Unit Three > Chapter 26
Chapter 26 Basic Knowledge Guide
1. How did Roosevelt prevent a run on the banks?
2. What were the limits to Roosevelt's power?
3. What were the "alphabet agencies"?
What did CCC stand for?
5. What was the function of the TVA?
6. Which agency encouraged companies to develop codes of production, wages and collective bargaining?
7. Which agency of the 2nd New Deal did Harry Hopkins run?
8. What right was guaranteed under the Wagner Act?
9. Which agency was the beginning of the American welfare state?
10. What adverse effects were produced by the operation of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration?
11. Who were the "3 messiahs" who urged the need for radical change?
12. Why did businessmen and bankers oppose the New Deal?
13. Which organization proved to be Roosevelt's master?
14. What did Roosevelt do to try to overcome it?
15. Why did Roosevelt reduce spending on the New deal in 1937?
16. Waht did Roosevelt do regarding the New Deal in 1938?
Supplementary Materials
Links:
Article from "History Today" on the attempted coup against Roosevelt
Extract from General Smedley Butler's speech on the true nature of war
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/usadepression.shtml The School History revision page on the USA and the Depression.