ch. 24 The Enduring Vision
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| 11310547131 | Herbert Hoover | President elected in 1928; believed in private initiative and viewed unemployment as a local issue | 0 | |
| 11310547132 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation | made loans to banks and other lending institutions to get money into the economy; Hoover initiative in Jan. 1932 | 1 | |
| 11310547133 | Bonus Army | World War 1 veterans who marched on Washington DC lobbying for their financial bonus | 2 | |
| 11310547134 | Franklin Roosevelt | Democratic candidate in 1932; promised the American people a "new deal"; a pragmatist | 3 | |
| 11310547135 | Frances Perkins | Sec. of Labor; first female cabinet member | 4 | |
| 11310547136 | banking crisis | most pressing issue facing FDR after election; declared a "bank holiday" to restore confidence in American banking | 5 | |
| 11310547137 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | insure bank deposits up to $5,000; goal - restore Americans trust in banking institution | 6 | |
| 11310547138 | Civilian Conservation Corps | employed jobless young men in environmental projects such as reforestation, park maintenance, and soil erosion | 7 | |
| 11310547139 | Federal Emergency Relief Act | Federal funds for state and local relief agencies; headed by Harry Hopkins | 8 | |
| 11310547140 | Agricultural Adjustment Administration | Govt. subsidies to farmers to reduce production; attempt to drive up farm prices; eventually declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court | 9 | |
| 11310547141 | Public Works Administration | public works projects to provide jobs and stimulate the economy | 10 | |
| 11310547142 | National Recovery Administration | drafted codes of "fair competition"; set production limits, prescribed wages and working conditions; later declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court | 11 | |
| 11310547143 | Securities and Exchange Commission | federal agency created to regulate the stock market | 12 | |
| 11310547144 | Tennessee Valley Authority | hydroelectric plan on the Tennessee River; controlled flooding and soil erosion; provided affordable electricity to the region | 13 | |
| 11310547145 | Dust Bowl | drought and dust storms in the Great Plains; "Okies" moved west to California in search of jobs | 14 | |
| 11310547146 | American Liberty League | criticized FDR and the New Deal as socialism | 15 | |
| 11310547147 | Hundred Days | March-June 1933 when FDR administration passed legislation to address economic crisis | 16 | |
| 11310547148 | "fireside chats" | Franklin Roosevelt's use of the radio to reach the American people to promote his New Deal programs | 17 | |
| 11310547149 | Charles Coughlin | radio priest who attacked FDR's New Deal programs; called for nationalization of the banks | 18 | |
| 11310547150 | Francis Townsend | retired physician who proposed an idea of government pay to all retired citizens, requiring them to spend the money within 30 days; goal was to stimulate the economy; idea was revised by FDR for the Social Security Act | 19 | |
| 11310547151 | Huey Long | Louisiana politician who promoted a "Share Our Wealth" plan; 100% tax on income over $1 million and then money redistributed; political threat to FDR | 20 | |
| 11310547152 | Works Progress Administration | employed 8 million Americans to build bridges, roads, post offices, and other public facilities | 21 | |
| 11310547153 | Federal Writers' Project | employed jobless writers to produce guide books and histories; "slave narratives" | 22 | |
| 11310547154 | John Maynard Keynes | British economist; govt should use deficit spending during depression to fund public works programs to stimulate recovery | 23 | |
| 11310547155 | Rural Electrification Administration | low-interest loans to utility companies to extend electricity to rural America | 24 | |
| 11310547156 | National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) | guaranteed collective-bargaining rights, permitted closed shops (employees must join union); outlawed blacklisting by management; led to growth of unions | 25 | |
| 11310547157 | Social Security Act | federal-state program to provide workers' pensions, unemployment insurance, and other welfare benefits | 26 | |
| 11310547158 | Fair Labor Standards Act | banned child labor and set a national minimum wage | 27 | |
| 11310547159 | new Democratic coalition (1936-1960s) | included labor unions, blue-collar workers, minorities (racial and ethnic), farmers, White South, urban white ethnic voters | 28 | |
| 11310547160 | Mary McLeod Bethune | friend of Eleanor Roosevelt; director of minority affairs; FDR's "black cabinet" (linked FDR's adm. to black organizations) | 29 | |
| 11310547161 | Marian Anderson | African American opera singer; Easter concert at Lincoln Memorial; symbolic significance | 30 | |
| 11310547162 | Molly Dewson | head of Democratic party's women's division; courted female voters | 31 | |
| 11310547163 | "court-packing" | FDR's plan to appoint additional justices to Supreme Court; goal - protect New Deal programs with pro-New Deal justices; failed to pass | 32 | |
| 11310547164 | Farm Security Administration | low-interest loans to help tenant farmers and sharecroppers become farm owners | 33 | |
| 11310547165 | John L. Lewis | leader of United Mine Workers; one of founders of Committee for Industrial Organization; promoted union growth; All workers (regardless of race, gender or skill level) | 34 | |
| 11310547166 | Walter Reuther | Union leader; organized a sit-down strike at General Motors; growth of the United Automobile Workers union | 35 | |
| 11310547167 | Scottsboro Boys | 9 black teenagers falsely accused of rape; national attention to racism and right to a fair trial | 36 | |
| 11310547168 | John Collier | reformer who attempted to protect Native American land rights; revitalize traditional Indian life | 37 | |
| 11310547169 | Frank Capra | American film director; themes of patriotism, pro-democracy, critic of political corruption; "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" | 38 | |
| 11310547170 | John Steinbeck | novel "The Grapes of Wrath"; stressed ordinary Americans' endurance and mutual support | 39 | |
| 11310547171 | Aaron Copland | American composer; celebration of American folk melodies; "Appalachian Spring" | 40 | |
| 11310547172 | Benny Goodman | American jazz musician; the clarinet; the King of Swing | 41 | |
| 11310547173 | Zora Neale Hurston | "Their Eyes Were Watching God" - African American woman's search for fulfillment | 42 | |
| 11310547174 | William Faulkner | American short story writer; many of his writings are set in Mississippi | 43 | |
| 11310547175 | Gone with the Wind | Margaret Mitchell's novel of 1936; film released in 1939; White Southern nostalgia | 44 | |
| 11310547176 | War of the Worlds | Orson Welles radio broadcast in 1938; fictional landing of aliens in New Jersey; terrified listeners and led to a brief panic | 45 | |
| 11310547177 | Eleanor Roosevelt | activist First Lady; supported African American civil rights; held press conferences for female journalists (thereby supporting women in journalism careers) | 46 |
