Roosevelt's New Deal

The Wagner Act helped workers do this.

He led several agencies including the Works Progress Administration.

FDR used these to reassure Americans that his programs would improve their lives.

She was the first women in a cabinet position (Sec. of Labor).

This program set work week hours, abolished child labor and a federal minimum wage.

Workers in this program built transportation infrastructures as well as bridges and parks.

This program gave tenant farmers the chance to buy their own farms.

FDR was unique as a president because he was the first to serve with a ___

This organization would be a watchdog on the stock market and be on the lookout for fraud.

Home owners got lower interest rates and longer terms of repayment thanks to this program.

This organization channeled money to state and local agencies to fund relief projects.

"Court packing" referred to FDR's attempt to ___

This program still exists today and it was an "insurance program" for bank deposits.

This democratic senator was a serious threat to Roosevelt and his programs.

FDR's attempt to halt spending over the govt's ability to pay caused

Keynesianism said a govt. should reduce spending during a recession.

This program put construction workers back on the job building highways, dams, sewers, etc.

This act would determine that only sound banks could re-open.

Binding arbitration involves a neutral party to decide issues between labor and management.

This program helped farmers get loans to manage their mortgages.

The "New Freedom" group of advisers wanted to break up big companies to encourage competition.

Under the Agriculture Adjust. Act farmers were able to get land by not farming certain crops.

The "New Nationalism" group would combine govt. agencies and business to regulate wages, etc.

The Great Depression was ended by FDR's New Deal programs.

He led the Public Works Administration.

This program put young men ages 18-25 to work in the national parks and forests.

A program based on funds contributed by the worker for the elderly and the unemployed.

When govt. borrows money to pay for programs and abandons a balanced budget, is called ____