Ap Flashcards

9403482598	Dust bowl	A drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry.	0
9403482599	Federal Housing Administration	It insured bank loans for building new houses and repairing old ones. (p. 505)	1
9403482600	Sit down strike	Method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment	2
9403482601	Congress of Industrial Organizations	union organization of unskilled workers broke away from AFL in 1935 and rejoined in 1955	3
9403482602	Share Our Wealth Plan	Huey Long's proposal to redistribute income in the US	4
9403482603	Works Progress Administration	Program of the New Deal to perform public works to put people back to work.	5
9403482604	welfare state	a state that assumes primary responsibility for the social welfare of its citizens	6
9403482605	Social Security Act	created a tax on workers and employers. That money provided monthly pensions for retired people.	7
9403482606	Court Packing Plan	FDR's failed plan to pack the court with hand picked judges	8
9403482607	minimum wage laws	laws specifying the lowest wage a firm can legally pay an employee	9
9403482608	Indian New Deal	a program that gave Native Americans economic assistance and greater control over tribal affairs	10
9403482609	Popular Front	a leftist coalition organized against a common opponent	11
9403482610	Scottsboro Boys	Nine black boys were accused of raping two white women near Scottsboro, Alabama	12
9403482611	House Un-American Activities Committee	A congressional committee created to search out disloyal Americans & Communists.	13