New Deal
Questions and Thinking Points

Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Farm Security Administration (FSA)
Huey Long
Charles Coughlin
Francis Townshend
National Labor Relations Act (NLRA, a.k.a. Wagner Act
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) (a.k.a. Committee of Industrial Organizations)
Social Security Act
Federal Housing Authority
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Federal Bureau of Immigration
"court packing"
Roosevelt Recession


Bonus Army
Brains Trust
New Deal
Bank Crisis
Emergency Banking Relief Act
FDIC
fireside chats
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Home Owners Loan Act
Glass-Steagall Act
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
domestic allotment plan
National Industrial Recovery Act
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
Dust Bowl
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Rural Electirifcation Administration (REA)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
General Hugh Johnson
Harold Ickes
Harry Hopkins

1.  Compare and contrast the first New Deal (March 1933-March 1935) with the second New Deal in terms of goals, methods, and administration.
2.  How effective was the New Deal in achieving its stated goals?
3.  What were some of the unintended consequences of the New Deal?
4.  Describe Franklin Roosevelt and the politics of the New Deal from 1933 through 1938.
5.  Describe the relationship between organized labor and the New Deal.
6.  How did ethnic minorities fare under the New Deal?

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