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Chapter 13 Vocab US
Chapter 13 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| New Deal | federal government needed to play an active role in promoting recover and relief to Americans |
| fireside chat | informal radio speeches to the American people |
| FDIC | (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) insured bank deposits up to $5k |
| TVA | built a series of dams in Tennessee River (Tennessee Valley Authority) valley to control floods and to generate electric power |
| CCC | (Civilian Conservation Crops) provided jobs for more than 2 million young men |
| NRA | (National Recovery Administration) developed codes of fair competition to govern whole industries |
| PWA | (Public Works Administration) built bridges, dams, power plants, and government buildings |
| Second New Deal | addressed problems of the elderly, the poor and the unemployed; created new public-works projects; helped farmers; and enacted measures to protect workers' rights |
| WPA | (Works Progress Administration) improved a good part of the nations highways, dredged rivers and harbors |
| pump priming | putting people to work on public projects put money into hands of consumers who would buy more goods and stimulate the economy |
| Social Security Act | unemployment insurance for workers who lost their jobs |
| Wagner Act | recognized the right of employees to join labor unions and gave workers the right to collective bargaining |
| collective bargaining | meant that employers had to negotiate with unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | provided workers with additional rights |
| CIO | (Congress of Industrial Organizations)aimed to help toward the lower paid and ethically diverse workers. Created by labor leaders |
| sit-down strikes | workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached |
| court packing | adding 6 new Justices to the court to support New Deal |
| Black Cabinet | invited African American Leaders to advise him |
| Indian New Deal | program that gave Indians economic assistance and greater control overt their own affaris |
| New Deal coalition | brought together southern whites, northern blue-collar workers, poor mid western farmers, and African Americans |
| welfare state | government assumes responsibility for providing welfare of children and poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed. |
| 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 and panic gripped areas of the country until announcers insisted that it was all make-beleive |
| Federal Art Project | offered a variety of job opportunities to artists |
| mural | dramatic drawings on public buildings across the nation |
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