Chapter 23.1 & 23.2
This put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps -
The _____________ was organized in an attempt to unionize both skilled and unskilled laborers.
Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO)
The New Deal Coalition was an alignment of various groups dedicated to supporting the ____________ Party.
Democratic
This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.
Emergency Banking Relief Act -
an African-American educator, was appointed head of the division of Negro Affairs. She helped to organize a "Black Cabinet" of influential African Americans to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues.
Mary Mcleod Bethune,
This created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practices and promoting industrial growth.
National Industrial Recovery Act -
Created in 1934, this continues to monitor the stock market and enforce laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds.
National Labor Relations Board
This actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most famous radio broadcast of all time, "The War of the Worlds," and directed the movie classing, Citizen Kane.
Orson Welles
This federally regulated crop price was intended to stabilize farmers incomes.
Parity
Under the second Agricultural act, loans made to farmers were based on this value of their surplus crops.
Parity
His classic novel, Native Son, depicts the difficulties faced by a young man trying to survive in a racist world.
Richard Wright
This paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income.
Agricultural Adjustment Act -
This increased during the Roosevelt administration as the federal government expected reforms to stabilize the economy.
Federal Deficit
Created through the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, this shored up the banking system by protecting people's savings against loss in the event of a bank failure.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the Depression - the unemployed, the aged, and the ill.
Federal Emergency Relief Administration -
This required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market.
Federal Securities Act -
was the first woman cabinet member. As secretary of labor, she played a major role in creating the Social Security system and in crafting labor legislation.
Francis Perkins
This established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system.
Glass-Steagall Banking act.
One of the most popular movies of all times, this sweeping drama about life among Southern plantaition owners during the Civil War starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
Gone with the Wind
His famous painting, American Gothic, depicts two stern-faced farmers standing stiffly In front of their farmhouse.
Grant Wood
President Roosevelt appointed John Collier as Commissioner of _______ Affairs.
Indian
This provides for an old-age insurance program.
Social Security Act
This provides for an unemployment compensation program.
Social Security Act
This provides programs that aid needy families with children and the needy disabled.
Social Security Act
Pollution was an unfortunate result of this program to promote flood control and build hydroelectric power plants.
Tennessee Valley Authority
This helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, flood-control projects, and power plants.
Tennessee Valley Authority-
