Launching of the New Deal
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| 329691434 | Fireside Chats | Franklin Roosevelt's programs and plans announced to the people by radio which helped create public confidence in his administration. | |
| 329691435 | Bank Holiday | A four day closing of all national banks in order to consider banking reform legislation. The public had a general sense of relief and hope. | |
| 329691436 | Emergency Banking Act | A conservative bill designed primarily to protect the larger banks from being dragged down by the weakness of smaller ones. The Treasury Department was to inspect banks before reopening. | |
| 329691437 | Securities and Exchange Commission | This commission policed the stock market. | |
| 329691438 | Twenty-first Amendment | Repealed the 18th Amendment. Prohibition was void. | |
| 329691439 | Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | Producers of seven basic commodities would decide on production limits for their crops. The individual farmers were told by the government how much they should produce and would pay subsidies for leaving land idle. Food processing would fund this. | |
| 329691440 | National Recovery Act | Hugh S. Johnson called on every business establishment in the nation to accept a blanket code which was a minimum wage of 30-40 cents/hr., a minimum of 35-40 hr/week, and the abolition of child labor. | |
| 329691441 | Tennessee Valley Authority | Authorized to complete the dam at Muscle Shoals and build others in the region, and to generate and sell electricity from them to the public at reasonable rates. | |
| 329691442 | Federal Emergency Relief Administration | Provided cash grants to states to prop up bankrupt relief agencies. | |
| 329691443 | Harry Hopkins | Helped Roosevelt create the CWA which administered unemployed people and gave them temporary jobs. Hopkins stressed pumping money into the economy and providing assistance to impoverished people. | |
| 329691444 | Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | This created camps in national parks and forests and in other rural and wilderness settings for young unemployed men from the cities to improve their country environmentally and agriculturally. | |
| 329691445 | The Second "New" Deal | Roosevelt's second attempt at reform. Attacked big business. | |
| 329691446 | Dr. Francis Townsend | Led a movement of more than 5 million members with his plan for federal pensions for the elderly. All Americans over the age of 60 would receive 200$. | |
| 329691447 | Father Charles Coughlin | A Catholic priest who broadcasted sermons. He proposed monetary reforms: remonetization of silver, issuing of green backs, and nationalization of banking. | |
| 329691448 | Hucy P. Long, "Share our Wealth" | The senator of Louisiana in 1928. He launched an assault on his opponents running for governor. He believed the depression would end if the president would use a taxing system to confiscate surplus riches from the wealthy and distribute the money. | |
| 329691449 | National Labor Relations Board | Had the power to compel employers to recognize and bargain with legitimate unions. | |
| 329691450 | John L. Lewis | Leader of the United Mine Workers. Created the Committee on Industrial Organization which expanded the labor movement. It was more accepting of women and blacks. | |
| 329691451 | CIO | This Committee on Industrial Organization expanded greatly after its branching away from AFL. It targeted previously unorganized industries (textiles, laundries, etc.) and constituted women and minorities. | |
| 329691452 | Sit-down Strike | Employees in several General Motors plants simply sat down inside the plants, refusing to either work or leave, which prevented strikebreakers. | |
| 329691453 | Little Steel/Memorial Day Massacre | Smaller steel companies refused to accept unionization. Memorial Day 1937 a group of striking workers from Republic Steel gathered with their families and peacefully marched to the steel company. Police opened fire; 10 people killed. | |
| 329691454 | Social Security | A pension system, a retirement fund, financial assurance on disabled or dependent people/children. Insurance, not welfare. | |
| 329691455 | Works Progress Administration | This established a system of work relief for the unemployed after the failure of Social Security.This group built and renovated public buildings, roads, airports, etc. | |
| 329691456 | Court Packing | Roosevelt's plan to appoint new justices into the Supreme Court. | |
| 329691457 | The Roosevelt Recession | The administrations sharp decision to reduce expenditures. | |
| 329691458 | Fair Labor Standards Act | Established a national minimum wage and a forty-hour workweek and strict child labor limits. | |
| 329691459 | Eleanor Roosevelt | Wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) | |
| 329691460 | Black Cabinet | African Americans appointed to Roosevelt's cabinet positions by Roosevelt. | |
| 329691461 | John Collier/Indian Reorganization Act | Pursuing his belief of relativism, Collier created this act to reverse the pressures on Native Americans to assimilate cultures. | |
| 329691462 | Frances Perkins | U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the cabinet. | |
| 329691463 | Grand Coulee Dam | Largest public works project in American history in that time and provided cheap electricity for Northwest. | |
| 329691464 | Welfare State | Expensive and discriminated against gender and race. Many relief programs and the Social Security System. |
