The New Deal Flashcards
The 32nd president’s favorite program. It provided jobs for more than 2 million people.
CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps
Last name of the economist who argued that deficit spending was needed to end the depression.
Keynes
These chats were informal radio speeches given by the 32nd president were and important way to communicate with the American People
Fireside
This program was the most far reaching of the new deal programs
NIRA
National Recovery Administration
The ________ is when a government that assumes responsibility for providing for the welfare of children and the poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed.
Welfare state
The ________ plan was Franklin’s way of trying to influence the rulings of the supreme court against his new deal programs
Courtpacking
Last name of the first female cabinet secretary
Perkins
In 1951 the __________ was ratified, limiting the president to two consecutive terms.
22nd amendment
Last name of the Roman Catholic priest who used his popular radio program to criticize the New Deal as not going far enough.
Coughlin
The name of the program to establish unemployment compensation for workers who lost their jobs and to provide a pension for the elderly.
Social security
What act allows workers to collective bargaining with their employer for better wages and working conditions
Wagner Act
What the 32nd president pledged to deliver to the American people.
new deal
This program built a series of dams in the Tennessee river valley to control floods and to generate electric power
TVA (tennessee valley authority)
This program insured bank deposits up to $5,000
FDIC (federal deposit insurance corporation)
The president elected to try to solve the Great Depression
Franklin D Roosevelt
