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New Deal Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Court Packing | Roosevelt adapted a plan to appoint six supreme court justices giving him control over the court . His scheme was condemned by the public and rejected by Congress |
| Deficit Spending | A government spending of more money than it receives in revenue |
| Demagogue | A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument |
| Deportation | The action of deporting a foreigner from a country |
| Depression | A long and severe recession in an economy or market |
| Eminent Domain | The right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public user, with payment of compensation. |
| Entitlement | the fact of having a right to something |
| Executive | carries out the laws |
| Hobos | a homeless person; a tramp or vagrant |
| Judicial | Decide if laws are fair |
| Legislative | Make Laws |
| Repatriation | The process of returning a person-voluntary-to his or her place of origin or citizenship |