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1.        What were some of the problems that led up to the Great Depression?

2.        What were the aims of the 1st new deal?

3.        When and what was the Agricultural Adjustment act?

4.        What were its successes and failures?

5.        What was the impact on African Americans?

6.        When and what was the Farm credit act? What was its significance?

7.        When and what was the Tennessee valley authority? What was its significance?

8.        When and what were the National Industrial Recovery act and the National Recovery administration? What were their significance?

9.        When and what was the Public works administration? What was its significance? Why was this limited?

10.  What were the civilian conservation corps? What was their significance in relation to African Americans?

11.  What happened with the CCC specifically in Clarke County, Georgia?

12.  What was the significance of the first New Deal in terms of:

a)        Federal government’s attitudes to state governments

b)        In relation to the economy

c)        Approach to social issues

d)        When was the last time the federal government intervened on this scale with state governments?

13.  How were FDR’s approaches to racial issues radical? How were they limited?

14.  What was the Black cabinet? What did they do and what was their impact on the Black community?

15.  What happened with anti-lynching legislation? How were the Black cabinet and Eleanour Roosevelt involved?

16.  When was the second new deal?

17.  What was the Wagner act and its aims? What were some of its successes and failures?

18.  What was the WPA? What was its significance?

19.  What was the Social Security act and what was its significance?

20.  What was the FSA and what was its significance?

21.  What was the FLSA and what was its significance?

22.  What was the NHA and what was its significance?

Opposition to the New Deal

23.  What had Roosevelt promised in relation to the New Deal?

24.  What were some of the criticisms of the New Deal made by the American Liberty league?

25.  Why did the supreme court oppose the New Deal?

26.  How did Roosevelt try to get around this and why was this the biggest mistake of his political career?

27.  Why did Southern and Western democrats oppose the New Deal?

28.  Why were the strikes of 1936-7 significant in terms of opposition to the New Deal? What was the reason for them in the first place?

29.  What was the NAM and how did it oppose the New Deal?

30.  For each of these, add notes to explain the extent of opposition and how effective it was.

31.  What was the positive impact of the NRA on AAs?

32.  How was the NRA limited in its impact on African Americans?

33.  Who was Robert Weaver and how did he have a positive impact on African Americans in relation to the New Deal?

34.  Who was Huey Long and what was his criticism of the New Deal? What were the conflicting views about his intentions?

35.  Which economic problems did Roosevelt face and what was the result from Aug 1937?

36.  Why did Roosevelt lose the support of many Democrats?

37.  What did Roosevelt announce in June 1938 and why was this a failure? What were the criticisms of this intention and what was the result?

38.  Who was Harold Ickes and how was he significant to AAs?

39.  What was the positive impact of the WPA on AAs?

40.  When was the first black democrat elected to congress?

41.  How was the CCC limited in its impact on AAs?

42.  How was the TVA segregated?

43.  Why did many black Americans support the democrat party?

44.  Why did Eleanor Roosevelt conflict with her husband over the issue of racial legislation?