Franklin D. Roosevelt's economic advisers. FDR took advice from some of the greatest social scientists of his days
100
Securities Exchange Commission
Government agency created during new deal to regulate stock market; required corporations to publish reports detailing their financial health and prosecute offenses like "insider trading"
100
Social Security Act
New Deal law that provided retirement pensions to American over the age of 65; other provisions provided aid to poor families and people with disabilites
100
Dust Bowl
Term refers to prolonged drought on the Great Plains in the 1930s. The land became so dry that topsoil blew away in large dust storms. Caused small farmers in places like TX, OK, AK, to leave farms and move west
200
The Grapes of Wrath
Novel published by John Steinbeck in 1939 that exposed the plight of Dust Bowl refugees who abandoned their farms and headed for California .
200
Reform
Long-term solution to problems that caused the Great Depression
200
Relief
Any measure designed to assist American in dealing with symptoms of the Great Depression.
200
Federal Deposit Insurance
Government program that insures bank deposits up to $100,000.
300
Recovery
Any measure designed to improve the economy during Great depression
300
Agricultural Adjustment Act
New Deal law passed to help farmers; it attempted to raise crop prices by granting subsidies (payments ) to farmers in order to encourage them not to produce.
300
Wagner Act
Law that made it much easier to form and join labor union; guarantees the right to collective bargaining and forced employers to recognize labor unions
300
Works Progress Administration
New Deal program designed to put Americans to work on government projects; including construction of public roads and bridges
400
New Deal
Series of measures passed under the Roosevelt administration which were designed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
400
National Industrial Recovery Act
New Deal measure that implements industrial codes or standards for quality, wages, production, techniques , etc; this was designed to help raise prices and wages by minimizing competition between businesses.
400
Tennessee Valley Authority
Federal project that created a series of hydro-electric damns on the Tennessee river. The construction and operation of these damns provided jobs for the impoverished Tennessee Valley. The electricity produced by these damns helped to further the economic development of the same region
400
In what year did the Marshall plan provide econimic aid to Europe?
What is 1947?
500
Roosevelt Recession
Name often given to a second wave of economic contraction that began in 1937 and continued til WWI. Under pressure to reduce the federal budget deficit and mistakenly believing that the economy had recovered, the Roosevelt administration began to raise interest rates and cut government spending.
500
Civilian Conservation Corps
New Deal program designed to put young men to work on conservation projects on public lands; one man per family allowed; portion of wages goes to family
500
Bank Holiday
FDR closed nations banks to stop bank runs; banks allowed to reopen only after gov. auditors inspected their books and determined they were healthy
500
Pamphlet that aroused colonists' awareness of the terranies of the British crown.