| A | B |
|---|
| hundred days | March-June 1933; FDR quickly pushed New Deal programs through Congress |
| FDIC | government insures savings accounts in case banks fail |
| bank holiday | FDR closes all banks to allow government inspection |
| CCC | employed young single men in restoring parks and other conservation projects |
| NIRA | allowed for the regulation of wages, production and prices |
| NRA and AAA | declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court |
| Frances Perkins | first woman Cabinet officer |
| Wagner Act | legalized collective bargaining; outlawed blacklisting; strengthened unions |
| Social Security Act | provides old age benefits; funded by a tax on employees and employers |
| AAA | encouraged farmers not to raise certain crops and animals |
| TVA | provided cheap power and flood control for many rural southern areas |
| 15 | Number of Supreme Court justices under FDR's court-packing plan |
| SEC | charged with regulating the stock market |
| fireside chats | FDR's main method of communication with the American people |
| Hawley-Smoot Tarriff | largest import tax in history; hurt international trade |
| Bonus March | veterans came to D.C. demanding pensions |
| Dow Jones | index of the prices of 30 major stocks |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Hoover program extending credit to banks |
| buying on margin | getting a loan to purchase stock |
| political left | believed FDR did not go far enough in his programs |
