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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Elected President 1932. Most remembered for his "Fireside Chats" when he spoke to Americans over the radio about issues fo public concern. He initiated "The New Deal," and a number of programs to help Americans through the Great Depression. |
| New Deal | President FDR's program to alleviate the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform. |
| Glass-Steegal Banking Act of 1933 | The Law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect individuals' bank accounts. |
| Federal Securities Act | A Law enacted in 1933 that required corporations to provide compleete accurate information on all stock offerings. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | A Law enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted thus lowering production. |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | An agency established as part of the New Deal that put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion-control and flood-control projects. |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | A Law Enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth. |
| Hewy Long | Critic of the New Deal. Started a nation wide program called "Share Our Wealth" in an egar attempt to win the presidency. He was assassinated at the height of his popularity in 1935. |
| Elanore Roosevelt | Wife of President FDR, a social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills. |
| Works Progress Administration | An agency established as part of the New Deal that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and other fields. |
| National Youth Administration | An agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the great depression. |
| The Wagner Act | A law also known as the National Labor Relations Act, enacted in 1935 to protect workers' rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional. |
| Social Security Act | A law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and dependent mothers and children. |
