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Chapter 13 Vocab
Logan McGee US History 10/14/12 Block 3
Question | Answer |
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1. New Deal | Programs and legislation enacted bu Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform |
2. Fireside chat | informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans |
3. FDIC | Government agency that insures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors' money will be safe |
4. TVA | government agency that built dams in the Tennessee River valley to control flooding and generate electrical power |
5. CCC | New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control |
6. NRA | New Deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, and wages |
7. PWA | New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs constructing public buildings |
8. Second New Deal | Legislative activity begun by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to solve problems created by the Great Depression |
9. WPA | key New Deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects |
10. Pump priming | economic theory that favored public works projects because they put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more goods, stimulating the economy |
11. Social Security Act | 1935 law that set up a pension system for retirees, established unemployment insurance, and created insurance for victims of work-realated accidents; provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind, and the disabled |
12. Wagner Act | New Deal law that abolished unfair labor practices, recognized the rights of employees to organize labor unions, and gave workers the right to collective bargaining |
13. Collective Bargaining | process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions |
14. Fair Labor Standards Act | 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek of 44 hours, and outlawed child labor |
15. CIO | labor organization founded in the 1930s that represented unskilled industrial workers |
16. Sit-down strike | labor protest in which workers stop working and occupy the workplace until their demands are met |
17. Court Packing | FDR plan to add up to six new justices to the nine-member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was unconstitutional |
18. Black Cabinet | Group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt |
19. Indian New Deal | 1930s legislation that gave Indians greater control over their affairs and provided funding for schools and hospitals |
20. New Deal Coalition | political force formed by diverse groups who united to support Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal |
21. Welfare State | government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, and unemployed |
22. The Wizard Of Oz | one of the most memorable depression-era films, delivered all four |
23. War of the Worlds | drama directed by orson welles |
24. Federal Art Project | division of the Works Progress Administration that hired unemployed artists to create artworks for public buildings and sponsored art-education programs and exhibitions |
25. Mural | a large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling |