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C11 - US
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emergency Banking Act | Stabilized the private banking system |
| Agriculture Adjustment Act | Established a farm recovery program based on production controls and price supports |
| Emergency Farm Mortgage Act | Provided for the refinancing of farm mortgages |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | Established a national recovery program and authorized a public works program |
| Federal Emergency Relief Act | Established a national system of relief |
| Home Owners Loan Act | Protected homeowners from mortgage foreclosure by refinancing home loans |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Act | Established the TVA and provided for the planned development of the Tennessee River Valley |
| Civilian Conservation Corps Act | Established the CCC to provide work relief on reforestation and conservation projects |
| polio | an infectious disease |
| lame duck | an outgoing elected official soon to be replaced by a successor |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | Distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt and was married to Theodore's niece, Eleanor. President during the Great Depression and created the New Deal programs |
| 20th Amendment | moved up the presidential inauguration dates from March to January |
| "brain trust" | several university professors chosen by FDR who offered ideas on how to fix the still-floundering economy |
| bank holiday | stopped all banking operations worldwide |
| deficit | negative balance |
| planned scarcity | the government lowers the supplies of certain products in order to create a high demand and raise prices |
| economic planning | management of the economy by the federal government |
| New Deal | a group of laws, agencies, and programs designed to combat the economic crisis |
| pension fund | a pool of money used to pay a small, established income after they retire |
| totalitarian | in which the government relies on force to exert complete control over a country |
| populists | politicians who claim to represent concerns of ordinary people |
| coalition | alliance |
| National Socialism | promoted the superiority of Germany and the German people, rejected communism, and carried anti-Semitism to extreme levels |
| collective bargaining | negotiation between an employer and union leaders on behalf of all union members |
| picket line | a group of strikers who form a barrier to keep scabs from entering a building to work in their place |
| mandate | authority to act |
| breadwinners | contributors to a family's income |
| Civil Works Administration | Administration committed to finding jobs for women |
| Josephine Roche | Colorado's first policewoman and heir to a fuel company |
| mobilization | enlistment of soldiers |
| Fair Labor Standards Act | Stipulated a minimum hourly wage and a maximum 40 hour workweek |
| deficit spending | spending more money than the government receives from taxes |
| welfare state | a system in which the government provides for the health and wellbeing of its citizens |
| Imperial Presidency | a presidency that exercises more power than the Constitution allows |
| Robert A. Taft | The son of former president William Howard Taft |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | insures the savings accounts of individual bank depositors |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | created to protect investors in the stock market similar to the FDIC with depositors |
| voting bloc | a large group of citizens who share a common concern and tend to vote the same in elections |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | founder of Bethune-Cookman College |
| Indian Reorganization Act | provided tribes with federal funds to buy back some reservation lands |
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