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Chapter 13
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| New Deal | Programs and legislation enacted by FDR during the great depression to promote economic recovery and social reform. |
| Fireside Chats | Informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and new deal programs to average Americans. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | Government agency that ensures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors money would be safe. |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Government agency that built dams in the Tennessee river valley to control flooding and generate electric power. |
| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | New deal program that provided young men with relief jobs an environmental conservation projects, including reforestation & flood control. |
| National Recovery Act (NRA) | New deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, & wages. |
| Public Work Administration (PWA) | New deal ageancy that provided millions of jobs constructing public buildings. |
| Second New Deal | Legislative activity begun by FDR in 1935 to solve problems created by the great depression. |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | Key new deal agency that provided work relief. Improved a good part of |
| Pump priming | Theory that favored public work. |
| Social Security Act | 1935 law that set up a pension. |
| Wagner Act | Abolished unfair labor practices. |
| Collective Bargaining | Process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, & working con. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek off 44 hours& outlawed child labor. |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) | Labor organization founded in the 1930's that represented unskilled industrial workers. |
| Sit-Down strikes | Labor protest in which workers stop working & occupy the work place. |
| Court Packing | FDRs plan to add up to 6 new justices to the 9-member Supreme Court after |
| Black Cabinet | Group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisers to FDR. |
| Indian New Deal | 1930's Legislation that gave Indians greater control over their affairs & provided funding for schools and hospitals |
| New Deal Coalition | Brought together southern whites, northern blue-collar workers, poor mid western farmers, & African Americans. |
| Welfare state | Government that assumes responsibility for providing the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, and unemployed. |
| Federal Art Project | division of the Works Progress Administration that hired unemployed artists to create artworks for public buildings ad sponsored art- education programs and exhibitions |
| Mural | a large picture painted directly of a wall or ceiling. |
| The Wizard of Oz | Most memorable depression-era film. Promised weary audiences their dreams really would come true. |
| War of the Worlds | Realistic broadcast about Martians invading & panic gripped areas of the country until announcers insisted that it was all make-believe. |
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