Successes and Limits of the New Deal Flashcards

What were the three main aims of the New Deal?

Relief for the needy, Recovery for the economy, and Reform to stop future crises.

It closed and checked banks, insured savings, and helped people trust banks again.

It ran public works programmes, like the CCC and WPA, which hired millions to build and improve things.

No. It cut unemployment, but only the Second World War ended mass unemployment.

The Wagner Act backed trade unions, and a minimum wage and maximum hours were set by law.

Old-age pensions and unemployment insurance paid from worker and employer contributions.

It left out many workers, such as farm and domestic workers, and payments were low at first.

It raised farm prices by limiting output and brought electricity and flood control through dam projects.

Many African Americans and women, because help was often unequal or segregated and some jobs went to men first.

When spending was cut, the economy dipped and unemployment rose again.

It made the federal government take responsibility for welfare and manage the economy more.

New roads, bridges, schools, parks, and dams that people used for many years.