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History chapter 25
lesson 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| FDR famous quote | the only thing we have to fear is fear itself |
| Hundred Days | the session started just after the inauguration to the middle of June, special congressional session |
| New Deal | new programs to battle the depression and aid recovery |
| Emergency Banking Relief Act | only banks with enough funds to meet depositors's demands could reopen, singed by roosevelt |
| Fireside Chats | radio addresses in which FDR spoke directly to the people |
| Civil Works Administration (CWA) | Civil Works Administration - employed more than 4 million Americans, building roads and airports |
| The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | provided jobs for hundreds of thousands of people through projects such as planting trees and improving national parks |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | hired people to build dams and generators, bringing electricity and jobs to communities in the Tennessee River valley |
| The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) | helped farmers refinance their mortgages so they could keep their farm |
| The Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | helped stabilize agricultural prices |
| The National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) | addressed business concerns by eliminating unfair competition among companies |
| Frances Perkins | First woman in cabinet and the secretary of labor ,helped pass the NIRA |
| American Liberty League | thought the New Deal gave the president too much authority |
| Bank Holiday | closed ever bank in the us for 8 days so it could regain money -FDR |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) | gave federal money to the government to distribute |
| Huey Long | thought the New Deal didn't go far enough ( aka Kingfish) |
| Share our wealth | would tax rich Americans and use the money to support the poor, proposed by long |
| Father Charles Edward Coughlin | roman catholic priest that broadcasted sermons on the radio and thought that the New Deal only helped business interests, wanted the government to nationalize the usa |
| Nationalize | takeover all the country's wealth and natural resources |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | employed 8.5 million people on projects all over the country building railroads, bridges, parks, and airports |
| National Youth Administration (NYA) | gave part-time jobs to many students, influenced by Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Social Security Act | provided some financial support and security for the elderly, disabled, children and unemployed, passed in 1935 |
| The National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 | helped regulate business by requiring minimum wage and collective bargaining / declared unconstitutional in 1935 |
| The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) | aka Wagner Act , allowed workers to join labor unions and take part in collective bargaining and was created by the national labor relations board |
| Robert F. Wagner | sponsored the NLRA aka Wagner Act |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) | organized workers into unions based on industry, not skill level, welcomed African Americans and Hispanics 1935 |
| Sit-down Strike | workers stayed in the factories while on strike so they couldn't be replaced by new workers |
| The National Recovery Administration (NRA) | created in 1933 was a keystone of Roosevelt's new deal program |
| Rural Electrification Administration (REA) | brought electricity to rural areas and the number of farms rose from 10% to 25% |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | insured savings accounts in banks and built back consumer confidence in the banks |
| Conservatives | opposed to the growth of the federal government |
| Francis Townsend | a califronia doctor that was nagry that the government had turned its back on its elderly citizens |
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