APUSH Chapter 34 Flashcards

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.