In which year was Franklin D. Roosevelt elected as president?
1932.
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What fact indicates that Congress was keen on breaking its laissez faire doctrine to rebuild the economy?
They gave Roosevelt 100 days of unprecedented power to get Americans back to work.
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Which act of legislation represented the beginning of the First New Deal?
The National Industry Recovery Act (1933).
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Give a statistic about the success of the 1933 NIRA.
The National Recovery Administration (NRA, created under the NIRA) had agreements with 2 million employers, setting 557 codes and covering 23 million workers by 1934.
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Name a source of opposition for the NIRA.
Giant corporation owners (such as Henry Ford, who refused to join).
The Supreme Court (SCOTUS).
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In which case was the NIRA ruled unconstitutional?
Schecter Poultry v. United States (1935).
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Which act of legislation replaced the NIRA, marking the start of the Second New Deal?
The 1935 National Labour Relations Act (or Wagner Act).
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What was the intention behind the Wagner Act (NLRA)?
To provide a medium of dispute to resolve industrial unrest. This would reduce violence on picket lines and exploitation of workers.
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Give a reason for why the NLRA was more successful than the NIRA.
The NLRA was ruled constitutional in 1937.
It created the National Labour Relations Board.
It banned blacklisting, spies, and permitted closed shop unions.
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Give an act which directly improved the rights of workers (rather than just rights of unions).
The Fair Labour Standards Act (1938) raised wages to 25$ a week, introduced a time-and-a-half for overtime (more than 40 hours a week), and banned child labour.
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Give a statistic which owes to the success of the New Deal on improving union rights.
Unionised workers rose from 3.7 million to 9 million between 1933 and 1939.
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Which union gained rec
General Motors and Chrysler recognised the Union of Auto Workers in 1937 (which grew to 400,000 members by the end of the year).
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What might indicate union divisions during the New Deal.
John Lewis broke away from the AFL in 1935 (as he was more militant than the AFL's leader, Green).
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Give a statistic which shows the significance of John Lewis' departure from the AFL.
He formed the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1937, taking 3.7 million members in the process.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
What fact indicates that Congress was keen on breaking its laissez faire doctrine to rebuild the economy?
Back
They gave Roosevelt 100 days of unprecedented power to get Americans back to work.
Card 3
Front
Which act of legislation represented the beginning of the First New Deal?
Back
Card 4
Front
Give a statistic about the success of the 1933 NIRA.
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