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| agricultural adjustment administration (aaa), Tennessee valley authority (tva), national recovery administration (nra), civilian conservation corps (ccc) |
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| (3 r's) recovery, relief, reform |
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| recovery from depression, relief for victims, reform of economic system |
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| work releif/unemployment,labor, industry, agriculture, finance |
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Issue: great depression
republican:Hoover
Democrat:roosevelt-promises change and new deal |
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| FDR gathered a group of professors from colombia university to advise him. this was a group of economists, political scientists, and attourneys who were nicknamed the "brain trusts" by the press |
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| one of the advisors FDR relied on most. because of his paralysis, eleanor assumed a significant role in his administration-his "eyes and ears" outside the white house |
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| radio chats roosevelt used to reach the public |
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| government spending would exceed its income (you're going to be in debt) |
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| were seals that represented businesses' cooporation with the government |
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| with the realization that his new deal legislation would have a difficult time to get through to court, fdr tried a new scheme with the four horsemen |
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| james mcreynolds, pierce butler, george sutherland, willis van de vanter |
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father couchlin-social justice
huey long-everyman a king
dr. townsend-older american's elderly |
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Rep:alfred landon
Dem:FDR
alfred bashed new deal, fdr reminded public of hoover's republican administration |
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| aaa, tva, nra, ccc. laws passed during roosevelt's first 100 days, temporary measures to get the economy moving again |
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| agricultural adjustment administration-government paid farmers who redused production of basic crops like wheat, cotton, corn, and livestock like pigs |
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| civilian conservation corps-employed young men in reforestation, road construction, and flood control projects |
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| national recovery administration-most complex, but required much self sacrifice on the part of industry and labor and the public |
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| national industrial recovery act- sought to revive business through a series of fair competition codes; created nra to write, coordinate, and implement these codes-later declared unconstitutional, replaced by wagner act |
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| tennesse valley authority-constructed dams and power projects and developed the economy of seven-state area in the tennesse river valley-electric power |
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| works progress administration-employed more than eight million people to repair uselful roads, build bridges, and work on other projects; also hired artists and writers-huey long, townsend (relief) |
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| created a system of social insurance that included unemployment compenstaion and old age survivors' insurance; paid for by a joint tax on employers and employees |
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| prohibited commercial banks from selling stock or financing corporations-created FDIC and SEC |
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| insured individual bank deposits |
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| public works administration-sought to increase employment and business activity through construction of roads, buildings, and other projects |
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| was passed after the supreme court found the NIRA unconstitutional, set up secret elections to see if workers wanted to unionize-labor relations board |
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| fair labor standards act-established a minimum wage of 25 cents an hour and a standard workweek of 44 hours for businesses engaged in interstate commerce. |
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