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apush ch 33
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| pwa (public works administration) | created electrical power grand coulee dam built on columbia rver made possible the irrigation of millions of acres of land |
| ccc (civilian conservation corps) | provided employment for 3 million army men |
| nra (national recovery administration) | assisted industrial labor and unemployed (shot down in 1935) |
| social security | created fereral insurrance program, collected taxes |
| aaa (agricultural adjustment act) | encouraged inflation of crop prices but later found uncosntitutional |
| fha (federal housing administration) | small loans lent to households, authorized usha (united states housing authority) |
| sec (securities and exchange commission) | protected public FBI of stock market controlled funds |
| wagner act | allowed workers to organize labor unions |
| EBA/bank holiday (emergency banking releif act??) | gave prezident power to regulate banking and to reopen solvent banks |
| wpa (works progress administration) | spent billions providing new jobs |
| glass-steagal act/ FDIC (federal deposit insurance corporation) | insured individual deposits up to 1000$ |
| tva (tennessee valley authority act) | build dams, opperate elctrical power plants, controlled foods/erosion |
| indian reorganization act | encourages tribes to sef-govern and preserve native crafts and traditions, helped stop loss of indian land, but many indians were against it |
| the dust bowl | oklahoma, kansas, colorado, new mexico, texas caused by drought &poor farming methods caused 2 million people to migrate |
| fair labor standards act | interstate commerce industry must establish minimum wage, maximum hours, and abolish child labor |
| election of 1936 | fdr won easily, people v pleaser with new deal |
| 20th amendment | changed inauguation date of prez from march 4 to january 20th |
| keynes | economist who believed gov't debt was good, fdr embraced this |
| raw deal | waste of money,us was handout state, fdr was dictator, depression not fixed |
| new deal | relief was successful, saved capitalism from socialism, hamiltonian "big spending" jefforson care for the "forgotten man" |