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Ch.15 TN
Final Review Matching
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Know as FDR, the 2-term governor of New York and a distant cousin of former president Roosevelt |
| New Deal | It focused on 3 general goals, relief for the needy economic recovery, and financial reform |
| Eleanor Progress | A social reform who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | It created as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible between 1935 to 1943 |
| Social Security Act | A law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities and families with dependent children |
| Mary McCloud Bethune | An educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African American |
| Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO) | A labor organized composed of industrial unions founded in 1938, it merged with AFL in 1955 |
| Orson Welles | An actor, director, producer, and writer created on of the most renowned radio broadcasts one of all time "the war of worlds" |
| Richard Wright | An African American Author, complete his acclaimed novel native son (1940) about a young man trying to survive in a racist world |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | A federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants electricity as well as to prevent floods |