Chapter 18 Section 1
1. Identify the traits that made FDR an effective leader.
- Character and deication to people (Man on principle)
-Politically experienced
-Man of action
-Supported causes that were beneficial to the world instead of popular belief
-Honest- sympathetic
-Ideals before success
-Morality, Man of people, Take Ideas from all people- go on radio to do fireside chats
-Recruit professors to counsel him to govern wisely
Could a handicap person be elected today?
2. Describe how FDR gathered support and ideas.
-Fire-side chat- FDR would talk on the radio and inform everyone on what the plans were- restore confidence
-Gathers a team of academics to counsel him on making decisions -Columbia University
-Open with the press, and held many press conferences – Available to media
Chapter 18 Section 2
Give Examples of how FDR policies helped and hurt the rural poor
-FDR established a federal Emergency Relief Administraiton
FERA provided a dole= welfare – direct gifts of money, food, and clothing
-The gov thought that doles would make people loose incentive, so needed to find an alternative
-Public Work Admin- offered jobs instead of handouts
-Most jobs- construction projects to improve infrastructure
-Civil Works Administration- hire jobless people
Civilian Conservation Corps- offered outdoor work to unemployed single men at 30$ a month and 22$ went to their families
-Government told farmers what to grow and what to plan, esp because FDR told them to cut back on growing when people were hungry
Compare the effectivness of meatures aimed at farmers and city workers
- Agricultural Adjustment Act- gov asked farmers to cut back on growing crops, the people who did received benefits
-Large commericial farmers benifited more that smaller farmers who only raised one crop
-Workers suffered when growers grew less because there were less jobs, esp for African Americans
NIRA-”codes of fair competition”- shortened work hours, minimum wage
Chapter 18 Section 3
List the special interest groups that challenged Rosevelt
-Father Charles E. Coughlin, the “radio Priest” whose broadcast reached 40 million people
-Huey Long- senator from Louisiana said the rich will give the poor homes
-Dr. Townsend, a former public, said that nation should take care of old people
Outline the steps the second New Deal took to achieve reform
–Work relief and Social Security
–Works Progress Aministration-provide a chance for people to use their skills to get a job and reiceve and income
The Social Security Act- provided an income
-Buisness and Labor
-Now, taxes were raised on the wealthy
Identify the events that led to the end of the New Deal
1. The Wagner Act- set up National Labor Board-”workers vote in secret, without the boss knowing” held secret elections in factories to find out whether workers wanted to unionize
The CIO- everyone needed to join a union
The Autoworkers Strike
-the sit down strike- workers held a strike by staying in the factory
Chapter 18 Section 4
NLRB
Roosevelt promised the nation that they could put the money back into the bank and their money would be insured up to 100,000$.
The SCC is formed to regulate the activity on Wall Street.
Fannie Mae- formed then, lent people money and provided loans for people
