FDR quiz

who ran against roosevelt in the 1932 election?

herbert hoover

where did the phrase "new deal" come from?

fdr campaign

fdr called for an end to what?

prohibition

what was the new deal?

set of gov programs to stop the great depression and prevent

what are the three r's of the new deal?

relief, recovery, reform

people who look at the new deal in a chronological way, divide it into what two things?

1st and 2nd new deals

the first new deal were programs that happened before what year?

1935

the civilian conservation corps paid young people to do what?

build national parks

nra stands for what?

national recovery administration

the nra was about coordinating industry standards for what?

production, prices, work conditions

fdr preferred programs that created what instead of giving people relief handouts?

temporary jobs

why was the tennessee river valley so controversial?

it put the gov in direct competition with small businesses

the aaa was controversial because it gave the gov the power to do what?

raise farm prices, setting production quota

what/who struck down the aaa?

the court US v Butler

fdr made what new act regarding the supreme court?

judicial procedures reform bill

unions believed the depression was caused by underconsumption and the best way to avoid depression was to do what?

raise workers wages

the us gov embraced what sort of economics during fdr days?

keynes

what program paid people to build post offices, paint buildings, take photographs, put on plays, etc?

works progress administration wpa

fdr brought what group of people into the democratic party?

african americans, jews, catholics, middle class home owners, urban progressives