FDR
Disease president Roosevelt contracted while swimming.
Polio
Process in which a neutral party hears arguments from two opposing sides and makes a decision that both must accept.
Binding Arbitration
Radio broadcasts made by Roosevelt to the American people to explain his initiatives.
Fireside Chats
Closing of banks during the Great Depression to avoid bank runs.
Bank Holiday
Wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Eleanor Roosevelt
A monetary standard in which one ounce of gold equals a set number of dollars.
Gold Standard
Roosevelt's re-branding of the term "Inflation".
Reflation
Government practice of spending borrowed money rather than raising taxes, usually in an attempt to bolster the economy.
Deficit Spending
State president Roosevelt was governor of before his presidency.
New York
Financial philosophy which state that the government should spend great amounts of money during a recession to kickstart the economy.
Keynesianism