Chat with AIExam 22: Managing the Great Depression, Forging the New Deal, 1929-1938
People often view the New Deal as a set of government programs and policies enacted by President Roosevelt and Congress,but ordinary Americans also played a role in inspiring and bringing to fruition various aspects of the New Deal.Who were some of the individuals and/or groups who influenced the New Deal? How important do you think their efforts were in contributing to the impact of its programs?
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VerifiedAnswer:Incredibly popular,he increased taxes on corporations;lowered consumers' utility bills;and built new highways,hospitals,and schools.He established a national movement known as the Share Our Wealth Society that criticized inequalities in the distribution of wealth in the United States.Long advocated a tax of 100 percent on all income over $1 million per year and on all inheritances over $5 million.His ideas,his popularity,and his ability to organize a large movement made him a substantial political threat to Roosevelt and pushed the president to incorporate some of his ideas into the Second New Deal.
- Workers: Industrial workers persisted in organized efforts to resist corporations and management throughout the early years of the Great Depression.They organized strikes in the auto,mining,and steel industries in an effort to protect their wages and autonomy and to win their right to organize and bargain collectively.The Wagner Act was a response to their efforts,and it aided in their continuing efforts to create industrial unions.Labor's new vitality translated into further political action that would continue to push the Democratic Party toward policies that improved the lives of the working class.
- Eleanor Roosevelt: As the first lady,Eleanor Roosevelt emerged as an independent public figure who served as an advocate for women's rights,labor unions,education,and civil rights for African Americans.She became the conscience of the New Deal by pushing her husband to do more for the disadvantaged.She said,"I sometimes acted as a spur,even though the spurring was not always wanted or welcome." She and other prominent women made New Dealers pay attention to women's issues in policies such as the Works Progress Administration.
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Answer the following questions :
-Indian Reorganization Act
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Senator Huey Long from Louisiana became a major political threat to Roosevelt when he called for
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What was the purpose of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),which the Roosevelt Congress empowered in 1934?
(77) Answer the following questions :
-Federal Housing Administration
(86) For the following question,refer to the following photograph of a United Auto Workers strike in Flint,Michigan,on January 9,1937. 
The activities depicted in the photograph above reflect most directly
The activities depicted in the photograph above reflect most directly (68) Which of the following social movements grew tremendously as a result of the New Deal?
(81) Why did Roosevelt drop a provision for national health insurance from the Social Security Act in 1935?
(77) On what basis did the U.S.Supreme Court strike down the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)in the Schechter v.United States decision?
(84) Answer the following questions :
-Agricultural Adjustment Act
(81) Answer the following questions :
-Public Works Administration
(75) Which of the following countries was the first to fall into a depression at the end of the 1920s?
(76) As a result of Roosevelt's embrace of the economic policies of John Maynard Keynes and the need for social welfare legislation,the term liberalism came to be associated with
(73) Which of these protests caused Hoover's popularity to plunge dramatically in 1932?
(90) What was the first action Roosevelt took to address the nation's economic crisis?
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