Deal
Deal
Deal
Deal
100

New Deal law that abolished unfair labor practices, recognized the right to organize labor unions and the right to collective bargaining

Wagner Act

100
New Deal program that promoted economic recovery by regulating production, prices and wages
National Recovery Administration
100

Most important piece of New Deal labor legislation

National Labor Relations Act

100

large picture painted directly on a wall or celing

mural

200

law that set up a pension system for retirees

Social Security Act

200
New Deal programs that provided young men with relief jobs on environmental conservation projects

Civilian Conservation Corps

200

a 1938 law that set a minimum wage, maximum workweek of 44 hours and outlawed child labor

Fair Labor Standards Act

200

process in which employers negotiate with labor unions about hours, wages and other working conditions

collective bargaining

300

Key New Deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects

WPA- Works Progress Administration

300

Government agency that build dams to control flooding and generate power in the Tennessee Valley 

Tennessee Valley Authority

300

Labor protest where workers stop working and occupy their workplace until their demands are met

Sit Down Strike

300

FDR's plan to add six new justices to the Supreme Court

court packing

400

Legislative activity begun to solve problems created by the Great Depression

Second New Deal

400

Government agency that insures bank deposits guaranteeing that depositors money will be safe

FDIC- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

400

Division that hired unemployed artists to create artworks for nonfederal public buildings, programs and exhibitions

Federal Art project

400

informal radio broadcast by FDR to explain issues and New Deal programs

Fireside Chats

500

New Deal agency that provided millions of jobs constructing public buildings

Public Works Administration

500

Programs and legislation enacted by FDR to promote economic recovery and social reform during the Great Depression

New Deal

500

economic theory that favored public works projects

Pump Priming

500

What was one cultural trend of the 1930's that people used to escape the woes of the Great Depression? 

movies, comedies, radio, soap operas, music