Great Depression

40382986	CCC	hired single men (18-25) to work preserving natural resources for $1 a day.
40382987	FERA	federal money to state and local levels, who distributed it.
40382988	WPA	built schools, hospitals; hired artists, writers, composers, photographers, etc.
40382989	NIRA	this program controlled production, set prices, wages, and working conditions.
40382990	PWA	hired workers for thousands of public works (construction) projects
40382991	AAA	the government paid farmers to produce less so prices would increase. Crops and animals were destroyed to keep supply low (and demand high!)
40382992	REA	this program supplied money to extend electricity to rural areas.
40382993	TVA	built 40 dams in 7 states, improved farmland, schools etc.
40382994	FDIC	insured savings accounts in banks by the government
40382995	SSA	old-age pensions, unemployment insurance; medical insurance
40382996	"trickle-down" economics	economic policies should benefit big business; the money will trickle down to the lower classes
40382997	relief programs	programs to immediately provide food and shelter for the needy
40382998	public works programs	projects built by the government for public use.(schools, highways)
40382999	RFC- Reconstruction Finance Corporation	They loaned money to banks, insurance companies, and railroads so that they would stay in business
40383000	FDR's inaugural words	"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
40383001	Bonus Army	WWI vets who went to Washington for their bonus; resulted in 4 deaths
40383002	Francis Perkins	1st female cabinet member
40383003	"bank holiday"	FDR closed bans for 8 days to examine them and restore those that could stay open
40383004	"Hundred Days"	famous three month period when FDR passed 15 bills
40383005	Fireside chats	Radio broadcasts by FDR; served to communicate and calm the nation's fears
40383006	Dorothea Lange	WPA photographer whose work captured the misery of many
40383007	John Steinbeck	author of classic novel "Grapes of Wrath"
40383008	"laissez-faire"	economic policy meaning to "leave alone"; let supply and demand control the outcome
40383009	Black Tuesday	October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed
40383010	New Deal	series of programs FDR created to combat the Great Depression
40383011	New Deal goal #1- relief	immediate aid to the worst sufferers
40383012	New Deal goal #2-recovery	boost industry & farming to help the economy
40383013	New Deal goal #3-reform	measures to prevent another depression
40383014	deficit spending	government spends more than it is taking in
40383015	national debt	the total sum of money the government owes
103448625	Huey Long	his idea of a "Share Our Wealth" program would give everyone a house, a car and $2500 a year.
103448626	Charles Coughlin	This priest thought the nation should go more communist. He was anti-semitic and was later censored by the Pope.
103448627	Francis Townsend	He felt people over 60 should get a pension of around $200 a month.
103448628	Liberty League	This group, formed of Republican businessmen, felt the government was interfering in people's lives.
103448629	NIRA & AAA	These two large programs were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.