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Chapter 13 Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1 New Deal | programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform. |
| 2 fireside chats | informal radio broadcasts in wich FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans. |
| 3 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) | government agency that insures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors will be safe. |
| 4 Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA) | government agency that built dams in the tennessee river valley to control flooding and generate electric power. |
| 5 Civilian Conservation Corps(CCC) | new deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conversation projects, including reforestation and flood control. |
| 6 National Recovery Administration(NRA) | new deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, and wages. |
| 7 Public Works Administration(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 Works Progress Administration(WPA) | key new deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects. |
| 10 pump priming | economic theory that favored public works projects. |
| 11 Social Security Act | established unemployment insurance for workers who lost their jobs |
| 12 Wagner Act | recognized the right of employees to join labor unions and gave workers the right to collective bargaining. |
| 13 collective bargaining | employers had to negotiate with unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions. |
| 14 Fair Labor Standards Act | 1938, provided workers with additional labor rights. |
| 15 Congress of Industrial Orginizations(CIO) | labor organization founded in the 1930's that represented unskilled industrial workers. |
| 16 sit-down strike | labor protest in which workers stop working and occupy the workplsce 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 uncostitutional. |
| 18 Black Cabinet | group of african american leaders who served as unofficial advisers to franklin roosevelt. |
| 19 Indian New Deal | a program that gave Indians economic assistance and greater control over their own affairs |
| 20 New Deal coalition | political force formed by diverse groups who united to support franklin roosevelt and his new deal. |
| 21 welfare state | a government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of children and the poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed. |
| 22 The Wizard of Oz | one of the most memorable depression-era films. |
| 23 War of the Worlds | a mercury theatre broadcast that was so realistic that many people believed that martians were actually invading. |
| 24 Federal Art Project | division of the wpa that hired unemployed artists to creat artworks for public buildings and sponsored art-education programs and exhibitions. |
| 25 mural | a large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling. |
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