Chapter 15 New Deal New Deal Second Fights

Chapter 15: New Deal

New Deal Second Fights New Deal Depression New Deal Affects Many Groups Culture of the 1930’s Impact of New Deal 10 10 10 20 20 20 30 30 30 40 40 40

Question 1 - 10 • What was the first action that Roosevelt took as President?

Answer 1 – 10 • Closed the banks, ordered inspections and rushed cash to each bank needing it.

Question 1 - 20 • What reached 25%, the highest reading in our nations history, during Roosevelt’s first term?

Answer 1 – 20 • Unemployment. • New Deal programs aimed at ending unemployment weren’t successful. WWII finally put workers back to work.

Question 1 - 30 • Name 2 New Deal Acts which impacted agriculture and rural life?

Answer 1 – 30 • • • AAA – Agricultural Adjustment Act TVA – Tennessee Valley Authority Soil and Conservation Act Resettlement Act Farm Security Act

Question 1 - 40 • Name two Alphabet Soup Agencies that impacted Banking and Finance.

Answer 1 – 40 • SEC – Securities and Exchange Act – Regulated the stock market. • FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. – Protected people’s deposits. • Glass-Steagall Act – Regulated banks.

Question 1 - 50 • Provide an example for each of the three NEW DEAL goals.

Answer 1 – 50 • Relief – CCC, Glass-Steagall Act, • Recovery – NIRA, PWA, WPA, FERA, CWA • Reform – SEC, Glass Steagall, NLRB, Social Security, AAA,

Question 2 - 10 • Name two groups that voted Democrat in the 1936 election that used to vote Republican.

Answer 2 – 10 • African-Americans, city dwellers, unions, Jews, Catholics.

Question 2 - 20 • Who took this iconic picture which became one of the most recognizable symbols of the Depression?

Answer 2 – 20 • Dorothea Lange – she was paid by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) to highlight the plight of farmers in America.

Question 2 - 30 • This act reestablished collective bargaining and set up the NLRB.

Answer 2 – 30 • The Wagner Act. It allowed collective bargaining and protected unionization

Question 2 - 40 • What are three parts of the Social Security Act?

Answer 2 – 40 • Old Age Insurance • Unemployment Compensation • Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

Question 2 - 50 • Name two reasons that people consider the New Deal a Success.

Answer 2 – 50 • It helps guard against overproduction, keeps banks stable, regulates the stock market, gives people pensions in old age, helps unemployed people stay afloat.

Question 3 - 10 • America’s first female cabinet member was….

Answer 3 – 10 • Francis Perkins, she was Secretary of Labor.

Question 3 - 20 • She worked for bettering the lives of African. American youth while working for the Roosevelt Administration.

Answer 3 – 20 • Mary Mc. Leod Bethune • She is the Bethune in Bethune Cookman University in Daytona Beach Florida.

Question 3 - 30 • This famous Opera Singer was forced to sing at the Lincoln Memorial when the Daughters of the American Revolution chose not to allow her to sing in their hall.

Answer 3 – 30 • Marian Anderson. • MLK gave his most famous speech on the spot where Marian Anderson stood while singing God Bless America. She introduced him that day in 1963.

Question 3 - 40 • This Act allowed labor unions to flourish and bargain.

Answer 3 – 40 • Wagner Act.

Question 3 - 50 • What New Deal program has had the biggest and longest lasting impact on America today?

Answer 3 – 50 • Most likely, Social Security.

Question 4 - 10 • His radio broadcast of War of the Worlds set off a panic in many communities throughout America.

Answer 4 – 10 • Orson Welles.

Question 4 - 20 • This movie is set in “the good old days before the civil war. ”

Answer 4 – 20 • Gone with the Wind.

Question 4 - 30 • This play captures the idyll of small town New England.

Answer 4 – 30 • Our Town.

Question 4 - 40 • This book by John Steinbeck reveals much about the lives of Okies who fled to California.

Answer 4 – 40 • Grapes of Wrath. • Not to be confused with Wrath of Khan. Totally different approach.

Question 4 - 50 • Despite hard times, what percentage of the American population attended movies each week?

Answer 4 – 50 • 65% forked over $. 25 for some good old relief from reality each week.

Question 5 - 10 • “I see one third of the nation ill housed, ill clad, ill nourished. ” This famous quote was by….

Answer 5 – 10 • Franklin D. Roosevelt. During his second inaugural speech, Roosevelt hinted that there was still work to be done and that the New Deal was not successful yet.

Question 5 - 20 • Why were conservatives upset about the New Deal?

Answer 5 – 20 • It expanded the role of government too much and expanded government too much. • Too many taxes to support government programs. • It stifled free enterprise • It meddled in the economy (no laissez faire) • They thought it was unconstitutional

Question 5 - 30 • Why did liberals not like the New Deal?

Answer 5 – 30 • They thought it didn’t go far enough to socialize the economy. Roosevelt stopped short of economic revolution.

Question 5 - 40 • How did the New Deal change people’s thinking about the role of government?

Answer 5 – 40 • People now think it’s the government’s job to fix the economy, to help individuals with economic and social stress. People now look to the government to fix our problems.

Question 5 - 50 • Explain whether the New Deal ended the Great Depression or not.

Answer 5 – 50 • Good reasonable answers accepted.