| 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 |