This person was FDR's bridge to labor union leaders, liberals and African Americans
Eleanor Roosevelt
100
These were the three R's of the New Deal
What were relief, recovery and reform?
100
This Louisiana politician hoped to "Share the Wealth" and was called "the Kingfish", assassinated in 1935
What was Huey Long?
100
This government corporation created insurance for people with bank deposits in an effort to rebuild confidence in the banking system
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.)?
100
This NAACP supported bill, never passed by Congress, would have penalized local communities for failing to protect African Americans and is considered a major failure of FDR's leadership
What was the Anti-lynching bill?
200
These groups or constituencies were part of the Roosevelt Coalition
What were southerners, union members, African Americans and people living in the cities.
200
This agency, active today, provides electric power, jobs, parks and economic development in the Appalachian South
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
200
This former mentor of FDR was Hoover's opponent in 1928; he turned against FDR and the New Deal and led the Liberty League, a pro-business coalition in the 1930s
Who was Al Smith?
200
This program established a safety net for the elderly, disabled workers, widows and orphans, dependent children and the unemployed
What was Social Security Act of 1935 (OASDI--Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance)
200
This group of 15,000 WWI veterans and their families marched on Washington in May 1932 and were attacked by army troops; they did not want to wait until 1945 for their promised benefit
What was the Bonus Army?
300
This proposed action by FDR would have created a more friendly Supreme Court for New Deal programs
What was the court packing plan of adding up to six additional justices (it did not happen)
300
This provided for collective bargaining rights for workers beginning in 1935
What is the Wagner Act or the National Labor Relations Act?
300
This labor leader led the CIO and Coal Miners and was a critic of FDR
Who was John Lewis?
300
This agency was created to regulate the stock market and attempt to prevent future crashes
What is the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)?
300
This Howard University academic and NAACP leader devised a plan to end segregation in America by first attacking the educational system; his protege was Thurgood Marshall
Who was Charles Houston?
400
Against FDR's intentions Congress passed legislation that hoped to keep the USA from being involved in any future war in Europe
What were the Neutrality Acts?
400
This program assisted farmers by paying crop subsidies and to have farmers not farm all of their available land
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
400
This doctor advocated payments to the elderly which would become a basis for Social Security
Who was Dr Francis Townsend?
400
This law created a wall of separation between commercial and investment banks in 1933
What was Glass-Steagall Act?
400
This tariff was the second highest in US History and contributed to the global depression; many economists testified that this would happen and it passed anyway
What is Hawley-Smoot Tariff of 1930?
500
FDR won elections in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944 against these opponents
Who was Hoover, Landon, Willkie and Dewey?
500
This agency was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, established labor rules and regulations for businesses, and was symbolized by a blue eagle.
What was the National Recovery Administration, established by the National Industrial Recovery Act.
500
This radio priest in Detroit blamed the Jews for the Depression
Who was Father Charles Coughlin?
500
This law created a federal minimum wage and provided for overtime compensation (for many workers) and banned child labor
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA)?
500
This woman was FDR's Secretary of Labor and the first woman to serve as a cabinet officer