Second new deal

• Why did the Supreme Court strike down key measures of the First New Deal?

  Existing problems remained
• The Democrats gained massive majorities in the Senate and the House of Representatives
• What was the primary goal of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

  Combat unemployment
• The Rural Electrification Administration (REA) brought electricity to rural areas for the first time, connecting much of America
• The Second New Deal addressed the needs of farmers, the unemployed, and trade unions.
• How many new schools were built as part of the WPA's efforts?

  6,000
• The WPA provided domestic jobs specifically for women
• The WPA became controversial because it introduced communist policies.

  False
• What percentage of farms in America were electrified by 1941 thanks to the REA?

  35%
• The Electrical Home and Farm Agency under the First New Deal arranged 100,000 loans for electrical goods
• Poorer farmers struggled to access electricity due to spite lines built to undermine CO-OPS.
• What is the purpose of brooders in poultry farms?

  Improve chick survival
• Spite lines were built to undermine CO-OP electricity
• What is a CO-OP in the context of the Second New Deal?

  Organizations working together
• The Farm Security Administration helped people buy their own farms.
• The Second Agricultural Adjustment Act in 1938 limited production using quotas
• What type of scheme did the Social Security Act create for older people?

  Federal pension scheme
• The Banking Act of 1935 created an independent governorship of the Federal Reserve.
• Which agency helped poor people buy new homes?

  Resettlement Administration
• Roosevelt's recession of 1937-1938 was caused by cuts in New Deal funding