A | B |
FDIC | program that insures banking and checking accounts |
SEC | new deal program that regulates the stock market |
Huey Long | Louisiana Senator who believed in "Share Our Wealth" |
NRA | created a set of codes for industry to promote cooperation rather than competition |
TVA | agency that construced a sereis of dams and electric generating facilities; created jobs |
Social Security ACt | agency that created a government pension for elderly and the disabled |
PWA | agency that created jobs including building bridges, schools and roads |
WPA | agency that employed teachers , artists, musicians etc. |
Francis Townsend | critic of FDR who proposed a pension for elderly |
Frances Perkins | FDR's Secretary of Labor |
Mary McLeod Bethune | African American Educator who was part of FDR's Black Cabinet |
Brain Trust | FDR's expert advisors on New Deal Program |
polio | disease that FDR had |
21st amendment | repealed prohibition |
18th amendment | amendment that prohibited the consumption and alcohol |