CHAPTER 33
brain trust
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A group of reform-minded intellectuals who would write most of Franklin Roosevelt's speeches.
new deal
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The name of Franklin Roosevelt's plan to fix America's economy.
hundred days
The first 100 days of Franklin Roosevelt's first term as president, where he and Congress produced a staggering amount of reform legislation.
glass-steagall banking reform act
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An act that insured individual deposits up to $5,000 to provide for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
civilian conservation corps (CCC)
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The most important of the New Deal's "alphabetical agencies," which employed many Americans.
national recovery administration (NRA)
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An administration implemented by Congress that was complex in that it had short-term and long-term relief policies.
agricultural adjustment administration (AAA)
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An administration that gave standard prices to agricultural products.
dust bowl
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A region ranging from east Colorado to west Missouri where loose dirt flew around in the air, making agriculture jobs virtually impossible.
tennessee valley authority (TVA)
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An act passed by the Hundred Days Congress that determined an appropriate cost for electricity.
social security act
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An act in the New Deal that was very far-reaching and provided security for old age, specifically for retired workers.
wagner act
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An act that reasserted the right of labor to engage in self-organization and to bargain through representatives of their own choosing. It was also known as the National Labor Relations Act of 1935.
fair labor standards act
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An act that set minimum wage and maximum weekly working hours.
congress of industrial organizations (CIO)
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An organization that emerged from the Committee for Industrial Organizations.
court-packing plan
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A plan that Franklin Roosevelt had to expand the Supreme Court so he could pass more laws.
keynesianism
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The use of government spending and fiscal policy to spur the economy and encourage consumer spending.