6.3 The New Deal

What were the goals of the New Deal?

• reform the government and decrease spending

• create schools and protect farmers

• increase spending on defense and trade

• provide relief, recovery, and reform

Some opponents of the New Deal believed that it

• benefited only the banking industry.

• harmed home owners.

• threatened individual freedom.

• gave too much power to the people.

The American Liberty League formed to

• support the Bonus Army.

• introduce new legislation.

• oppose FDR’s New Deal.

• oppose the TVA

The Agricultural Adjustment Act helped farmers because it

• sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices.

• attracted industry with the promise of cheap power.

• created jobs for over 2 million U.S. citizens.

• regulated the stock market and made investments safer.

The Rural Electrification Administration provided electricity to

• the elderly.

• farmers.

• the unemployed.

• minorities.

The right to collective bargaining was part of the

• Wagner Act.

• Works Progress Administration.

• Social Security Act.

• Agricultural Adjustment Act.

Members of the participated in a sit down strike until General

Motors agreed to recognize them.

• WPA

• UAW

• REA

• NLRB

What caused Republicans to gain power in Congress in 1938?

• The Supreme Court started approving New Deal programs.

• The economy took a downturn and wiped out much of FDR’s progress.

• Unemployment went down from 14 percent to 10 percent.

• Southern Democrats became supporters of the New Deal.

In 1938, the established a minimum wage

and a maximum workweek of 44 hours.

• Wagner Act

• Fair Labor Standards Act

President Roosevelt was accused of when he

attempted to increase the number of Justices on the Supreme Court.

• court packing

• a sit-down strike