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| New Deal | A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression. |
| Relief; Recovery; Reform | The "Three R's"; which were the goals of the New Deal policies and programs. |
| Second New Deal | A new set of programs in the spring of 1935 including additional banking reforms; new tax laws; new relief programs. |
| Social Security Act | Created a tax on workers and employers. That money provided monthly pensions for retired people. |
| Court Packing | Attempt by Roosevelt to appoint one new Supreme Court justice for every sitting justice over the age of 70 who had been there for at least 10 years. Wanted to prevent justices from dismantling the new deal. Plan died in congress and made opponents of New Deal inflamed. |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the United States during most of the Depression and most of World War II. |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women. |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration | Granted federal money to state |
| Public Works Administration | Provided money to states for the |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | Hired young; unemployed people to do restoration projects throughout the country; employed over 3 million people. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | New Deal program that built dams to control flooding and produce cheap electric power |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | Gave farmers money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up the value of crops |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds |
| Huey P. Long | A presidential candidate in the 1936 election known for his Share the Wealth program. He and other demagogues pushed FDR to move the New Deal to help people directly. |
