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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) | 32nd President; cousin of TR; warm, confident, personable; president for most of the Depression and WWII |
| New Deal | Name of FDR’s domestic program. Had 3 goals: relief to poor, economic recovery, financial reform. |
| Glass-Steagall Banking Act | established the FDIC to protect individual bank deposits. |
| Federal Securities Act | required all companies to provide complete information about stocks & made them legally liable for false information. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | raised crop prices & farm profits by regulating production and paying farmers to destroy product. |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | Federal public work project for young men from 18 – 25 yrs old. |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) | gave direct aid to the old & unemployed |
| National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) | Regulated fair practices for industries through various programs including the National Recovery Administration (NRA). |
| FDR's Court-packing bill | FDR’s attempt to take control of the Supreme Court by adding 6 new justices. |
| Huey Long | Louisiana senator first supported, then turned against FDR & the New Deal; tried to position himself for the Dem. nomination for 1936; was assassinated in 1935. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | wife & distant cousin of FDR, important social reformer, model for modern 1st Ladies. |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | One of the largest federal works programs with over 8 million employed in its 8 years existence. |
| National Youth Administration (NYA) | Provided part-time clerical work for 2 million high school and college students. |
| Wagner Act | supported workers’ right to belong to unions. |
| Social Security Act | provided unemployment & disability insurance to workers and a supplementary retirement pension for retirees 65 years old or older. |
| Rural Electrification Administration (REA) | from 1935 – 1951 brought electricity to 90% of US farms. |
| Pedro J. González | Mexican-American musician and radio personality (DJ) who became a vocal opponent of discrimination against Latinos. Jailed and finally deported for expressing his opinions. |
| Frances Perkins | 1st female cabinet member. Sec. of Labor. |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | African-American, friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, supported the New Deal, appointed by FDR to an important post in one of the New Deal programs. |
| John Collier | FDR’s commissioner of Indian affairs; tried to protect Native American lands and rights from negative governmental and public policies. |
| New Deal Coalition | diverse group of interests including Southern whites, minorities, union workers, etc. who formed a voting bloc that helped keep Dems. In control of federal gov’t through the 30’s & 40’s. |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations | important union for unskilled & semi-skilled workers. |
| Gone with the Wind | Movie about the Civil War. Most famous film from Depression era. Still popular. |
| Orson Welles | Brilliant actor, director, producer. Most famous for his 1938 radio broadcast of “War of the Worlds” and his classic film “Citizen Kane” based on the life of William Randolph Hearst. |
| Diego Rivera | One of the big three Mexican muralists who influenced and inspired artists world-wide with their “new” art form. Gov’t programs for the arts paid for many murals to be painted all over the country. |
| Richard Wright | African-American author whose 1940 novel Native Son told the story of a young Black man trying to survive in a racist world. |
| The Grapes of Wrath | 1939 novel by John Steinbeck that illustrates the hardships of Dust Bowl farmers. |
| deficit spending | the practice of spending more money than is brought in. In governmental terms, spending more money on programs than is brought in through taxes and tariffs causing a national debt. |
| National Labor Relations Board | mediates disputes between unions and employers (strikes) |
| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) | monitors the stock market and enforces stock laws. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | huge works program that built dams to generate electricity to several states and prevent flooding in the Tennessee Valley. |
