New Deal and Great Depression Terms Part 4
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 New Deal | President Franklin Roosevelt's programs to combat economic depression; enacted a number of social insurance measures and used government spending to stimulate the economy; increased power of the state and the state's intervention in U.S. social and economic life. |
| FERA | Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It was Relief that was run by Harry Hopkins. Doled out 3 billion dollars for state and local governments that used the money for food lines and such. |
| Huey Long (Kingfish) | Senator from Louisiana. created the "Share the Wealth" program = each family was to receive $5000 from the rich. Believed New Deal wasn't radical enough |
| Schechter case | The Supreme Court decision that declared that Congress could not "delegate legislative power" and that congressional control of interstate commerce could not properly apply to a local fowl business.1935 |
| 20th Amendment | Changed date president takes office from March 4th to January 20th. Changed start of Congress to January3rd. End of Lame Duck Congress |
| Grapes of Wrath | (1939) The story follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California, this book is based on the great depression written by John Steinbeck |
| CCC | Civilian Conservation Corps (1933)-Young men between the ages of 18 and 25 volunteered to be placed in camps to work on regional environmental projects, mainly west of the Mississippi; they received $30 a month, of which $25 was sent home; disbanded during World War II. |
| AAA | Agricultural Adjustment Administration: attempted to regulate agricultural production through farm subsidies; ruled unconstitutional in 1936; disbanded after World War II |
| WPA | Congress created the Works Progress Administration in 1935 and President Roosevelt placed Harry Hopkins in charge of it. It eventually spent $11 billion on federal works projects and provided employment for 8.5 million persons. They built roads, bridges, schools, etc., but the also funded projects for thespians, artists, writers, and young people. |
| PWA | Public Works Administration. Part of Roosevelts New Deal programs. Put people to work building or improving public buildings like schools, post offices,etc. Harold Ikes was in charge. |
| 21st Amendment | (FRD) 1933 Amendment which ended the Prohibition of alcohol in the US, repealing the 18th amendment |
| John Steinbeck | American novelist who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath". (1939) A story of Dustbowl victims who travel to California to look for a better life. Also wrote "Of Mice and Men." |
| Emergency Banking Relief Act | 1933; This act allowed a plan that would close down insolvent banks and reorganize and reopen those banks strong enough to survive. Gave the president power to regulate banking transactions. |
| CWA | Civil Works Adminstration: emergency work relief program, put more than four million people to work during the winter of 1933-34 |
| NRA | National Recovery Administration: Attempted to combat the Depression through national economic planning by establishing and administering a system of industrial codes to control production, prices, labor relations, and trade practices among leading business interests; ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1935 |
| Harold Ickes | Secretary of the interior who headed the Public Works Administration, which aimed at long-range recovery by spending over $4 billion on some 34,000 projects that included public buildings, highways, and parkways |
| The Dust Bowl | 1930's (called "Dirty Thirties"); A series of major sandstorms that buried houses, destroyed farmland and killed livestock, major environmental disaster |
| Truth in Securities Act | passed by Congress to restore confidence in the stock market, required corporations issuing new securities to provide full and accurate information about them to the public, 1933 |
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