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15.1
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| Established the FDIC; provided insurance on individual bank accounts. | Glass-Steagall Act |
| An idea to fix great Depression through laws, acts, programs, and agencies. | The New Deal |
| Required all corporations to inform offers and hold liable for misinterpretations. | Federal Securities Act |
| Sought to raise prices of crops by lowering production. | Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) |
| Put young men to work on many different jobs, in order to help provide money. | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
| Provided money to states to create jobs. | National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) |
| Spending more money than the government actually receives. | Deficit Spending |
| 32nd President, (democrat) longest serving, and he implemented the New Deal | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Governor of Louisiana, turned against Roosevelt to try to win presidential election. | Huey Long |
| Catholic priest, promoted annual income of banks, an anti-semitic. | Charles Coughlin |
| Physician, believed New Deal didn't do enough, helped the elderly. | Francis Townsend |
| Group of advisors who worked with FDR to help the U.S. escape the Great Depression. | Brain Trust |
| Congress passed 15 major of the New Deal legislation for the U.S. | First Hundred Days |
| An informal talk to the nation through radio to reassure the New Deal. | Fireside Chats |
| Roosevelt closed banks for four days to ensure no withdrawals were further made. | How Roosevelt restored confidence in banks. |
| The government had the SEC prevent inside info for the "rigging" of the stock market. | How the government restored the stock market. |
| Critics argued that Roosevelt had spent too much on the New Deal, while others thought he spent too little. | Reasons some were critical of the New Deal. |