Follow the Money
He was the economist who said that the way out of the Depression was for the federal government to pump money into the economy to encourage people to spend.
John Maynard Keynes
This was the largest New Deal agency. It even funded artists and musicians to promote spending on cultural goods and services.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
He was the Senator who thought that the New Deal had not gone far enough, and might have opposed FDR in 1936, but he died.
Huey Long
This was the biggest public works project begun by Herbert Hoover.
The Hoover Dam
This became the unofficial nickname of October 29, 1929.
Black Tuesday
This 1935 New Deal Act has led to more federal spending over the years than any other.
Social Security Act
This agency insured bank deposits to increase confidence in banks.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
He thought all government energy and resources needed to be aimed at people in the U.S., and not other countries. Eventually he became friendly toward the fascists.
Fr. Charles Coughlin
This was the first legislation that finally determined that it was strangely necessary to pay farmers not to grow some things.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
In his Fireside Chats, FDR was the first to make political use of this relatively new technology.
Radio
They were looking for an early payout. They wound up getting kicked out of Washington, DC in 1932 by a former CO.
The Bonus Army
The watchdogs of Wall Street are this New Deal agency.
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
This organization felt FDR was abandoning the principle of Limited Government.
The American Liberty League
This legislation was the first to allow labor unions to organize and bargain collectively.
Wagner Act
The New Deal had this long-term effect on the size and scope of the federal government.
The size and scope of the federal government got much bigger.
You couldn't follow the money into these shantytowns. There wasn't any money there.
Hoovervilles
This agency was found unconstitutional by SCOTUS.
NRA (National Recovery Administration)
FDR thought this group was so opposed to his New Deal policies that he tried to get more of his own people "packed" into it.
SCOTUS
This was the biggest environmental disaster of the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl
To say he was going to close the banks in 1933 sounded frightening and pessimistic. So FDR called the one-week closure this.
The Bank Holiday
This agency begun by Herbert Hoover was the right idea, but it didn't spend enough, and it was too late.
RFC (Reconstruction Finance Corporation)
This was FDR's favorite agency. Its mission was to manage and protect forests and farmland.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
These people only looked like enemies. FDR wanted to hear their disagreements because that was often the source of great ideas.
The "Brain Trust"
She was the first woman to hold a cabinet-level office.
Frances Perkins
Since he was disabled, she was FDR's "eyes and ears" around the U.S. She also helped found the United Nations.
Eleanor Roosevelt