Summary: History Final Exam

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  • Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

    President from 1933-1945. Defeat Herbert Hoover in a landslide. Began the New Deal.(His policies to attack problems of the Great Depression)
  • What was the unemployment rate when FDR took office?

    - unemployment was around 25% with 12.8 mil. people out of work.
  • What was the Civilian Conservation Corps? (CCC)

    The New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps was created by congress to employ youths in projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and erosion control.
  • How much were the youths making from the CCC?

    34 dollars a month
  • What was Tennessee Valley Authority? (TVA)

    Supplied cheap power to the Tennessee River Valley while developing flood-control, (to one of the poorest areas in the nation)
  • What was the New Deal's Agricultural Adjustment Act? (AAA)

    Producers of major agricultural commodities received subsidies for taking acreage out of production.
  • What was the New Deal's Nation Recovery Administration (NRA)?

    Suspended anti-trust laws. Permitted draft codes of fair including labor standards like minimum wage.
  • What was the New Deal's Glass Steagall Act?

    Prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking.
  • What was the New Deal's Public Works Administration (PWA)?

    Designed to create jobs. Most famous project: Lincoln Tunnel in NYC.
  • What was the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA)?

    They were smaller projects and more local jobs. (music, art, drama...)
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