issues.

Why was Frances Perkins significant?

She was the first female cabinet member

What law provided for unemployment compensation and insurance for people who were elderly?

Social Security Act

How did the New Deal provide long-lasting benefits to farmers?

The federal government's use of price supports from the AAA continued as farm subsidies.

Which of the following is a legacy of the New Deal?

The government plays a very active role in shaping the economy

What was the greatest impact of the New Deal?

The power of the federal government expanded significantly

Why did many conservatives attack New Deal laws?

They felt the laws gave the federal government power.

What role did popular moves serve during the 1930s?

They gave people a break from the hardships of the Great Depression

Which of the following was an effect of the New Deal's protection of worker rights?

Union membership increased greatly

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

constructed dams to control flooding and provide electricity to rural areas

Which of the following were examples of work done as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

constructing airports and roads; putting on theater performances; painting murals on public buildings; collecting the narratives of former slaves

Many New Deal programs were reduced to avoid additional ____________, resulting in higher unemployment.

deficit spending

One of the benefits Native Americans received from the New Deal was greater control of reservation land by

each tribe

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

employed young men in projects building parks and preventing flooding and soil erosion

Woody Guthrie became popular writing ____________ about hardships experienced during the Great Depression

folk songs

Public Works Administration (PWA)

granted money to states to construct schools and community buildings

What was covered as part of the Social Security Act?

insurance for retired people 65 and over; weekly payments to people who were unemployed; aid to people who were disabled and to families with children

Frances Perkins was the first female cabinet member, serving as secretary of ____________

labor

What kind of employment did Mexican Americans find in the Southwest?

laboring on farms

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

monitors the stock market

Social Security

provides money to people who are retired, have disabilities, and have dependent children

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

raised crop and livestock prices by paying farmers to produce less

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

settles disputes between unions and employers

Along with the Federal Securities Act of 1933, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was created to regulate the ____________ and prevent people from using false or inside information for their own gain.

stock market

Agricultural price supports established during the New Deal started the granting of _____________ to farmers and continued into the next century.

subsidies

In the 1920s Mexican Americans settled mostly in ________ working as farm workers.

the Southwest

The most consequential opposition to New Deal programs came from __________ in the mid-1930s.

the Supreme Court

The expansion of the power of __________ was the most significant impact of the New Deal.

the federal government

What was the main purpose of the TVA, CCC, PWA, and the CWA?

to put people to work improving the country's infastructure

What was the purpose of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

to quickly create as many jobs for as many people as possible

What was the purpose of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 in establishing in the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?

to reassure people that their money was safe in banks

What was the goal of President Roosevelt's bank holiday and the passage of the Glass-Steagall Act?

to reestablish the public's faith in the financial system

The New Deal's support or worker rights resulted in most ___________ supporting Franklin Delano Roosevelt in elections.

union members