Economic Terms
a tax taken directly from an employee's pay
What is a payroll tax?
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What were the Civilian Conservation Corps?
the first female Cabinet member
Who was Frances Perkins?
A drought lasting for years in the mid-western USA was referred to as this.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Vladimir Lenin led a communist revolution in Russia in 1917, which then became known as this nation.
What is the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR, or the Soviet Union?
to take back property because the money owed for it has not been paid
What is foreclose?
To again earn the trust of people in this important industry, the government created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured deposits
What is banking?
President Franklin Roosevelt's wife, the First Lady, really became involved in recovery ideas.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
The 21st Amendment to the US Constitution repealed this, which was the goal of the 18th Amendment.
What was prohibition?
He became the leader in complete control of Spain during this era.
Who was General Francisco Franco?
the amount of something (such as money) than is less than what is needed
What is a deficit?
In the first ____ days of his administration, President Franklin Roosevelt led Congress into passing 13 bills to help recovery from the Great Depression.
What is 100?
She fought for social reform in the Bowery and throughout New York City, even publishing a newspaper named The Catholic Worker.
Who was Dorothy Day?
This Amendment to the US Constitution shortened the time an elected President had to wait to be sworn in.
What was the 20th Amendment?
the leader of the Third Reich during this era
Who was Adolph Hitler?
money paid to someone following retirement from work
What is a pension?
This was perhaps President Franklin Roosevelt's greatest success in his New Deal. It established a payroll tax, and those funds were saved for pensions for the old, insurance for the unemployed, and funds for children's health.
What is social security?
This socialist governor of Louisiana, US Senator, and presidential hopeful in 1936 wanted to guarantee every family a $5000 house and an annual income of $2000 by taxing the wealthy.
Who was Huey Long?
At Pearl Harbor, over 1000 men were killed when a Japanese bomb struck the weapons storage section in the hull of this American battleship.
What was the USS Arizona?
the country led by Benito Mussolini during this era
What was Italy?
the amount of money that the government owes to creditors (those who owe it money)
What is public debt?
This group ruled that several of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal ideas were unconstitutional.
Who was the United States Supreme Court?
He was President of the United States during this entire chapter.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
World War II officially began on this date when Germany attacked neutral Poland.
When was September 1, 1939?
This dictator led the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
Who was Josif (Joseph) Stalin?