Chapter 19 Test

Herbert Hoover

The great humanitarian who believed that families, churches, and charities should help the needy.

John Steinbeck

Wrote 'The Grapes of Wrath', a novel describing the plight of the Okies.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

President who proposed the New Deal.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt's wife who became US delegate to the United Nations.

John Maynard Keynes

Economist responsible for the socialist ideas of Franklin D. Roosevelt's tax and spend program.

John L. Lewis

Leader of the United Mine Workers Union who organized the Committee of Industrial Organizations.

Gus Hall

Communist labor organizer who encouraged labor violence and became head of the Communist Party USA.

Amelia Earhart

The first woman to pilot an airplane across the Atlantic.

Great Depression

A time of stock market crashes, bank failures, and high unemployment.

Hobos

Homeless people who abandoned their families during the Great Depression and rode freight trains for travel.

Emergency Banking Relief Act

Gave the government broad powers to control banking policies.

Fireside Chats

President Franklin Roosevelt's radio addresses to the nation.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Insured all member bank accounts for up to $5,000 per account.

Gold Standard

The requirement to return all privately held gold to Federal Reserve banks in exchange for paper money.

Deficit

Spending more money than is collected through taxes and other income sources.

21st Amendment

Legalized the sale of liquor, repealing Prohibition (18th Amendment).

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

A government project to control flooding, conserve soil, and provide hydroelectric power.

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Increased prices for agricultural products by reducing food supply, paying farmers not to plant crops.

National Labor Relations Act

Gave workers the right to form labor unions and practice collective bargaining.

Lindbergh Law

Established the death penalty for certain cases of interstate kidnapping.

Hindenburg

The German airship that exploded near Lakehurst, NJ, killing 36 people.

Fair Labor Standards Act

Established a maximum workweek of 40 hours, a minimum wage for union members, and abolished child labor.