Who wrote Grape of Wrath
John Steinbeck
What program or administration reflected Roosevelt's concern for natural environment?
Civilian Conservation Corps
What was the objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
raise crop prices by lowering production
What were the perceived characteristics of FDR
except economic conservatism
What role did Eleanor play in the Roosevelt administration?
adviser on domestic policy
Who used music to express the hardship of American life during the Depression?
Grant Wood
What New Deal policies had the biggest long term impact on the US economy?
Social Security Act
What act or administration was most directly responsible for creating jobs and putting people to work?
Works Progress Administration, NYA, CCC
Who made up the New Deal Coalition?
FDR
By decreasing farm surplus, new deal policies helped to raise what?
prices of corps
Who helped organize the Black cabinet
Mary McLeod Bethune
What was the first major action FDR took as president?
he closed all of the nations banks and ordered inspections
Who proposed Share the Wealth?
Huey Long
What reached a new high during FRDs first term as president
National Debt
Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet?
Frances Perkins
What piece of New Deal legislation was ruled unconstitutional?
National Industrial Recovery Act
Agriculture Adjustment Act
What were the goals of the New Deal?
Relief for the needy, economic recovery, financial reform
What idea of Roosevelt failed to become law?
the reorganization of the supreme court
Who benefited the most form the Federal Emergency Relief Act?
the unemployed, the aged, and the ill
Tennessee Valley Authority
construct dams and power plants in Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods
Federal Emergency Relief Administraion
this provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the Depression- the unemployed, the aged, and the ill
Emergency Banking Relief Act
authorized Treasury Department to inspect the country's bank means for making federal loans to solid banks
Federal Securities Act
required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offering and liable for any misrepresentation
National Industrial Recovery Act
provide money to states to create jobs chiefly in construction of schools and community buildings
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce crop area.
Glass Steagall Banking Act
this established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system
Civilian Conservation Corps
put young men aged 18-25 to work building roads developing parks planting trees helping in erosion control and flood control projects
Home Owners Loan Corporation
provided governemnet loans to homeowners who faced foreclosers because they couldnt meet loan payments
Fair Labor Standards Act
set maximum hours per week and minimum wage at 25 cent per hour
Securities and Exchange Commission
monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sales of stocks and bonds
Word Progress Administration
to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
insure individuals' bank accounts, protecting people against loss because of failure of bank
Social Security Act
to provide aid to retirees, unemployed, people with disabilities, families with dependent children
Wagner Act
1935, also National Labor Relations Act; granted rights to unions; allowed collective bargaining
Federal Arts Project
paid artists a living wages to produce public art
Federal Writer Project
Provides employment for historians, teachers, writers
Richard Wright
African American, Native Son
John Collier
commissioner of Indian affairs
Grant Wood
American Gothic
Orson Wells
Pioneering entertainer, actor and director, who created "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938
What was one of the most popular movies of all time?
Gone with the Wind