Chapter 33 - The Great Depression and the New Deal

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

________ tried to reduce crop surpluses which led to lower crop prices.

Roosevelt

________ proposed the Court- packing plan which received a lot of negative feedback from the public.

National Recovery Administration

Was designed to bring industries together in order to create a set of "fair" business practices

Pearl Buck

Won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1938

Securities and Exchange Commission

Was created in 1934, with it providing oversight of the stock market

New Deal legislation

________ embraced progressive ideas such as unemployment insurance, old- age insurance, minimum- wage regulations, conservation and development of natural resources, and restrictions on child labor.

Resettlement Administration

The ________ moved near- farmless farmers to better lands in 1935.

Congress

________ passed the Hatch Act of 1939 with it preventing federal administrative officials from active political campaigning and soliciting.

Home Owners Loan Corporations

________ helped households that had trouble paying their mortgages.

FDR

Created jobs with federal money in order to jumpstart the economy

Civillian Conservation Corps

Employed approximately 3 million men in government camps

Fair Labor Standards Act

Congress passed the ________ in 1938.

CIO

________ claimed about 4 million members by 1940.

Ruth Benedict

Made several strides in the field of anthropology

Dust Bowl

Struck many states in the trans-Mississippi Great Plains, late in 1933

Eleanor Roosevelt

________, FDRs wife was very active in FDRs political career.

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Encouraged Native American tribes to establish self- government and to preserve their native crafts and traditions

NRA

Declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1935 due to Schechter vs. United States

National debt

________ increased from $ 19 trillion to $ 40 trillion from 1932 to 1939.

Federal Housing Administration

Was passed in 1934 with it trying to improve the home-building industry

crop acreage

Reduced ________ by paying farmers to plant soil- conserving crops.

Public Works Administration

Was meant to provide long-term recovery

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Congress created the ________ with the Glass- Steagall Banking Reform Act.

Keynesianism economics

Consisted of government being used to "prime the pump "of economy and encourage consumer spending with this policy intentionally creating a budget deficit

Civil Works Administration

Was a branch of the FERA and was designed to provide temporary jobs during emergencies in the winter

Congress

________ repealed prohibition with the 21st Amendment in late 1933 in order to raise federal revenue and provide employment.

FDR

Won the election of 1932 with a majority in the popular vote and the Electoral College

Supreme Court

________ was primarily dominated by conservatives against many of the "socialistic "New Deal programs.

Congress

________ passed the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1936 in an attempt to make farmers farm less.

FDR

Had the goal of creating modest inflation which would relieve debtors burdens and stimulate new production