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chapter 23
history
Term | Definition |
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Election of 1932 | franklin roosevelt won |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | only child born to wealth, polio virus infectee, paralyzed from polio, tried the rest of life to get legs to work, never walked again, created first rehabilitation center clinic for polio victims, elected pres in 1932 after he was healthy |
FDR's first inaugural speech- March 1933 | the only thing we have to fear is fear itself |
First Hundred Days | Roosevelt pushed 15 major Acts in the first 100 days |
Three R's of the New Deal | Revive the industrial economy Rescue the farm economy Relieve the widespread human misery |
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) | insurance company for banks. |
Securities and Exchange Act of 1933 | set government regulations on the operation of the nation's stock and bond markets. |
Civil Works Administration | nation's first large-scale federal work relief program. |
National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 | established minimum wage rates. |
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | Provided jobs for unemployed veterans and Native Americans building parks. |
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 | Paid farmers to cut production in hopes of raising prices for farm products. |
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | Built a series of dams for flood control and electric power. |
Dust bowl environmental crisis | federally funded construction projects around the nation. |
Eleanor Roosevelt | advocate for the poor and civil rights for African Americans. |
Frances Perkins | First female cabinet secretary |
Harry Hopkins | Directed New Deal Programs and trusted deputy of Roosevelt. |
Huey P. Long | Created Share the Wealth plan which took money from the wealthy and helped everyday people and workers. |
Second New Deal | Set of Programs to Help America. |
Emergency Relief Act of 1935 | largest peacetime spending law. |
Social Security Act of 1935 | Federal income security program. |
Works Progress Administration (WPA) | contracted private companies to build large-scale public works. |
Wagner Act of 1935 | Make a new agency representing employee rights. |
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 | Created a national minimum wage, banned child labor, set 8-hour work days, and set rules for overtime pay. |