| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
