APUSH Identifications 33-34 – Flashcards

The U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945 and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.

A Catholic priest from Michigan who was critical of FDR on his radio show. His radio show morphed into being severly against Jews during WWII and he was eventually kicked off the air; however, before his antisemitic rants, he was wildly popular among those who opposed FDR's New Deal.

As senator in 1932 of Louisiana that preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs. It was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money, he proposed to give every American family a comfortable income. He fervently opposed FDR's New Deal plan.

An American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression; he proposed citizens over 60 years of age would receive $200/month.

Established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation. It was a reaction of the U.S. government to cope with the economic problems which followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929.

Relief: (CCC) March 31, 1933; reduced poverty/unemployment, helped young men and families; young men go to rural camps for 6 months to do construction work; it intended to help youth escape cities. It was also concerned with soil erosion, state/national parks, telephone/power lines.

May 6, 1935- Began under Hoover and continued under Roosevelt but was headed by Harry L. Hopkins. It provided jobs and income to the unemployed, but they couldn't work more than 30 hours a week. It built many public buildings and roads as well as operated a large arts project.

A New Deal agency created to generate electric power and control floods in a seven-U.S.-state region around the Tennessee River Valley . It created many dams that provided electricity as well as jobs.

The greatest victory for New Dealers: created pension and insurance for the old-aged, the blind, the physically handicapped, delinquent children, and other dependents by taxing employees and employers. It also created Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), which was the welfare system until 1996.

1935; Established the National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands.

Changed the date president takes office from March 4th to January 20th. Changed start of Congress to January3rd. End of "Lame Duck" Congress.

Repealed Prohibition.

Proposal by Franklin D. Roosevelt that would allow the president to appoint new Supreme Court members for each one over 70 years of age, totaling six in all. It was condemned by Congress and the public, for it made him appear to want more autocratic control of the government.

A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

A policy of nonparticipation in international economic and political relations.

Franklin D. Roosevelt policy in which the U.S. pledged that the U.S. would no longer intervene in the internal affairs of Latin American countries; it could become economically involved, though. This reversed Teddy Roosevelt's Big Stick Policy.

Approved by Congress in March 1941: The act allowed America to sell, lend or lease arms or other supplies to nations considered "vital to the defense of the United States."

1941-Pledge signed by US president FDR and British prime minister Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of WWII amd to work for peace after the war. It was, in theory, similar to President Wilson's Fourteen Points.

In 1934 Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota held hearings to investigate the country's involvement on WWI; this committee documented the huge profits that arms factories had made during the war

Originally designed to avoid American involvement in World War II by preventing loans to those countries taking part in the conflict; they were later modified in 1939 to allow aid to Great Britain and other Allied nations.

Signed August 1939: Hitler and Stalin promised to remain neutral if either country were to become involved in war. (Hitler wanted to invade Poland without the threat of Russia attacking his forces. Stalin hoped Hitler would conquer Western Europe, allowing him to swoop in and take control of what Hitler gained.) Was supposed to last 10 years, but Hitler invaded Russia in 1941.

Policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies: Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them.