Purchasing of stocks by paying a small percentage of price and borrowing the rest
What is Buying on Margin
100
Established in the 2nd New Deal that provided unemployed with jobs in construction, etc.
What is Works Project Administration
100
Relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform
What are the 3 main goals of the New Deal
100
A law enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production
What is Agricultural Adjustment Act
100
A line of people waiting for free food
What are Breadlines
200
Maintenance of a price at a certain level through government aid
What is Price Support
200
Created in 1934 that monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds
What is Security and Exchange Commission
200
This was designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition but had the opposite affect
What is Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
200
Law also known as National Labor Relations Act-enacted in 1935 to protect workers' rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act unconstitutional.
What is Wagner Act
200
Directly gave money/food to the poor and needy from the government
What is Direct Relief
300
Government supported level for prices of agricultural products to ensure farmers steady income
What is Parity
300
Created in 1933 to prevent unfair labor practices and used to mediate disputes between workers and management
What is National Relations Labor Board
300
Four factors that helped cause the Great Depression
What are Tariff and War debt policies/Crises in the Farm Sector/ Availability of Easy Credit/ Uneven Distribution of Income
300
A law enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth
What is National Industry Recovery Act
300
Labor organizations composed of industrial unions
What is Congress of Industrial Organizations
400
To provide new financing; To discharge a mortgage with a new mortgage obtained at a lower interest rate
What is Refinance
400
Established in 1933 to build dams and power plants in Tennessee Valley region
What is Tennessee Valley Authority
400
Set maximum work hours per week,Set minimum hourly wage and set rules for employment of workers under 16 while also banning hazardous conditions for those under 18
What is Fair Labor Standards Act (1935)
400
A law enacted in 1931 that lowered home mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance their loans and avoid foreclosure
What is Federal Home Loan Bank Act
400
An agency established as part of the New Deal that put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion control and flood control projects
What is Civilian Conservation Corp.
500
An alliance of diverse groups including southern whites, African American, and unionized workers- who supported the policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930's & 1940's
What is New Deal Coalition
500
Helped States to provide aid for the unemployed
What is Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
500
1st female cabinet member as Secretary of Labor and played a significant role in creating Social Security Act
Who is Frances Perkins
500
This piece of federal legislation was passed to provide insurance on individual bank accounts
What is Glass-Steagall Act
500
An agency established in 1932 to provide emergency financing to banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses.