Bonus Marchers
WW1 Veterans that marched to D.C to collect their war bonuses they were promised by Hoover then soon denied their money
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
32nd U.S President post-WW1 that started the New Deal
Frances Perkins
First woman appointed to presidential cabinet as U.S. Secretary of Labor
Eleanor Roosevelt
FDR's wife that supported New Deal and advocated civil rights
Okies
term used to refer to a migrant who left the South, Midwest, and sometimes, Southeast United States to settle in large numbers to restart their lives
Charles Coughlin
one of the first political leaders to use radio to reach a mass audience. Supported FDR and New Deal
Huey Long
Governor of Louisiana that was a Democrat with radical populist ideas that went against New Deal and campaigned for 1936 presidential election against FDR
Robert Wagner
American actor of stage, screen, and television born in 1930
Mary McLeod Bethune
American educator and civil rights leader best known for starting a school for African-American students
John Collier
Commissioner of Indian Affairs during FDR's presidency that advocated for Indians
John Maynard Keynes
advocated the use of fiscal and monetary measures to mitigate the adverse effects of economic recessions and depressions
New Deal coalition
he alignment of interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates from 1932 until the late 1960s
New Deal
series of economic programs during FDR's presidency that provided relief, recovery, and reform
Hundred Days
the first 100 days of Roosevelt's presidency in which he began the new deal and got started on targeting america's economic problems
Brains Trust
group of advisors to Franklin Roosevelt during his presidential administration
Emergency Banking Act of 1933
plan that would close down insolvent banks and reorganize and reopen those banks strong enough to survive
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Government agency that provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member bank
Fireside chats
Roosevelt's direct chats with the American people via radio about America as a nation
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
federal agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
public work relief program that provided unskilled manual labor jobs related to the conservation and development of natural resources in rural lands owned by federal, state and local governments
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
federally owned corporation to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley
Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA)
restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers subsidies not to plant part of their land and to kill off excess livestock
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
New Deal agency set to eliminate cut-throat competition by bringing industry, labor and government together to create codes of fair practices and set prices
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
New Deal agency, employing millions to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads, and operated large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects
National Labor relations Act (NLRA)
United States federal law that limits the means with which employers may react to workers in the private sector who create labor unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands
Committee for Industrial Organization (CIO)
federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions
Sit-down strike
orm of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers, usually employed at a factory or other centralized location, take possession of the workplace by "sitting down" at their stations
Social Security
social insurance program providing social protection, or protection against socially recognized conditions, including poverty, old age, disability, unemployment and others
payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people
“Black Cabinet”
informal group of African-American public policy advisors to United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Indian Reorganization Act (IRA)
U.S. federal legislation which secured certain rights to Native Americans. Privatized Indian holdings and allowed return to self-government
“popular front”
broad coalition of different political groupings, often made up of leftists and centrists
Fair Labor Standards Act
established a national minimum wage, guaranteed 'time-and-a-half' for overtime in certain jobs, and prohibited most employment of minors in oppressive child labor
Minimum wage
lowest hourly, daily or monthly remuneration that employers may legally pay to workers
Federal Housing Authority (FHA)
U.S government agency that insured loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building and home buying
