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1
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In what year did Roosevelt cut back spending on the New Deal?

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1937

2
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What happened when New Deal spending was cut?

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Unemployment rose (10.5 million in 1938)

3
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In 1938 the Republicans won more seats in Congress. Why was this difficult for Roosevelt and the New Deal?

A

He couldn’t pass laws easily through Congress

4
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What was the ‘cash and carry’ plan of November 1939?

A

GB and France would buy goods and weapons from America for the war if they collected them in their own ships.

5
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When was the ‘Lend-Lease’ scheme introduced?

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March 1941

6
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What was the ‘Lend-Lease’ scheme?

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GB could obtain materials from America without cash payment (boosted US production)

7
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In 1941 there were 1.6 million men in the US army. How many were in it by 1945?

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12 million

8
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What happened to the Gross National Product (goods produced in that country) between 1938 and 1944?

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It doubled

9
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How many were unemployed in 1941?

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6 million

10
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With the war effort how many people migrated from the southern states to the north to work in industries?

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1.6 million

11
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Give two ways the New Deal helped a new society.

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  • people had faith in government
  • New Deal was a huge social and economic programme, never done before, it showed government could help people in the future
12
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Give two ways the New Deal didn’t help a new society

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  • divided the American public (Roosevelt accused of being a communist and Ickes and Hopkins accused of being anti business)
  • undermined local government (state)
13
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Give two ways industrial workers were helped by the New Deal and Roosevelt?

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  • helped labour unions against big employers

- helped unions and made corporations negotiate with them

14
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Give two ways industrial workers situation was not improved by the New Deal and Roosevelt?

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  • unions still treated with suspicion by employers (violence still used to break up strikes)
  • big business still very powerful in USA
15
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Give at least two ways in which the New Deal helped with unemployment and the economy?

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  • created millions of jobs
  • Stabilised banking system in USA
  • agencies such as the TVA, CCC and PWA improved the standard of living,gave jobs, helped the environment (dams, forests, national parks) and built schools, hospitals, roads etc
16
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Give at least two ways in which the New Deal didn’t help improve unemployment and the economy.

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  • 6 million unemployed in 1941 (only WW2 ended unemployment)
  • ND never solved underlying economic problems
  • US economy took longer to recover than most European countries
  • confidence in economy still low in 1930s ( people only invested about 75% of what they had done before 1929)
17
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How did the New Deal help African Americans?

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  • Approx 200,000 African Americans were helped by CCC and other agencies
  • many benefitted from New Deal slum clearance Andy housing programmes
18
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How did African Americans not help African Americans?

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  • many New Deal agencies discriminated against Africans Americans (e.g. Lower wages)
  • Roosevelt failed to pass laws against lynching of African Americans (feared he would lose the uspport of Democratic senators in the south)
19
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How did the New Deal help women?

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New Deal gave some women big roles (e.g. Eleanor Roosevelt became a campaigner for social issues)

20
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How did the New Deal not help women?

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Mainly aimed at male manual workers rather than women (e.g. Only 8,000 women involved in CCC )

21
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Give two ways the New Deal helped Native Americans?

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Indian Reorganisation Act 1934:-

  • gave money to help buy and improve land
  • helped Native American preserve and practise their traditions, laws and culture
22
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Name a way in which the New Deal didn’t help Native Americans?

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Native Americans remained a poor and excluded section of society

23
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What evidence is there that Roosevelt was still a popular President in 1940?

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Elected with a big majority again by the American people