| A | B |
|---|
| New Deal | President Franklin Roosevelt's programs for ending the Depression |
| polio | a parlyzing disease |
| gold standard | a situation in which one ounce of gold equaled a set number of dollars |
| bank holiday | the closing of banks before bank runs could put them out of business |
| Hundred Days | the time between March 9 and June 16, 1933 when Congress passed 15 laws to deal with the nation's economy |
| fireside chats | radio talks that President Roosevelt held with the American people to let them know what he hoped to accomplish |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | a government agency set up to regulate the stock market and prevent fraud |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | provided government insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amount |
| Agricultural Adjustment Administration | the agency that administered Roosevelt's farm program |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | a New Deal relief program |
| deficit spending | borrowing money to pay for programs |
| American Liberty League | organization established to oppose the NEw Deal |
| Works Progress Administration | a federal agnecy set up for work relief and to increase employment |
| NAtional LAbor RElations Board | an angency formed by the NAtional Labor RElations ACt to organize factory elections by secret ballot to determine whether workers wanted a union |
| binding arbitration | a process in a dispute in which a neutral party would listen to both sides and decide the issues |
| sit-down strike | a protest action in which workers stopped working but refused to leave the factory |
| Social Security Act | a law that provided security for the elderly and for unemployed workers |
| Frances Perkins | the Secretary of LAbor under President Roosevelt the first woman appointed to a cabinet post |
| court-packing | Roosevelt's plan to add justices to the Supreme Court |
| Henry Morgenthau | Secretary of the Treasury under President Roosevelt |
| John Maynard Keynes | influential British economist |
| broker state | a government whose role includes mediating between competing groups |
| saftey nets | safegaurds and relief programs that protected Americans against economic disasters |
