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The document provides an assignment for a United States History II class on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Students are asked to identify key terms related to FDR's economic programs and reforms from 1933-1936. These included the bank holiday, Civilian Conservation Corps, and other initial relief programs as well as subsequent acts like the Social Security Act and National Labor Relations Act that comprised the Second New Deal. Students are to research the terms in provided sources and be prepared for a quiz on FDR and the New Deal.

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New Deal Assignments

The document provides an assignment for a United States History II class on Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Students are asked to identify key terms related to FDR's economic programs and reforms from 1933-1936. These included the bank holiday, Civilian Conservation Corps, and other initial relief programs as well as subsequent acts like the Social Security Act and National Labor Relations Act that comprised the Second New Deal. Students are to research the terms in provided sources and be prepared for a quiz on FDR and the New Deal.

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United States History II ACC

FDR and the New Deal


Chapter 34

Today we will begin our look at Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. For the next few
days we will be watching excerpts from The American Experience: FDR. Because the
movie will take up class time, I am counting on you to do some work on your own. I
expect you to keep up with your assignments. Work conscientiously – you will be
quizzed on this material. The assignments run as follows:

Identify the following terms. Be sure to include years of creation, occurrence, and
importance. This information can be found in your textbook, library books, internet, in-
class film, etc.

● Bank holiday
○ 1933
○ First thing FDR does in office
○ Decares that banks will close for 4 days
○ They will only be allowed to open if they are stable
○ Reinsure trust in the banks
● Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
○ 1933
○ CCC
○ Employ young men to do projects
○ They were the most likely to turn to crime without work
○ Reforest, Irrigation Systems
● Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
○ 1933
○ FERA
○ Millions of Dollars to give out to the states and local governments to give to local
governments to give out as they see fit.
○ “Stopping the bleeding”
○ Direct Relief
● Civil Works Administration (CWA)
○ 1933
○ Branch of FERA
○ Temporary jobs during the winter emergency
○ Proved to be very helpful
● Public Works Administration (PWA)
○ 1933
○ The objective was employment on useful projects
○ Ex. public buildings, roads, etc
○ Strengthened infrastructure
● Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
○ 1933
○ The vision of Senator George W. Norris
○ Federal resource management in the TN valley
○ Investigate production and distribution costs to test the fairness of rates charged
by private companies.
○ Criticized as socialist
○ Brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, reforestation, and much more.
● Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC)
○ 1933
○ Refinance mortgages in non-farm homes
○ Bailed out mortgage holding banks
○ Helped over a million households
● Agricultural Adjustment Agency (AAA)
○ 1933
○ Establish “parity prices’ for basic commodities
○ Eliminated surpluses
○ Paying growers to reduce their growing acreage
● National Recovery Administration (NRA)
○ 1933
○ Combine immediate relief with long-term recovery and reform
○ Assisted in industry, labor, and the unemployed
○ Codes of “fair competition”
○ Max hours of labor, minimum wage, laws on child labor
○ Workers given the right to collective bargaining
● Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
○ 1933
○ Insured money in banks
○ Ensure trust in the banking system

Identify the following terms including years of creation when appropriate:

● American Liberty League


○ 1934
○ Group of elite businessmen
○ Opposed the new deal
● Huey Long
○ Louisiana progressive governor
○ Populist
○ Became a US senator
Called by FDR one of the most dangerous men in the country
● Share Our Wealth
○ 1934
○ Started by Huey Long
○ Left-Wing
○ Populist
○ Called for massive federal spending, a wealth tax, and wealth redistribution.
● Father Charles Coughlin
○ Catholic Priest who blasted the new deal
○ Accused FDR of being too friendly to bankers
● Townsend Plan
○ 1934
○ The government would provide a pension of $200 per month to every citizen age
60 and older
○ the money had to be spent within the U.S. by the pensioner within 30 days of
receipt.
● Upton Sinclair
○ New Deal Critic
○ Almost elected governor of CA
○ A critic of the Townsend plan
● End Poverty in California (EPIC)
○ 1934
○ Organized by Sinclair
○ Never actually happened
● Second New Deal
○ 1935-1936
○ Redistributed wealth,
○ Power in favor of the poor, the old, farmers, and labor unions.
○ Social Security
○ National Labor Relations Act
● Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
○ 1934
○ Homeowners were given small loans to improve or complete their houses
○ Stimulated the building industry
○ New builds fell short of the need
● Works Progress Administration (WPA)
○ 1935
○ Part of the second new deal
○ Employed millions carry out public works projects
○ Helped with mass unemployment
● Social Security Act
○ 1935
○ Provisions were made for the disabled, delinquent children, and other
dependents.
○ Unemployment insurance
○ Payroll tax
○ Had to be employed to get coverage
● National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
○ 1935
○ Establish the legal right of workers to join labor unions
○ Right to bargain collectively
○ prohibited employers from engaging in unfair labor practices.
There will be a quiz on these terms and material covered in class.

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