The New Deal Lecture Review

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms and concepts from the New Deal lecture.

Pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations.

Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

A New Deal program that employed young men to work on environmental conservation projects.

Civil Works Administration (CWA)

A temporary agency created in 1933 to create jobs during the winter emergency, providing jobs for unemployed Americans.

Public Works Administration (PWA)

A New Deal agency that aimed to put people back to work by funding large-scale public works projects.

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

A New Deal law that aimed to stabilize agricultural prices by controlling the production of crops.

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

A law that aimed to boost the economy by increasing prices, raising wages, and reducing unemployment.

National Recovery Administration (NRA)

An agency that aimed to stimulate industrial production by establishing fair competition and minimum wages.

Glass-Steagall Act

A law enacted in 1933 that separated commercial banking from investment banking.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

A government corporation created to insure deposits in banks and promote public confidence in the financial system.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

A government agency that regulates the securities industry and stock market.

Share Our Wealth Society

A movement led by Huey Long that proposed taking wealth from the rich to provide for the poor.

Upton Sinclair

An American writer and social activist known for his novel 'The Jungle,' which exposed labor and sanitation conditions.

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

A New Deal agency that employed millions to carry out public works projects.

Social Security Act

A law establishing a system of old-age benefits and unemployment insurance.

National Labor Relations Act/Wagner Act

A law that granted workers the right to organize and bargain collectively.

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

A federation of labor unions that organized workers in industrial unions.

Flint Sit-Down Strike

A labor strike at General Motors where workers occupied the factory to demand better conditions.

John Maynard Keynes

An economist whose ideas on government spending in times of recession influenced FDR's policies.

Counter-cyclical spending

Government spending designed to counteract the business cycle by stimulating the economy during downturns.