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Fireside Chats
Franklin D. Roosevelt's method of calming down the American people
tells them about his thoughts on nationwide problems through use of the radio.
Emergency Banking Act
A law that prevented the larger and more powerful banks of America from becoming bankrupt during the Depression.
Federal involvement occurred with struggling banks and inspections were needed for all banks before reopening.
The banking crisis was very much alleviated because of this law.
Twenty-First Amendment
The law responsible for reversing the effects of the 18th Amendment that was ratified under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Repeal of Prohibition
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
A federal administration that established a limit for farm production across the United States in order to reduce agricultural surplus.
Farmers of certain crops and animals would set limits on their productions
& the government would pay subsidies for the amount of idle land that farmers had because of this act which would equal the amount of money previously given to farmers through parity.
NIRA (National Industrial Recovery Act)
A law enacted to promote fair business practices. it encouraged workers to join unions and use collective bargaining to obtain their goals from their employers.
It was poorly set up however and did not make businesses recognize unions.
NRA (National Recovery Administration)
An agency created during the New Deal that helped regulate the National Industry Recovery Act.
It advocated for fair business practices and the elimination of cutthroat competition in order for businesses to thrive.
It also set up minimum wage, maximum working hours, and abolished child labor for businesses around the country.
PWA (Public Works Administration)
An agency created to help advise the National Industry Recovery Act's spending programs which allowed many public projects such as dams, schools, and hospitals to be built.
This made billions of dollars to become reinstated into the nation's economy.
TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
A New Deal program that created new dams to produce hydroelectric energy for homes and businesses as well as replenish the vegetation of previously deforested areas and improve the farming techniques of citizens in the South.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
A federal agency that helped ensure a depositor's money in a bank for up to $2,500.
It helped restore Americans' trust into the banking systems.
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
A federal agency that acted as the police of the stock market.
They charged and imprisoned many Wall Street figures for fraud and theft which helped ensure the safety of the stock market.
Work Relief
The belief of President Roosevelt and the head of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration that citizens of the United States need to be put to work in order for the nation to prosper.
This created the Civil Works Administration which allowed millions of Americans to be put to work on temporary projects that would better society.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
A relief program that employed millions of young men by creating projects in parks and forests where men would plant trees, building reservoirs, developing parks, and improving irrigation tactics.
Dr. Francis E Townsend
The man who made a plan that would allow the creation of federal pensions for the elderly.
This man's plan was popularized by the elderly and eventually led the way for the development of the social security system.
Father Charles E Coughlin
A priest who is known positively for advocating for the remonetization of silver, the issuing of greenbacks, and the creation of yet another national banking system.
He is also negatively known as a sympathizer for fascism and a blatant ant-Semitic. He created the National Union for Social Justice in order to make his beliefs heard around the country.
Huey Long
A Louisiana senator who opposed the New Deal and although he was extremely strict and harsh with business operations, he created many successful public works projects.
He created the "Share Our Wealth Program" which would take the majority of wealth from the rich and redistribute it to the poorer citizens of the United States
NLRB (National Labor Relations Board)
An agency that dealt with making businesses recognize and negotiate with legitimate unions.
This agency was not very popular with members of the Congress or the President, but both allowed the act that created this agency to be formed solely because they wanted the American people to be happy with them.
Industrial Unions
Unions based not by skill, but dependent only on the type of company.
Autoworkers would have their own union, carpenters their own, construction workers their own, etc.
These types of unions greatly enhanced the power of workers.
CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)
A union organization for unskilled workers that included African Americans and women.
This organization was the rival of the American Federation of Labor and often engaged in more violent and militant types of defiance against their employers.
United Auto Workers
The dominant auto union in the 1930s that created the sit down strike.
This method of striking soon became popularized by many unions across the nation and caused employers to more often give into the demands of the workers.
Sit-down Strike
A new technique of negotiating with employers created by the United Auto Workers.
Workers would sit down inside of their work buildings without leaving or working.
This prevented strike breakers from being effective and made employers succumb to the workers' demands. It was a very short lasting technique to defy businesses because it was technically illegal.
SSA (Social Security Act)
One of the most popularized New Deal acts that set up retirement pension plans for working employees as well as provided federal relief to destitute citizens, citizens recently laid off, people with disabilities, dependent children, and the elderly.
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
An agency that was responsible for creating a system of work relief for the unemployed. it was very similar to the previous Civil Works Administration, but was much larger and more effective.
This agency helped a diverse group of struggling Americans with varying skill sets to contribute to society and earn a living.
Court-Packing Plan
President Franklin D Roosevelt was not a fan of his conservative Supreme Court so he tried to create a new federal court system that would include the addition of six new Supreme Justices which he would appoint.
This proposal was vetoed by both Congress and the Supreme Court because it would have given FDR a basically dictatorial status.
The Supreme Court was also not really averse to FDR's policies and supported most of his decisions anyway.
Roosevelt Recession
Roosevelt inaccurately thought that the Depression was ending and that the major problem soon to face America was inflation.
He cut the Works Progress Administration in half which laid off millions of Americans and created another wide scale recession of the economy.
Broker State
The role of government to work out competing businesses and industries in the United States economy as a result of the New Deal.
The government would for the most part supervise this competition of large parts of the economy, but lend helping hands to the struggling businesses in times of need as well as limit powers of the increasingly wealthy and imperious businesses.
Black Cabinet
Roosevelt appointed a significant amount of African Americans to his administration which would soon constitute a small, but significant presence of African American views in politics.
Indian Reorganization Act
A piece of legislation created by John Collier that restored a tribe's ability to own land as a group of people.
This act helped Native Americans form stronger societies and make a better living for themselves.
Frances Perkins
The first female cabinet member in American history; she was FDR's secretary of labor.
Eleanor Roosevelt
One of the first major female political figures that was an advocate for racial equality, gender equality, and many progressive-like programs.
She also helped her husband by traveling to many campaigns and locations of dispute to help make decisions that would similarly resemble her husband's.
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