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ChapterThirteenVocab

Chapter 13 Vocab U.S. History

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1. Franklin D Roosevelt: the Democratic nominee for the 1928 election.
2. Eleanor Roosevelt: Franklin's wife and distant cousin.
3. New Deal: programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform.
4. fireside chat: informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans.
5. FDIC: government agency that insures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors' money will be safe.
6. TVA: government agency that built dams in the Tennessee River valley to control flooding and generate electric power.
7. CCC: New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control.
8. NRA: New Deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices and wages.
9. PWA: New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs constructing public buildings.
10. Charles Coughlin: a Roman Catholic priest.
11. Huey Long: Senator from Louisiana.
12. Second New Deal: legislative activity begun by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to solve problems created by the Great Depression
13. WPA: key New Deal agency that provided work relief through various public work projects.
14.John Maynard Keynes: a British economist who argued that deficit spending was needed to end the Depression.
15. pump priming: economic theory that favored public works projects because they put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more goods, stimulating the economy.
16. Social Security Act: 1935 law that set up a pension system for retirees, established unemployment insurance, and created insurance for victims of work-related accidents; provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind and the disabled.
17. Wagner Act: New Deal law that abolished unfair labor practices, recognized the right of employees to organize labor unions, and gave workers the right to collective bargaining.
18. collective bargaining: process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions.
19. Fair Labor Standards Act: 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek of 44 hours, and outlawed child labor.
20. CIO: labor organization founded in the 1930s that represented unskilled industrial workers.
21. sit-down strikes: labor protest in which workers stop working and occupy the workplace until their demands are met.
22. court packing: FDR plan to add up to six new justices to the nine-member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was unconstitutional.
23. Black Cabinet: group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
24. Mary McLeod Bethune: another member of the Black Cabinet.
25. Indian New Deal: 1930s legislation that gave Indians greater control over their affairs and provided funding for schools and hospitals.
26. New Deal coalition: political force formed by diverse groups who united to support Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal.
27. welfare state: government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick and unemployed.
28. The Wizard of Oz: one of the most memorable depression-era films.
29. Frank Capra: a director.
30. War of the Worlds: a drama.
31. Federal Art Project: division of the Works Progress Administration that hired unemployed artists to create artworks for public buildings and sponsored art-education programs and exhibitions.
32. mural: a large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling.
33. Dorothea Lange: a FSA photographer.
34. John Steinbeck: the author who wrote the most famous novel in the 1930s, The Grapes of Wrath.
35. Lillian Hellman: wrote several plays.
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