22.1 Launching the New Deal

A government payment usually associated with farming.

• foreclosure

• subsidy

• installment

• rebate

This critic of the New Deal set up “Share Our Wealth” societies across the country and promised $5,000 dollars for every American.

• Hawley Smoot

• John Simpson

• Father Coughlin

• Huey Long

Former Governor of New York that attacked Hoover for his response to the Depressionand won the presidential election of 1932.

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Calvin Coolidge

This government program built dams to control the Tennessee River, control floods, and aid navigation and shipping on the river as well as provide hydroelectric power to be used by industries.

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Ohio Valley Authority

• Forked Deer Electric

• Tennessee River & Dam Association

Government funded building projects that provided jobs for the unemployed.

• Welfare Program

• Public Works

• Work Based Employment

• City Works Program

This government program employed young men, ages 18-25, and took part in conservation projects like planting trees and improving parks.

• U.S. Army Corp of Engineers

• Work Projects Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Job Corp

After the election in 1932 this group controlled both houses of Congress

• Independents

• Democrats

• Republicans

• Socialists

This 1933 banking reform created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which provided insurance for depositor’s savings.

• Fordney-McCumber Banking Act

• Warner-Lambert Bank Reform Bill

• FDIC

• Glass-Stegall Act

Radio addresses that were meant to sound as though the president was in the listener’s living room, speaking personally with the family.

• State of the Union Address

• Fireside Chats

• "Me and the President"

• Living Room Chats

This law gave government officials power to examine each bank, determine its soundness, and even close the bank if necessary.

• Glass-Stegall Act

• FDIC

• Emergency Banking Act

• Harper Collins Bank Exam Bill