FDR and the New Deal

After 1936 the economy made slow and steady progress.

How did the nature of the government's emergency relief change during the Second New Deal?

The last major New Deal law was

What did FDR call his push to put in place key programs to turn the economy around?

The _________ sought to transform an entire region of the country by building dams and creating electricity.

In the 1936 presidential election Rep. Alf Landon carried only 2 states.

What provided a guaranteed income for many Americans 65 and older?

What woman played a major role in FDR's administration?

During the first 100 days, why was a program made to pay farmers to not grow some crops?

Photographer Dorothea Lange's most famous subjects in the 1930s were

In 1937 what misstep caused the president to loose support from some people with in his own party?

the Fair Labor Standards Act

What was the center piece of the Second New Deal?

One of FDR's achievements was improving the situation of African American sharecropping.

In the 1932 election, FDR's margin of victory over Hoover was slim.

What did the government call the critical time of a new president?

How did FDR's philosophy differ from Hoover's?

what was one purpose shared by the Emergency Banking Act, the Glass-Steagal Act, and the presidents fireside chats?

One of the gains maid by labor unions in the 1930's was the right to

What is the lowest possible amount an employer can legally pay employees?

FDR appointed African Americans to key positions

In 1935 which government body struck significant blows to the New Deal's attempts to fix the economy?

What to artists Jackson Pollock, Eudora Welty, and Ralph Ellison have in common?

The Securities and Exchange Commission helped the public

The CCC was formed to solve the problems of

what is a government funded building project?

What is it called when a government spends more than they takes in taxes?

because of the support for workers, the ND had an effect on the relationship between business and ___________?