| Term | Definition |
|---|
| New Deal | Programs adopted by FDR in response to the Great Depression |
| Hundred Days | FDR's start; many programs pushed through |
| Public Works Program | government funded projects to build roads, dams, etc |
| Wagner Act | legalized the practice of collective bargaining |
| Mary McLeod Bethune | started schools for African American Women |
| political right | those who wish to preserve the current system |
| political left | those who want to change the current system |
| Demagogue | uses half-truths and scare tactics to manipulate people |
| Huey Long | Kingfish; wanted to redistribute wealth |
| Father Coughlin | "radio priest"; attacked New Deal policies |
| national debt | total amount of money the government owes |
| Congress of Industrial Organizations | Labor group ; organized unskilled steel and auto workers. |
| sit-down strike | work stoppage where workers refuse to leave the premises |
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