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Ch. 13
Chapter 13
Term | Definition |
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1. New Deal | programs and legislation enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery and social reform |
2. fireside chat | informal radio broadcasts in which FDR explained issues and New Deal programs to average Americans |
3. FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) | government agency that ensures bank deposits, guaranteeing that depositors money will be safe |
4. TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) | government agency that built dams in the Tennessee River Valley to control flooding and generate electric power |
5. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) | New Deal program that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects, including reforestation and flood control |
6. NRA (National Recovery Admission) | New Deal agency that promotes economic recovery by regulating production, price, and wages |
7. PWA (Public Works Administration) | New Deal agency that provided work relief through various public buildings |
8. Second New Deal | legislative activity begun by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935 to solve problems created by the Great Depression |
9. WPA (Works Progress Administration) | key New Deal agency that provided work relief through various works projects |
10. pump priming | economic theory that favored public works projects because they put money into the hands of consumers who would but more goods,stimulating the economy |
11. Social Security Act | 1935 law that set up a pension system for retires, established unemployment insurance, and created insurance for victims of work-related accidents; provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children,the blind, and the disabled |
12. Wagner Act | New Deal Law that abolished unfair labor practices, recognized the right of employees to organize labor unions, and gave workers the right to collective bargaining |
13. collective bargaining | process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions |
14. Fair Labor Standards Act | 1938 law that set a minimum wage, a maximum workweek of 44 hours, and outlawed child labor |
15. CIO (Congress of Industrial Organization) | labor organization founded in the 1930s that represented unskilled industrial workers |
16. sit-down strikes | labor protest in which workers stop working and occupy the workplace until their demands are met |
17. court packing | FDR plan to add up to 6 new justices to the nine-member Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was unconstitutional |
18. Black Cabinet | group of African American leaders who served as unofficial advisors to Franklin D. Roosevelt |
19. Indian New Deal | 1930s legislation that gave Indians greater control over their affairs and provided funding for schools and hospitals |
20. New Deal Coalition | political force formed by diverse groups who united to support Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal |
21. welfare state | government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare |
22. The Wizard of Oz | one of the most memorable depression-era films |
23. Wars of World | 1938 drama-millions of Americans listened in |
24. Federal Art Project | division of the Works Progress Administration that hired unemployed artists to creat artworks for public buildings and sponsored art-education programs and exhibitors |
25. mural | a large picture painted directly on a wall or ceiling |