Boom and Bust: Great Depression and New Deal
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| 602993890 | deficit spending | spending money raised by borrowing | |
| 602993891 | Agricultural Adjustment Act | Restricted production during the New Deal by paying farmers to reduce crop area. | |
| 602993892 | Mary McCleod Bethune | was an American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school in Daytona Beach, Florida, that eventually became Bethune-Cookman University and for being an advisory to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. | |
| 602993893 | Civilian Conservation Corps | New Deal program that hired unemployed men to work on natural conservation projects | |
| 602993894 | Congress of Industrial Organizations | a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in 1955 | |
| 602993895 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | the government agency that insures customer deposits if a bank fails | |
| 602993896 | Federal Securities Act | a law, enacted in 1933, that required corporations to provide complete, accurate information on all stock offerings | |
| 602993897 | Glass-Steagall Act | established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation | |
| 602993898 | Gone with the Wind | Movie dealing with the life of Southern Plantation owners during the Civil War- one of the most popular films of all time | |
| 602993899 | Huey Long | Louisiana Senator who opposed FDR's New Deal and came up with a , "Share the Wealth" wants to give $5k to all families ,was later assassinated | |
| 602993900 | National Industrial Recovery Act | Provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings | |
| 602993901 | National Labor Relations Board | an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions | |
| 602993902 | National Youth Administration | Provided job training for the unemployed young people and part-time jobs for needy students | |
| 602993903 | New Deal | the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented | |
| 602993904 | Francis Perkins | Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor and first woman cabinet member in U.S. history. | |
| 602993905 | Eleanor Roosevelt | wife of Franklin Roosevelt and a strong advocate of human rights (1884-1962) | |
| 602993906 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 32nd President of the United States | |
| 602993907 | Social Security Act | A 1935 law passed during the Great Depression that was intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance to older Americans and thus save them from poverty. | |
| 602993908 | Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | New Deal Program created to control flooding, conserve oil, and bring hydroelectric power to the mid-south | |
| 602993909 | The Grapes of Wrath | The story follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California. based on the great depression written by John Steinbeck | |
| 602993910 | Wagner Act | 1935, also National Labor Relations Act; granted rights to unions; allowed collective bargaining | |
| 602993911 | Works Progress Administration (WPA) | New Deal program that employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports; employed artists, writers, and musicians as well | |
| 602993912 | Richard Wright | United States writer whose work is concerned with the oppression of African Americans (1908-1960) |
