new deal

• the three R's stood for what?

  Relief, Recovery, Reform
• what was the main aim of the new deal?


  to create jobs
• what did FDR do in order to create jobs?

  introduced alphabet agencies
• What type of power did congress give FDR in the first 100 days?


  emergency
• Why did FDR request emergency powers?

  there wasn't time for new laws to be passed through congress
• What was the name of the specialist team that FDR asked for advice?


  brain trust
• The Public Works administration created jobs for what type of worker?


  skilled males
• What did the PWA create?

  airports, hospitals, roads and schools
• The Civilian Conservation Corps created jobs for who? 

  young males 18-25 years old
• What type of job did the CCC create?


  clearing rivers
• What did the NRA (National Recovery Act) do?

  gave better working conditions and hours for workers
• Which economic sector did the AAA help?


  farmers
• How did the AAA help farmers ?

  it established quotas for a guaranteed price so that farmers did not overproduce
• the new deal reduced unemployment
• Roosevelt won the 1936 election by a landslide
• The Second New Deal concentrated on which section of the 3 R'S?

  reform
• What did the SSA stand for?


  social security act
• What did the SSA provide ?

  • old age pensions
  • unemployment benefits
• who opposed the new deal?

  • businessmen
  • rich republicans
  • the Supreme Court
• Why did the Republicans oppose the New Deal?

  it went against 'laissez-faire", including too much government intervention
• By 1937, how much did unemployment fall by due to the New Deal?


  it went from 24.9% to 20.7% of the population
• What happened when FDR cut the New Deal budget?

  unemployment rose again
• women and black African Americans did not benefit from the new deal
• the Second World War was what brought the US out of the economic depression
• Why did businessmen oppose the New Deal?

  the new deal increased wages of workers and therefore their costs increased
• business men thought the new deal's rules were too complicated
• Republicans did not like the New Deal as it meant taxes increased which was against Republican policy.
• Why did rich Americans oppose the New Deal?

  they had to pay more tax
• In the Second New Deal, the Revenue Act introduced a 79% tax on incomes over what?


  $5 Million
• The Revenue Act - the wealthiest 1% of Americans had to pay 16% in tax rather than 7%.
• Why did the Supreme Court rule that the New Deal was unconstitutional?

  they new deal undermined the power of local states
• Which 2 Alphabet Agencies did the Supreme Court deem unconstitutional?


  AAA and NRA
• Roosevelt was angry that the Supreme Court had thrown out laws that he had been democratically elected to pass
• Roosevelt asked Congress to give him power to appoint more Supreme Court judges that were sympathetic to the New Deal. How many more did he ask for?


  6
• Due to this, the Supreme Court were less obstructive in the future though. 
• what did the American people begin to think FDR was acting like? a .....


  Dictator