| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Second New Deal | the new deal which emphasized reform and social justice |
| WPA | hires artists, musicians, and actors, along with normal employees |
| We Putter Around | the critics' meaning behind the WPA |
| We Pay for All | the critics' meaning behind the WPA |
| NYA | part of the WPA but was strictly for students aged 16-25 |
| Richard Nixon | his soon-to-be president was enrolled in the NYA at Duke University in NC |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | this soon-to-be president worked for the NYA in Texas |
| Social Security | considered to be the most enduring reform idea and was coined for Townsend's plan |
| 1% | this was the tax percentage both the employer and employee had to pay to Social Security |
| Social Security | this program provided aid to the handicapped, those over 65 years old, and dependent children |
| Social Security | criticics complained that this took away "self reliance" of America and it did not help farmers who were "off the books" |
| REA | provided electricity to rural areas |
| Resettlement Administration | fed gov't provides land for tenant farmers to work on |
| Resettlement Administration | critics complained this program was "too Soviet-like" |
| Public Utility Holding Act | FDR's way of taking control of the big corporations' power |
| Death Clause | states that if a corportation does not abide to regulations, the fed gov't will shut them down |
| Radical | critics complained the Public Utitlity Holding Act to be a ______ way to control corporate power |
| Wagner Act | replaces the unconstitutional 7a of NIRA by allowing labor unions to exist and sets up the NLRB |
| AFL-CIO | combination of craftsmen and unskilled hourly factory workers, who combine into this organization |
| William Green | this man breaks up the AFL-CIO due to the violent tactics used by the CIO |
| Okies | the name given to those who migrated to California due to the dust bowl |
| The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinback's novel regarding the harsh realities of those suffering during the Dust Bowl |
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