New Deal:

President Roosevelt

President Roosevelt

________ took the nation off of the gold standard by having the Treasury buy gold from citizens.

Inflation

________ was achieved by buying gold at increasing prices over time.

Pearl Buck

________: wrote about Chinese peasant society; won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1938.

Federal Housing Administration

The ________ (FHA), passed in 1934, attempted to improve the home- building industry.

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

The ________ (AAA) attempted to reduce crop surpluses, which led to lower crop prices.

Consumer spending

________ was reduced because Social Security taxes cut into payrolls.

Home Owners' Loan Corporation

The ________ (HOLC) assisted many households that had trouble paying their mortgages.

Congress

________ repealed prohibition with the 21st Amendment in late 1933 to raise federal revenue and provide employment,

Senator Huey P Long

________ publicized his "Share Our Wealth "program in which every family in the United States would receive $ 5, 000.

Dr Francis E Townsend

________ attracted millions of senior citizens with his plan that each citizen over the age of 60 would receive $ 200 a month.

Herbert Hoover

The Republicans nominated ________ to run for president in the election of 1932.

Agricultural Adjustment Act of

The Second ________ 1938 continued conservation payments; if farmers obeyed acreage restrictions on specific commodities, they would be eligible for payments.

FDR

________ created jobs with federal money to jumpstart the economy.

1935

Congress passed the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in ________, with the objective of providing employment for useful projects (i.e.

Civilian Conservation Corps

The ________ (CCC) employed about 3 million men in government camps.

Supreme Court

The NRA was declared unconstitutional by the ________ in 1935 (Schechter vs. United States), because the NRA gave legislative powers to the President, and it allowed Congress to control individual business, not just interstate commerce.

Ruth Benedict

________: made strides in the field of anthropology.

CIO

The ________ led a series of strikes, including the sit- down strike at the General Motors automobile factory in 1936.

John L Lewis

Unskilled workers began to organize under leadership from ________, boss of the United Mine Workers.

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

The ________ encouraged Native American tribes to establish self- government and to preserve their native crafts and traditions.

John Lewis

The CIO was led by ________.

Franklin Roosevelt

________ won the election of 1932 by a sweeping majority, in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.

Dust Bowl

Late in 1933, the ________ struck many states in the trans- Mississippi Great Plains.

FDIC

The ________ insured individual bank deposits up to $ 5, 000.

1932

In the election of ________, the Democrats called for a balanced budget and social and economic reforms.

AAA

The ________ established standard "parity prices "for basic commodities.

national debt

From 1932 to 1939, the ________ increased from $ 19 trillion to $ 40 trillion.

Public Works Administration

The ________ (PWA) was intended to provide long- term recovery.

Tennessee River

It was designed to construct dams on the ________.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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

Civil Works Administration

The ________ (CWA), a branch of the FERA, was designed to provide temporary jobs during the winter emergency.

Congress

________ passed the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act) to help labor unions.

FDR

________ was a Hamiltonian in that he supported big government, but he was a Jeffersonian in that he supported the "forgotten man ..

Congress

________ passed the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933, which gave the President power to regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen solvent banks.

Congress also passed some of FDR's New Deal programs, which focused on

relief, recovery, reform

Congress gave President Roosevelt extraordinary blank-check powers

some of the laws gave legislative authority to the President

Ruth Benedict

made strides in the field of anthropology

Pearl Buck

wrote about Chinese peasant society; won a Nobel Prize in literature in 1938

In 1937, Roosevelt proposed legislation that would allow him to add liberal justices to the Court

a new justice would be added for every member over the age of 70 who would not retire

Keynesianism Economics

government money is used to "prime the pump" of the economy and encourage consumer spending; this policy intentionally creates a budget deficit

FDR potentially saved capitalism by eliminating some of its worst faults (ex

poor labor conditions)