The New Deal Acts 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: graceCreated on: 11-05-13 16:42 Which piece of legislation saw the dollar being devalued by 60%? Taking USA off the gold standard 1 of 26 The AAA rose the income of farmers from $4.5bn to... $7bn 2 of 26 Which act saw greater demand for some agriculture produce? The Beer Act 3 of 26 What did the Emergency Banking Relief Act do? reopen or reorganise banks 4 of 26 The Glass Steagall act separated types of banks, and did what else? insured bank deposits 5 of 26 How many codes did the NRA put in place? 557 6 of 26 How many workers did the NRA affect? 2 million 7 of 26 FERA was given how much to spend on relief? $500bn 8 of 26 Families were recommended to live on $100 dollars a months, but in reality FERA only supplied them how much? $25 9 of 26 TVA supplied how many farmers with electricity when previously only 1/10 had it? 9/10 10 of 26 FHA helped with home buying, as how many houses cost over $4000? 65% 11 of 26 How many schools and miles of road did the PWA build? 13,000 schools and 50,000 miles of road 12 of 26 The CWA put how many to work in the winter of 1933/34? 4 million 13 of 26 How many men did the CCC hire and how much were they paid a month? 250,000 men paid $30 14 of 26 What right were workers given through the National Labour Relations Act? collective bargaining 15 of 26 The WPA only took on people for a year, but what percentage of the workforce did they employ? 20% 16 of 26 The Banking Act reformed banks from what system to what new one? Private baking to central government control 17 of 26 How many families did the Resettlement Administration resettle? 4000 18 of 26 How much did the Revenue Act raise? $250 million 19 of 26 What legislation got rid of the unfair structures of big corporations? Public Utility Holding Company Act 20 of 26 The Social Security Act had an unemployment benefit of what? $18 per week for 4 months only 21 of 26 the REA allowed how many farmers to have electricity? 30% 22 of 26 The FLSA fixed minimum wage at what? 25 cents an hour...to eventually rise to 40 cents 23 of 26 the 2nd AAA implemented quotas for how many crops? 5 24 of 26 How much of the supplied money to the Wagner-Steagall Act could be spent on one state? 10% 25 of 26 How many farmers borrowed money to help their farms through the Bankhead-Jones Farm tenant Act? 900,000 farmers borrowed $800million 26 of 26
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