This vocabulary set looks at the social programs of FDR's New Deal era.
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| 603244623 | Relief | aid for the needy; welfare | |
| 603244624 | Separation of Powers | Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law | |
| 603244625 | Bank Holiday | caused by the passage of the Emergency Banking Act, allowed only Federal Reserve approved banks to operate in the United States. | |
| 603244626 | Court Packing Plan | As known as the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, it was a plan by FDR to pack to the Supreme Court with judges that were sympathetic to the New Deal reforms. | |
| 603244627 | Fireside Chats | radio chats with the American people given by FDR | |
| 603244628 | New Deal | the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented | |
| 603244629 | FDIC | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A federal guarantee of savings bank deposits initially of up to $2500, raised to $5000 in 1934, and frequently thereafter; continues today with a limit of $250,000 | |
| 603244630 | TVA | Federal project to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the Tennessee River Valley | |
| 603244631 | CCC | (1933)-Young men between the ages of 18 and 25 volunteered to be placed in camps to work on regional environmental projects, mainly west of the Mississippi; they received $30 a month, of which $25 was sent home; disbanded during World War II. | |
| 603244632 | WPA | built schools, hospitals; hired artists, writers, composers, photographers, etc. | |
| 603244633 | Social Security | created a numerical system to keep track of all citizens in the United States, also provide relief checks to older Americans. | |
| 603244634 | Dust Bowl | years of drought conditions, caused remaining Plains Region topsoil to blow away. Affected an area from North Dakota to Texas. | |
| 603244635 | Okies | the farmers, who in the Great Depression, were forced to move, many moved from Oklahoma | |
| 603244636 | Brother, Can you spare a dime | Song about the great depression. Showed how even the wealthy and educated can lose everything they have. | |
| 603244637 | First one hundred Days | The time when Roosevelt took action as president in order to restore the economy while in office. He was aided by advisers, lawyers, and others in the "Brain Trust". | |
| 603244638 | Brain Trust | Group of expert policy advisers who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the great depression | |
| 603244639 | Happy Days are here again | FDR's optimistic campaign song 1932 | |
| 603244640 | AAA | attempted to regulate agricultural production through farm subsidies; ruled unconstitutional in 1936; disbanded after World War II | |
| 603244641 | Wagner Act | 1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. | |
| 603244642 | SEC | an independent federal agency that oversees the exchange of securities to protect investors | |
| 603244643 | PWA | Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices,etc. | |
| 603244644 | Glass-Steagall Act | established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.; were both reactions of the U.S. government to cope with the economic problems which followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929. | |
| 603244645 | FDR | Roosevelt, the President of the United States during the Depression and WWII. He instituted the New Deal. Served from 1933 to 1945, he was the only president in U.S. history to be elected to four terms | |
| 603244646 | Eleanor Roosevelt | FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women | |
| 603244647 | Democratic Party | A political party that favors greater government action than its conservative opposition does, to direct and promote the welfare of the people in the republic it often governs | |
| 603244648 | Republican Party | One of the two major modern American political parties. It emerged in the 1850s as an antislavery party and consisted of former northern Whigs and antislavery Democrats. Now the party is conservative (pro-life, anti-affirmative action, anti-too much government intervention, anti-taxing on the rich, pro-death penalty) | |
| 603244649 | Dorothea Lange | United States photographer remembered for her portraits of rural workers during the Depression (1895-1965) | |
| 603244650 | Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck's novel about a struggling farm family during the Great Depression. Gave a face to the violence and exploitation that migrant farm workers faced in America | |
| 603244651 | Ansel Adams | A twentieth-century American photographer particularly noted for his black-and-white depictions of the American West, including Yosemite National Park. He stressed the importance of straightforward photography and high-quality printing techniques. | |
| 603244652 | Federal Writer's Project | Federal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression. It was part of the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program. It was one of a group of New Deal arts programs known collectively as Federal One. Ex: Grapes of Wrath by Steinbeck | |
| 603244653 | Huey Long | As senator in 1932 of Washington preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs. It was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money Long proposed to give every American family a comfortable income, etc | |
| 603244654 | Father Charles Coughlin | A Catholic priest from Michigan who was critical of FDR on his radio show. His radio show morphed into being severely against Jews during WWII and he was eventually kicked off the air, however before his fascist rants, he was wildly popular among those who opposed FDR's New Deal. | |
| 603244655 | William Randolph Hearst | United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951) | |
| 603244656 | FHA | Expanded private home ownership among moderate-income families through federal guarantees of private mortgages, the reduction of down payments from 30 to 10 percent, and the extension of repayment from 20 to 30 years; continues to function today. |
