History Vocab Ch. 13
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| New Deal | programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform
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| Fireside Chat | informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and new deal programs to average americans
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| FDIC | government agency that insures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors money will be safe
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| TVA | government agency that built dams in the Tennessee River valley to control flooding and generate electric power
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| CCC | New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control
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| NRA | New Deal Agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, and wages
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| PWA | New Deal agency that provided Millions of jobs constructing public buildings
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| Second New Deal | legislative activity begun by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to solve problems created by the great depression
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| WPA | key new deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Collective Bargaining | process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions
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| Fair Labor Standards Act | 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek of 44 hours, and outlawed child labor
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| CIO | labor organization founded in the 1930s that represented unskilled industrial workers
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| sit-down strikes | labor protest in which workers stop working and occupy the workplace until their demands are met
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| court packing | FDR plan to add up to six new justices to the nine member Supreme Court after the court had ruled some new deal legislation was unconstitutional
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| Black Cabinet | group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisers to Franklin D. Roosevelt
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| Indian New Deal | 1930s legislation that gave Indians greater control over their affairs and provided funding for schools and hospitals
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| New Deal Coalition | political force formed by diverse groups who united to support Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal
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| Welfare State | government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of the poor, elderly, sick, and unemployed
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| The Wizard of OZ | one of the most memorable depression era films
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| War of the Worlds | TV Movie that depicted martians invading sent people into a panic
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| Federal Art Project | division of the Works progress administration that hired unemployed artists to create artworks for public buildings and sponsored art education programs
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| Mural | a large picture painted directly on wall or ceiling
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