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Brain Trust

Small group of reform-minded intellectuals; Kitchen cabinet, who authored much New Deal legislation

Hundred Days

New measures to deal with desperate economy; Aimed at three R's: relief, recovery, and reform

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

Authorized the president to institute industry-wide codes intended to eliminate unfair trade practices, reduce unemployment, establish minimum wages and maximum hours, and guarantee the right of labour to bargain collectively. Kill “yellow dog” / anti-union contracts

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

Pay farmers to not farm a surplus; Struck down but was reinstated later

Dust Bowl

Drought and wind triggered dust storms

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

 “Planned economy”; Planned housing, pay, and work; Controlled area for people living; “Communist”

Social Security Act

Get support if disabled or old + old age retirement

Wagner Act

Established the NLRB and protected Unions

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Also known as Wages and Hours Bill; Set minimum-wages and maximum-hours for industries involved in interstate commerce; Killed child labor

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

A federation of unions that organized workers in industrial sectors. Split from the AFD and came back in 1955.

Court-Packing Plan

Increase to 13 justices to get the vote

Keynesianism

The government stimulates the economy

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The president that created the New Deal and served for 12 years

Father Charles Coughlin

 A priest that opposed the New Deal and became anti-Semitic, fascistic, and demagogic

Francis E. Townsend

Had the idea to promise everyone over sixty $200 a month

Huey P. (Kingfish) Long

Every family would receive $5,000; Feared to become fascist dictator but was then shot

Frances Perkins

First woman in cabinet; Secretary of Labor

Mary McLeod Bethune

Director of Office of Minority Affairs in National Youth Administration—served as highest-ranking African American in Roosevelt administration

Robert Wagner

 Senator that authored the act that instituted the NLRB