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Franklin Delano Roosevelt | New York governor elected president in 1932 |
New Deal | phrase used to describe Roosevelt's policies to help people during the depression |
Glass Stegall Act | established the FDIC |
Federal Securities Act | required companies to provide complete information on all stocks |
Agricultural Adjustment Act | sought to raise farm prices by lowering production |
Civilian Conservation Corps | put young people to work building roads and various public works projects |
National Industrial Recovery Act | provided money to states to create jobs in construction of public facilities |
Civil Works Administration | provided relief jobs in the winter of 1933-1934 |
deficit spending | when the government spends more than it takes in |
Huey Long | Louisiana politician noted for championing the common man, also known to be very corrupt |
Eleanor Roosevelt | wife of FDR, well known as a social reformer |
Works Progress Administration | Second New Deal program set up to create as many jobs as possible |
National Youth Administration | set up to provide young people job training and other services |
Wagner Act | protected workers rights to collective bargaining and organizing |
Social Security Act | provided old age insurance, unemployment compensation and welfare payments to families |
Frances Perkins | America's first female cabinet member |
Mary McLeod Bethune | educator who famed for advocating for Afreican American youth |
John Collier | commissioner of Indian Affairs helped pass the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 |
New Deal coalition | alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party |
Congress of Industrial Organizations | split from the AFL in 1938 |
Gone With the Wind | 1939 movie about the Civil War |
Orson Welles | actor, writer, director; creator of the 'War of the Worlds' broadcast |
Grant Wood | painted American Gothic |
Richard Wright | wrote 'Native Son' |
The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck novel about life in the Dust Bowl and California |
Federal Deposit Insurance | insures bank deposits |
Securities and Exchange Commission | regulates banking and investment activities |
National Labor Relations Board | acts as a mediator in labor disputes |
parity | price intended to keep farm incomes steady |
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | New Deal program designed to develop water power in the Tennessee Valley |