FDR presidency
what were radio speeches given by FDR called?
: fireside chats
what is the definition of bank holiday?
: closing of banks for 4 days during the Great Depression
what is the "Civilian Conservation Crops" definition of New Deals Program?
: a New Deal program that hired employed men to work on natural conversation projects
who was the first woman member of the cabinet?
: Francis Perkins
on what day did the stock market crash?
: black tuesday
what is the meaning of the polio disease that FDR contracted as an adult?
: high infectious disease that causes inflation of the nerve cells of the brain stem and spinal cord leading to paralysis
what is the three R's of the New Deal program?
: relief, reform recovery
who became the secretary of the interior?
: Harold Ickes
what is the process by which a union representing a group of workers has the right to contract?
: collective bargaining
which program employed men and women to build schools, parks, hospitals and airports?
: the works progress administration
who became the secretary of labor?
: Francis Perkins
what is a sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire?
: pension
what was the most critical program in the New Deal?
: brain trust
what type of people did FDR choose as advisors/cabinet members?
: college professors
what act was passed in 1935?
: national labor relations act
why did FDR form the brain trust?
: he sought for advice to fight the depression, and together they formed multiple new deal programs