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New Deal Statistics

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  1. 1How many did FDR employ to look after his mail?50 people - Contrasting to Hoover's 1. He believed in replying to every letter
  2. 2By 1932, how many banks were closing per day?40 banks
  3. 3How much did US gold reserves fall by in 3 months?$900 million
  4. 4When, and for how long did FDR announce a bank holiday to deal with the banking crisis?On 6th March, for 4 days
  5. 5After how many minutes of debate did Congress pass the Emergency Banking Relief Act?Only 40 minutes
  6. 6After FDR's first fireside chat, how much did depositors return to banks?$1 billion
  7. 7Who was the Hoover-ite official that FDR kept on to deal with the banking crisis?Ogden Mills - showed how FDR made appts. on basis of competence, and also that Hoover probably would have passed similar measures given the chance
  8. 8What percentage more US goods could foreigners buy for their money after FDR devaluing the dollar?15%
  9. 9What percentage of workforce in agriculture (1933 ish)?30%
  10. 10How many piglets bought and slaughtered by AAA?6 million - although some of food given to poor, still public outcry
  11. 11How much did farm income increase by 1932-5 due to AAA?$2.4 billion
  12. 12How many states did the River Tennessee run through?Seven of the poorest states
  13. 13How many dams did the TVA build?20 huge dams
  14. 14What percentage did the average income in the TVA area increase 1929-49?200%
  15. 15What was the average percentage growth in industry over FDR's first term?10%, but so bad before so situ still bad
  16. 16What was the minimum wage stipulated by the NRA?$11/hour - too high for many small firms to manage
  17. 17How many schools built by PWA?13,000 schools
  18. 18How many miles of roads built by PWA?50,000 miles
  19. 19How much was required for subsistence per month in 1935, and how much did FERA pay families?$100/month needed, $25/month given
  20. 20What was term of service in CCC?9 months - so most possible given chance
  21. 21What was the monthly wage in the CCC, and how much of that had to go home to families?$30/month pay, $25 back to families
  22. 22What was the percentage black quota in the CCC?10%, also separate black camps
  23. 23How many Native Americans in the Indian Division of the CCC?85,000 - worked in reservations, often only source of paid work
  24. 24Under Huey Long, private fortunes over how much would be confiscated?$3 million
  25. 25How many people would have voted for Huey Long in 1936, according to a secret poll in 1935?4 million - significant threat to FDR, esp. if he joined forces with someone else
  26. 26What was the age that Townsend believed people should retire at, in order to free up jobs?60 years old. These people would also be given a pension which they had to spend in order to boost the economy
  27. 27What percentage of national income would have Townsend's OAP scheme amounted to?50% of national income - completely unworkable
  28. 28Roughly how many people listened to Coughlin's radio programme?Around 40 million listenership
  29. 29How much was appropriated for relief by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act, in today's dollars?Over $400 billion
  30. 30By 1941, what percentage of the workforce had been employed by the WPA?20%
  31. 31How many schools and hospitals did the WPA build?8000
  32. 32Give one 'big' project of the WPA?Fort Knox, Lincoln Tunnel
  33. 33How many farms had electricity supply in 1936, and what had this risen to in 1941?1936 - 12.6%
    1941 - 35%
  34. 34How many families did the Resettlement Administration resettle?4441 families - failure
  35. 35How much did the Wealth Tax Act raise?$250 million - not a lot because of loopholes and evasion
  36. 36After the Wealth Tax Act, what was the tax rate on incomes over $5 million/year, and how many Americans fell into this bracket?75% tax rate
    Only 1 person - Rockefeller
  37. 37Businesses more than how many times removed from the operating company were broken up by the Public Utility Holding Companies Act?More than twice removed
  38. 38Under the Social Security Act, how much were poor children in Massachusetts paid compared to poor children in Mississippi?Massachusetts: $61/month
    Mississippi: $8/month
  39. 39By what factor had industrial production increased from over FDR's first term?Industrial production had doubled
  40. 40What percentage of the popular vote did FDR win in 1936?Over 60% (won all but 2 states)
  41. 41How many ND laws did the SC overturn?11 laws - 15% of all laws ever overturned
  42. 42What percentage was farm income in 1936 of 1914 levels?Still only 80%, although had doubled since depths of the crisis
  43. 43What years was the dustbowl?1933-4
  44. 44What percentage/fraction of gains made in the ND were lost in the Roosevelt Recession?66%, or Two-Thirds
  45. 45What percentage of Americans wanted a balanced budget in 1939?80% - now prosperity had returned, wanted balanced books
  46. 46What percentage unemployed in 1929?3%
  47. 47What percentage unemployed in 1933?25%
  48. 48What percentage unemployed in 1938?19%
  49. 49What percentage unemployed in 1939?17%
  50. 50What percentage unemployed in 1941?10%
  51. 51By when did unemployment fall to 1929 levels?1943 (point for 'Was it the war or the ND?')

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Flashcards on New Deal Statistics, created by achsah brown on 27/05/2016.
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achsah brown · May 2016
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