History Chapter 15 Vocab
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- Marx Brothers
- the most famous movie comedians of all time
- deficit spending
- spending more money than the government receives in revenue
- Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
- a labor organization that broke away from the American Federation of Labor in 1938
- National Labor Relation Board
- continues to act as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers
- Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Largest New Deal program, employed 8 million people 1935 - 1943 - set out to create as many jobs as possible
- Social Security Act (SSA)
- created by committee chaired by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins & provided substantial benefits to millions of Americans
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Created in the Glass Steagall Banking Act, insured bank accounts
- New Deal
- President Franklin Roosevelt's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform
- New Deal Coalition
- an alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party. Enabled the Democrats to dominate national politics throughout the 1930s and 40s
- Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
- Built dams in the south to control flooding & provide electricity
- Federal Securities Act
- required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- a social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills and helped shape New Deal policies
- Mary McLeod Bethune
- an educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans
- National Youth Administration (NYA)
- created specifically to help young people and provided them aid and employment
- Orson Welles
- an actor, producer, and director created "War of the Worlds"
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Government agency that regulates the stock market
- Frances Perkins
- became a cabinet member of the New Deal and played a major role in the SS system and in crafting of labor legislation
- Glass - Steagall Banking Act of 1933
- established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect individuals' bank accounts
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- created new programs to provide jobs for the unemployed
- parity
- a price equal to what farmers had received in the years between 1910 & 1914
- Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Young men 18-25 building roads, planting trees, & working in parks
- John Collier
- appointed as commissioner of Indian Affairs and help create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
- John Steinbeck
- a novelist who described the experience of one tenant farmer and his family
- Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
- paid farmers to limit production in hopes of raising prices
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Also called the Wagner Act, defined unfair labor practices
- Indian Reorganization Act
- prohibited the government from taking over unclaimed reservation lands and selling them to people other than Native Americans
- National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
- Set prices on many goods, Found unconstitutional by S.C. in 1935
- Dorthea Lang
- a photographer whos pictures documented American Life during the Great Depression & the era of the New Deal (Migrant Mother)
- Alfred Landon
- Gov. of Kansas
- Huey Long
- former salesman, but became a persuasive spokesman for the poor. Was gov. of Louisiana in 1928 & served in U.S. senate
- Richard Wright
- an African American author (Native Son)
- Grant Wood
- a regional artist from Iowa (American Gothic)