Chapter 13 Terms
1) Dennis Chavez
Longest serving hispanic US senator, born in New Mexico
2) John Collier
American socialist and reformer, big advocate for native americans
3) Bronson Cutting
Progressive Republican US senator from new mexico
4) Okies
A migrant, agricultural worker
5) Franklin D. Roosevelt
Had 4 terms, in office during great depression and WWII
6) Herbert Hoover
Was in office when the stock market crashed
7) Clyde Tingley
Lawyer and former governor of New Mexico
8) Rudolfo Anaya
American author from New Mexico
9) capitalism
An economic system in which private actors control most of a country/city’s economy
10) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
A work relief program during the Great Depression that helped young men get work
11) Dust Bowl
Series of dust storms that harmed the ecology and agriculture of American prairies
12) Great Depression
Major crash in America's economy
13) Indian Reorganization Act
Allowed Indigenous tribes to self-govern under a federal rule
14) Taylor Grazing Act
federal regulation on grazing
15) National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
guaranteed collective bargaining and fair trade codes
16) collective bargaining
negotiation process between employers and unions
17) United Mine Workers
an american labor union
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18) New Deal
government programs made by president Franklin D Roosevelt to fight the great depression
19) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
A government agency to combat the gre`at depression (roads, bridges, schools)
20) Federal Arts Program (FAP)
Employed artists to create public art
21) Federal Writers Program (FWP)
Employed writers to create “a self portrait of america”
22) National Youth Administration (NYA)
People from 16 to 25 was got education, employment, and counseling
23) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Provided jobs to young unemployed men
24) Camp Capitan
A ccc camp in NM for young women were trained and given jobs, similar to CcC camps for menbhnuy
25) Hoovervilles
Homeless towns in fault of former president Hoover
26) Public Works Administration
Large scale projects for employment like roads, bridges, dams, and schools.