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| relief | goal of the New deal that was designed to relieve the suffering of the American people |
| recovery | New Deal goal intended to reverse the downward spiral of the economy and get business and agriculture going again |
| reform | New Deal goal designed to correct the causes of the Great Depression and to try to insure that it would not happen again |
| Brain Trust | a group of advisers including economists, business and labor leaders, college professors, etc. chosen by FDR to give him ideas on dealing with the Great Depression |
| bank holiday | when FDR closed all national banks until they could be inspected so as to prevent futher bank failures |
| Emergency Banking Act | act that authorized the inspection of banks and gave the Federal Reserve Board more power to regulate the banks |
| fireside chats | FDR's radio addresses in which he spoke in a conversational tone to the American people explaining the New Deal and asking for their cooperation and support |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | law providing insurance of bank deposits up to a maximum of $2500 per account and designed to help restore faith in America's banks. |
| Farm Credit Administration | gave farmers long-term, low interest loans to help them avoid foreclosure |
| Home Owners Loan Corporation | gave people long-term, low interest loans to help them avoid foreclosure on their homes. |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration | sent $3 billion to state and local governments to provide direct relief for people who were suffering |
| Civil Works Administration | spent $750 million to provide make-work jobs to 4 million unemployed Americans |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | hired young, single men 18-25 to work on conservation projects. They were paid $30 per month and sent $22 home to their families |
| National Recovery Administration | agency designed to stimulate businesses by drawing up "codes of fair competition" to allow more businesses survive the depression |
| Public Works Administration | spent $4 billion on major construction projects to stimulate the construction industry, create jobs, and put money into the economy |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | paid farmers not to produce on part of their land to reduce production and raise prices for farm products |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | reform program that built dams in the Tennessee Valley to control floods, stop erosion, provide jobs, and produce electricty. It helped to raise the standard of living of one of the poorest areas of the country. |
| First Hundred Days | special session of Congress from early-March to mid-June of 1933 when 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation were passed |
| Frances Perkins | first woman to serve on a presidential Cabinet. She was FDR's Secretary of Labor and also a member of the Brain Trust. |
| Harry Hopkins | one of FDR's closest advisors who was a member of the Brain Trust and headed the FERA and later the WPA |
| Harold Ickes | served as FDR's Secretary of the Interior. He was also a member of the Brain Trust and headed the PWA |
