New Deal

a depression-era photographer known for her photograph Migrant Mother

sought to increase business; limited hours, provided jobs, raised wages, and stabilized prices

critic of the New Deal who proposed the Share-Our-Wealth program

guaranteed labor's right to organize and to bargain collectively, excluded agricultural workers

She championed the cause of racial justice and worked to fight poverty

people in this program planted trees and created park trails.

Protected bank deposits up to $2,500

transformed economic and social life in a large region of the nation

provided unemployment insurance; pensions for the elderly; money for children if father died

this agency regulated and oversaw the securities market

insured bank loans for building and repairing homes.

this region became the Dust Bowl in the mid-1930s

employed 8/5 million blue- and white- collar workers

made the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, showing corruption in government

fought illiteracy and malaria; built dams and recreations areas

paid farmers to reduce their output of certain commodities

director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the National Youth Administration.

Probably the single most listened to program on the radio during the Great Depression

provided electricity to rural areas, increased agricultural efficiency and standard of living.

Started schools in the South for the education of African Americans

provided high school and college age people with part-time jobs

founded the American Indian Defense Association

organized by labor leaders to unite skilled and unskilled workers in a variety of industries

Wrote The Grapes of Wrath, novel about "Okie" family and subsequent immigration to California

strikes in which the workers took over the factories and refused to move until demands were met

his theories were the basis for many of the New Deal recovery programs