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Ch 13 Vocabulary
Chapter 13 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| New Deal | A series of domestic programs enacted in the U.S. between 1933 and 1938. |
| Fireside Chat | A series of thirty evening radio addresses given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. |
| FDIC | Operating as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933. |
| TVA | Established a unique problem-solving approach to fulfilling its mission-integrated resource management. |
| NRA | An American nonprofit organization[5] founded in 1871 that promotes firearm competency, safety, and ownership, as well as police training, marksmanship, hunting and self-defense training in the U.S.. |
| PWA | Designed to reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through the construction of highways and public buildings. |
| Second New Deal | The term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage of the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
| WPA | Work program for the unemployed. |
| Pump Priming | Operation of older pumps. |
| Social Security Act | The act was an attempt to limit what was seen as dangers in the modern American life, including old age, poverty, unemployment, and the burdens of widows and fatherless children. |
| Wagner Act | A foundational statute of US labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining for better terms & conditions at work, and take collective action including strike if necessary |
| Collective Bargaining | A process of negotiations between employers and a group of employees aimed at reaching agreements that regulate working conditions. |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | Introduced a maximum 44-hour seven-day workweek, established a national minimum wage, guaranteed "time-and-a-half" for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in "oppressive child labor", a term that is defined in the statute. |
| CIO | A federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955. |
| Sit-Down Strikes | A form of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers. |
| Court Packing | A legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| Black Cabinet | First known as the Federal Council of Negro Affairs, an informal group of African-American public policy advisors to United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, |
| Indian New Deal | U.S. federal legislation that secured certain rights to Native Americans, including Alaska Natives. |
| Welfare State | A concept of government in which the state plays a key role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. |
| The Wizard Of OZ | A 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the most well-known and commercial adaptation based on the 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. |
| War Of The Worlds | An English military science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. |
| Federal Art Project | Was the visual arts arm of the Great Depression-era New Deal Works Progress Administration Federal One program in the U.S.. |
| Mural | Any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. |
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