Depression and New Deal I
President that was elected to solve the Great Depression. Was elected to 4 terms.
FDR
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Teddy Roosevelt's economic agenda where the interests of big business were balanced with the interests of workers
Square Deal
President that launched the War on Poverty and the Great Society
Lyndon Johnson (LBJ)
President during the prosperous 1950s. Passed the Interstate Highway Act, supported racial integration, and decreased the size of the military while increasing nuclear weapon stockpiles
Dwight D Eisenhower
Slums in cities where people who lost their jobs during the depression built dwellings out of cardboard, paper, and other cheap material
Hoovervilles
FDR's economic plan to solve the Great Depression
New Deal
Book that led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act. Written by Upton Sinclair
The Jungle
Financial aid to poor or unemployed people in the form of taxpayer dollars or programs. Expanded during the LBJ presidency
Welfare
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
New Deal program that provided electric power to many rural communities in the South and upper midwest
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
New Deal Program that regulated the stock market to try and prevent companies from overvaluing their stock.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Made food products and medicine have ingredient labels along with inspections by the FDA
Pure Food and Drug Act
Great Society program that provided taxpayer funded medical care to the elderly.
Medicare
President that oversaw the end of the Vietnam War, created the Environmental Protection Agency, and ended up resigning due to the Watergate Scandal
Richard Nixon
New Deal program that provided financial assistance to the elderly and widows.
Social Security
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Made Monopolies illegal. Though was rendered toothless by the courts. Later was used extensively by Teddy Roosevelt to break up large trusts
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Great Society Program that provided health coverage to poor or unemployed Americans
Medicaid
Black leader that opposed MLK's vision of racial integration. Argued for black power while still fighting for voting and economic rights. Assassinated by a member of his own organization
Malcom X
New Deal program that insured personal bank deposits which protected people in case a bank failed
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
New Deal program that funded public infrastructure projects across the USA (including PHS)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Economic policy of the USA during the Gilded Age where the government took a "hands off" approach.
Laissez Faire Capitalism
President Kennedy's fight against poverty, war, and racism at home
New Frontier
Feminist movement proposal that failed in state ratification which would have made men and women completely equal in the law. Failed due to the military draft issue and the efforts of Phyllis Schlafly
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)