Unit Vocab. New deal

History

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

commonly known by his initials

FDR, was an American

politician and statesman who

served as the 32nd president of

the United States from 1933

until his death in 1945. He was

a member of the Democratic

Party and is the only U.S.

president to have served more

than two terms in office.

Polio

An acute infectious disease

affecting the skeletal

muscles, often resulting

permanent disability and

deformity.

Gold Standard

A monetary standard in

which one ounce of gold

equals a set number of

dollars.

Bank Holidays

Closing of banks during the

Great Depression to avoid

bank runs.

United Auto Workers (UAW)

An American Labor Union

that represents workers in

the United States, founded

as part of the Congress of

Industrial Organization

(CIO) in the 1930s.

Eleanor Roosevelt

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

was the first lady of the

United States, during her

husbands four terms in

office, making her the

longest-serving first lady of

the United States.

Fireside Chats

Radio broadcasts made by

FDR to the American

people to explain his

initiatives.

Deficit-Spending

The government practice of

spending borrowed money

rather than raising taxes,

usually an attempt to boost

the economy.

Works Progress Administration

The (WPA) was an

American New Deal

Agency that employed

millions of jobseekers to

carry out public works

projects, including the

construction of public

buildings and roads.

Benefits

Something that promotes

well-being, or useful in aid.

Binding Arbitration

The process whereby a

neutral party hears

arguments from two

opposing sides and makes

a decision that both must

accept.

Sit-Down Strikes

A method of boycotting

work by sitting down at

work and refusing to leave

the establishment.

Court Packing

The act of changing the

political balance of power

in a nation’s judiciary

system whereby a national

leader, such as the

President of the US,

appoints judges who will

rule in favor of their

policies.

Broker State

Role of the government to

work out conflicts among

competing interest groups.

Farm Security Administration

A New Deal agency

created in 1937 to

combat rural poverty during

the Great Depression in

the United States.

New Deal

A series of programs,

public works projects,

financial reforms,

and regulations enacted by

President FDR in the US

between 1933 and 1938,

including constraints and

safeguards on the banking

industry.

Social Security

A type of government

support intended to ensure

that members of a society

can meet basic human

needs such as food and

shelter, sometimes

synonymous with welfare.

Mary McLeod Bethune

Was an American educator,

philanthropist, humanitarian,

and civil rights activist. She

also founded the National

Council of Negro Women in

1935, established the

organization's flagship

journal Aframerican

Women's Journal.

Central Valley Project (CVP)

Devised in 1933 to

provide irrigation and

municipal water to much

of Californias Central

Valley by regulating and

storing water in reservoirs

in the northern half of the

state, and transporting it to

the San Joaquin Valley.

Glass-Steagall Act

A New Deal initiative that

required companies that

sold stocks and bonds to

provide complete and

truthful information to

investors.

FDIC

The Federal Deposits

Insurance Corporation,

which required the

government to provide

government insurance for

bank deposits.

SEC

The Securities and

Exchange Commission

was set up in order to

regulate the stock market

and limit fraud.

PWA

The Public Works

Administration created in

1933, emphasized building

highways, dams, and

schools in in effort to boost

the construction industry.