The New Deal - Flash Cards

Question	Answer
What happened in the USA after the Wall Street Crash of 1929?	The USA plunged into a severe economic crisis.
What did Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt promise to do when he was elected in 1932?	To help the victims of Depression, to encourage economic recovery and to reform the economic system .
What were the three basic aims of FDR's New Deal'?	To help the victims of Depression, to encourage economic recovery and to reform the economic system.
What did FDR say that they days of Laissez Faire were over?	He said the time had come for direct Government action and intervention .
What did the Public Works Administration do?	Did FDR's 'New Deal' work?
What did the Tennessee Valley Authority achieve?	It carried out long-term transformation of some of the USA's most deprived areas by developing irrigation and hydro-electrical projects
How did the FDR help prevent the USA turning to extreme political systems as happened in some countries in Europe?	FDR preserved the democratic system in USA.
How did the outbreak of World War Two help the economy of the USA?	America reaped the benefits of the war in Europe with a large increase in agricultural and industrial production.
How did America's entry to World War Two solve the unemployment problem?	The need to raise a large American army solved the problem.

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