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CH: 13
The New Deal Vocab - Chapter 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt | President of the US 1933 - 1945 |
| 2. Eleanor Roosevelt | Wife of President Roosevelt |
| 3. New Deal | Reforms passed by FDR to combat the depression |
| 4. Fireside Chat | Radio Broadcasts made by Roosevelt in order to inform the public on the New Deal |
| 5. FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) | Insured bank deposits up to $5k ($250k now) |
| 6. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) | Built dams and provided Hydroelectricity to the Tennessee River area |
| 7. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) | Provided jobs for young men that replanted forests, built trails, irrigation ditches, and fought fires |
| 8. NRA (National Recovery Administration) | Developed codes for fair competition between businesses |
| 9. PWA (Public Works Administration) | Built bridges, dams, power plants, and government buildings |
| 10. Charles Coughlin | A Roman Catholic Priest who believed that FDR was not doing enough to combat the depression |
| 11. Huey Long | Senator from Louisiana who proposed high taxes on the rich and corporations and the redistribution of their wealth to poor Americans |
| 12. Second New Deal | Addressed the problems of the elderly, poor, and unemployed |
| 13. WPA (Works Progress Administration) | Administration set up to administer 5 million dollars for job creation |
| 14. John Maynard Keynes | British economist that argued deficit spending was the only way to end the depression |
| 15. Pump Priming | Keynes' economic theory |
| 16. Social Security Act | Established Social Security |
| 17. Wagner Act | Recognized the right of workers to join Labor unions |
| 18. Collective Bargaining | Employers negotiating with labor Unions |
| 19. Fair Labor Standards Act (of 1938) | Provided additional rights to workers |
| 20. CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) | Set up by John L Lewis' United Mine Workers and other Unions to help organize other labor unions around the nation |
| 21. Sit-Down Strikes | When workers refuse to leave their stations until their demands are met |
| 22. Court Packing | Roosevelt's plan to hire 6 more Supreme Court justices to balance it out with people more loyal to him |
| 23. Black Cabinet | Unofficial Black advisers to FDR |
| 24. Mary McLeod Bethune | A Female member f the Black Cabinet |
| 25. Indian New Deal | A program that gave Indians economic assistance |
| 26. New Deal Coalition | Coalition of Southern Whites, Northern Blue-collar workers, poor Midwestern farmers and African Americans who wanted to always vote Democrat |
| 27. Welfare State | A government that assumes responsibility for the welfare of children and the poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed |
| 28. The Wizard of Oz | A depression era book/film |
| 29. Frank Capra | Director who focused on the strength of average Americans |
| 30. War of the Worlds | Book by H.G.Wells that was read over the Radio by Orson Welles so realistically that many people panicked and believed that Martians had invaded |
| 31. Federal Art Project | Offered job opportunities to many artists |
| 32. Mural | Huge, dramatic paintings on public buildings |
| 33. Dorothea Lange | FSA photographer who created powerful images of impoverished farmers and migrant workers |
| 34. John Steinbeck | American novelist who created 'The Grapes of Wrath' which showed the problems of the Dust Bowl |
| 35. Lillian Hellman | A New Orleans playwriter |
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