A | B |
Relief | The goal to immediately help those in need by a "handout". |
Recovery | The goal to help get business moving again. |
Reform | The goal to prevent future collapse of the economy. |
Civilian Conservation Corps | This program provided jobs for men to work in nature |
Works Progress Administration | Provided direct payment to people for immediate help- doing many kinds of jobs |
Agricultural Adjustment Act | Designed to cut food production to help farmers |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | helped banks by government backing money people put into banks |
Social Security Act | provided a pension for retired workers and their families |
Tennessee Valley Authority | Provided flood control and electricity in rural areas |
Bank Holiday | Immediate closing of the banks to re-open when they could prove they were safe |
National Recovery Administration | Gave business codes of "fair practices" to businesses |
Securities Exchange Commission | Reform efforts for the Stock Market to prevent another crash |
Fair Labor Standards Act | Provided for a minimum wage and max work week, and outlaws child labor |
Dust Bowl | Extreme drought suffered by the farmers of the great plains |
Fireside Chats | The radio addresses given by Roosevelt to explain New Deal policies |
Brain Trust | Experts who were called on by Roosevelt to get ideas to solve the Depression |