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| 687647293 | The Brain Trust | FDR's reform-minded intellectual group which authored the New Deal. | |
| 687647294 | Election of 1932 | FDR beat Hoover by a landslide. | |
| 687647295 | Bank Holiday (March 1933) | FDR closed all banks to reopen them on a sounder basis. | |
| 687647296 | The Hundred Days | Introduced a basketful of legislation to deal with the emergency. | |
| 687647297 | The Three R's | Relief, Reform, Recovery. | |
| 687647298 | Fireside Chats | Radio shows featuring FDR talking about the safety of keeping money in banks. | |
| 687647299 | Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act | Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). | |
| 687647300 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | Insured deposits up to $5,000. | |
| 687647301 | Civilian Conservation Corporation (CCC) | Provided employment for 3 million young men in useful civil service like reforestation, fire fighting, and swamp drainage. | |
| 687647302 | Federal Emergency Relief Act | Created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) which granted $3 billion to states for wages on work projects for adult unemployed. | |
| 687647303 | Harry Hopkins | President of Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). | |
| 687647304 | Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | Helped farmers meet their mortgages. | |
| 687647305 | Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC) | Assisted a million households and bailed out mortgage-holding banks, strengthening political loyalties to Democratic Party. | |
| 687647306 | Father Charles Coughlin | A Catholic priest who broadcasted anti-NewDeal speeches. Attracted 40 million fans. | |
| 687947472 | Senator Huey Long | Publicized a "Share Our Wealth" program which promised $5,000 to every family at the expense of the prosperous. | |
| 687947473 | Dr. Francis E. Townsend | Promised $200 a month for each senior citizen. | |
| 687947474 | Works Progress Administration (WPA, 1935) | Spent $11 billion on infrastructure and gave 9 million people jobs. | |
| 687947475 | National Recovery Administration (NRA Blue Eagle) | Enforced fair competition so employment could be spread over more people and established minimum wage. | |
| 687947476 | Schechter "Sick Children" Decision (1935) | Supreme Court declared Congress could not delegate legislative powers to executive. It took down the NRA Blue Eagle. | |
| 687947477 | Public Works Administration (PWA) | Spent $4 billion on infrastructure and the Grand Coulee Dam which irrigated millions of acres of new farmland and electricity. | |
| 687947478 | Harold Ickes | Led the Public Works Administration (PWA). | |
| 687947479 | Frances Perkins | First woman cabinet member. Secretary of Labor. | |
| 687947480 | Twentieth Amendment (1933) | Shortened the lame duck period. | |
| 687947481 | Twenty-First Amendment (1933) | Repealed prohibition. | |
| 687947482 | Parity Prices | Set prices of products to the price from 1909 to 1914. | |
| 687947483 | Dust Bowl | Drought and winds that ripped millions of tons of topsoil from homes in central US. | |
| 687947484 | Grapes of Wrath | Realistically portrayed the Dust Bowl. Written by John Steinbeck. | |
| 687947485 | Security and Exchange Commission (1934) | Watchdog administrative agency which protected the public against fraud, deception, and inside manipulation. | |
| 687947486 | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Created dams that provided power for a poverty-stricken area. Brought full employment and energy to the area. | |
| 687947487 | Federal Housing Authority (FHA) | Helped speed recovery and better homes. | |
| 687947488 | Social Security Act | Provided security for retired workers and disabled and dependents. | |
| 687947489 | Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act) | Reasserted the right of labor to self-organize and bargain collectively. | |
| 687947490 | John L. Lewis | Boss of the United Mine Workers. Formed the Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO). | |
| 687947491 | Committee of Industrial Organization (CIO) | Formed from within the AFoL. Known for sit-down strikes in General Motors. | |
| 687947492 | Sit-Down Strike | In General Motors by the CIO to prevent strikebreakers. | |
| 687947493 | Fair Labor Standards Act (1938) | Set up minimum wage and maximum hour levels. Forbade child labor. Excluded blacks, Mexicans, and women. | |
| 687947494 | FDR's Court Packing Scheme | He wanted to increase the maximum Supreme Court Justices to 15. | |
| 687947495 | John Maynard Keynes | A British Economist who suggested a change in the government's relation to the economy. | |
| 687947496 | Hatch Act (1939) | Allowed only the highest policy-making officers to actively politically campaign and solicit. Forbade government funds for political purposes. |
