Amendments
Prohibition
18th amendment
3 R's of Roosevelt's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Share of a company, share of ownership in a company
Stock
New Deal program that hired unemployed men to work on natural conservation projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
A period in the 1920s when African American achievements in art and music flourished.
Harlem Renaissance
Women's suffrage
19th amendment
She was FDR's "legs" and a strong advocate for the New Deal.
Eleanor Roosevelt
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
Nationalism
Gave farmers money to reduce crop size to reduce production and bring up the value of crops.
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
Prohibited the sale of misbranded and adulterated food and drugs.
Food & Drug Act
Citizens shall not be denied the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
15th amendment
** Daily Double** Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought and dust storms in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.
Dust Bowl
** Daily Double** Name given to migrants fleeing the Dust Bowl.
Oakies
Helped construction workers get jobs doing public projects (highways, bridges, sewers).
Public Works Administration (PWA)
American businesses produced more goods than people wanted or could afford. Eventually, factories had to close and workers lost their jobs.
Overproduction
** Daily Double** Established the income tax
16th amendment
Attempt by FDR to increase the size of the Supreme Court so judges favorable to his policies would be appointed.
Court Packing
Payment for war damages
Reparations
** Daily Double** The government agency that insures customer deposits if a bank fails.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
The concentration of money in the hands of a few left most wage earners unable to buy all of the goods businesses were producing.
Unequal distribution of wealth
Direct election of Senators
17th amendment
Talks given by FDR to explain government policies in a reassuring, informative fashion.
Fireside Chats
Attempt by FDR to increase the size of the Supreme Court so judges favorable to his policies would be appointed.
Court Packing
New Deal agency that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices, and wages.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
** Daily Double**. Brief period of mass anti-communist paranoia in the U.S. -*Attorney General Palmer launched raids against suspected communists.
Red Scare