US History Chapter 23

32nd president

program planned by FDR to end the Depression

established the FDIC which protects people's savings in the bank

regulated stock information given by companies

helped farmers by raising crop prices by lowering production

work project that put young men to work building roads and planting trees.

codes of fair practice for industries, guarantee of workers' rights, and the set up of the NRA (stop of wage cuts, falling prices, and layoffs)

spending more money than the govt. receives in revenue

senator of Louisiana who proposed a program called Share Our Wealth

Wife of FDR who assisted him on issues involving the poor, women & minorities

an agency that used millions of workers to build airports, roads, libraries, schools, and hospitals

provided aid and part-time jobs to high school & college students

protected workers' rights: 1. to collective bargaining. 2. by banning unfair labor practices. 3. by setting up the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to enforce these reforms

provided: 1. old-age insurance. 2. unemployment compensation. 3. aid to people with disabilities.

1st female cabinet member as secretary of labor and helped create the Social Security system

were the voters from different groups (Southern whites, city people, African Americans, and union workers) that supported Roosevelt because of the New Deal.

labor organization formed by industrial unions.

actor/director/filmmaker whose radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds" convinced many Americans that Martians had landed in NJ

written by John Steinbeck, it is a famous book about the Depression

protects the people's savings in the banks

regulates the stock markets

still mediates labor disputes

equal or fair amount

helped prevent floods and provided electricity

Act passed by Congress allowing healthy banks to reopen

provided government loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure because they could not make their loan payments