The New Deal
Thirty-second President of the United States; he led the country during the Great Depression
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
When you buy this, you own a small piece of a company which entitles you to a part of the company's profits, a "slice of the pie."
What are stocks (shares)?
This Labor organization was composed of industrial unions was founded in 1938, and merged with the American Federation of Labor (AFL) in 1955.
What was the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)?
This agency provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and more during the Great Depression.
This 1939 film starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh is one of the most popular movies of all time. It is set in the South during the Civil War.
What is Gone with the Wind?
President Roosevelt's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
What was The New Deal?
What is buying "on margin?"
This American politician was a firm advocate for the rights of indigenous peoples; he served as Commissioner for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in FDR's cabinet.
Who was John Collier?
This law was enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices and address overproduction by paying farmers not to farm.
What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?
This novel written by John Steinbeck deals with a family of Oklahomans who head to California fleeing the Dust Bowl.
What was The Grapes of Wrath?
This law, enacted in 1935, was meant to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children.
What is the Social Security Act?
What is deflation?
This Black woman served as Director of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration. She also led the Black Cabinet of unofficial African American advisors to President Roosevelt.
Who was Mary McLeod Bethune?
This agency, created in 1934, monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
This famous actor, writer, director, and producer produced the critically acclaimed film Citizen Kane, as well as the 1938 radio drama adaptation of The War of the Worlds that had listeners convinced that the United States was actually under attack by Martians!
Who was Orson Welles?
This law, enacted in 1933, required corporations to provide complete (and accurate!) information on all stock offerings.
When a government spends more money than it receives in revenue, this happens.
What is deficit spending?
She was the first Black woman to head a cabinet department, serving as Franklin D. Roosevelt's Secretary of Labor.
Who was Frances Perkins?
This agency provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression.
What was the National Youth Administration (NYA)?
This African American woman authored Their Eyes Were Watching God while living on WPA assistance.
Who was Zora Neale Hurston?
This 1933 law established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in order to protect individuals' bank accounts.
This is a fixed, government-backed price point for agricultural goods, intended to keep farmers' income steady, rather than subject to market fluctuations.
What is parity?
This law--also known as the National Labor Relations Act--was enacted in 1935 to protect workers' rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act to be unconstitutional.
What was The Wagner Act?
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This agency was created in 1935 to prevent unfair Labor practices and to mediate disputes between workers and owners.
What was the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)?
This Black writer is the author of the novel Native Son, which tells of a young man's struggles against a racist society.
Who was Richard Wright?