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U.S HIST CH 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. FDR | Democratic President of 1932. |
| 2. Eleanor Roosevelt | FDR's distant cousin who he marries. |
| 3. New Deal | Idea on how FDR would fight the "depression". |
| 4. fireside chat | How FDR spoke with his citizens to comfort them. |
| 5. FDIC | Insured banks deposits up to 5k. |
| 6. TVA | Built dams to controls floods and give electric power. |
| 7. CCC | Provided jobs for 2 million young men. |
| 8. NRA | Created fair competition to govern whole industries. |
| 9. PWA | Built bridges and dams, etc. |
| 10. Charles Coughlin | Competitor of FDR, had a radio show, Catholic priest. |
| 11. Huey Long | Senator of Louisiana. |
| 12. Second New Deal | Addressed the problems of elderly and poor and unemployed. |
| 13. WPA | Improved nations highways/roads. |
| 14. John Maynard Keynes | Said that deficit spending was need to end depression. |
| 15. pump priming | theory that would put money in the money spenders. |
| 16. Social Security Act | insurance for unemployed workers who lost their jobs. |
| 17. Wagner Act | Right for employees to join labor unions |
| 18. collective bargaining | workers had to negotiate with unions about hours and wages. |
| 19. Fair Labor Standards Act | Gave workers more right: minimum wage and maximum work hours of 44 hours. |
| 20. CIO | Workers targeted CIO-organizing campaigns tended to be lower paid and ethnically more diverse that those workers represented by the AFL. |
| 21. sit-down strike | Workers refuse to leave the workplace till a settlement was reached. |
| 22. court packing | Increasing presidential power and upsetting the delicate balance between the 3 branches of the federal government. |
| 23. Black Cabinet | Blacks who worked with the president. |
| 24. Mary Mcleod Bethune | Member of the Black Cabinet. |
| 25. Indian New Deal | Program that gave Native Americans economic assistance. |
| 26. New Deal coalition | Brought together southern whites and northern blue collar workers. |
| 27. welfare state | A government that takes responsibility for providing for the welfare of children and poor, etc. |
| 28. The Wizard of Oz | One of the most memorable films during the depression. |
| 29. Frank Capra | Focused on the genre of the strength of the average American. |
| 30. War of the Worlds | A story told on the radio made people think that aliens were attacking Earth. |
| 31. Federal Art Project | Offered jobs to artists. |
| 32. murals | huge paintings on city walls, etc. |
| 33. Dorothea Lange | Part of FSA photographer who took photos of farmers and migrant workers. |
| 34. John Steinbeck | Writer of the "Grapes of Wrath" |
| 35. Lillian Hellman | Play writer from New Orleans. |