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The Swingin' 30's

Glossary:

The New Deal

 

Fireside Chat

 

Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933

 

Federal Securities Act

 

Acricultural Adjustment Act

 

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

 

National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA)

 

Father Charles Coughlin

 

Huey Long

 

"Every Man a King"

 

Eleanor Roosevelt

 

Works Progress Administration

 

National Youth Administration

 

Wagner Act

 

Social Security Act

 

Frances Perkins

 

Marian Anderson

 

The Scottsboro Case

 

Powell v. Alabama

 

Norris v. Alabama

 

New Deal Coalition

 

Congress of Industrial Organizations

 

Sit-Down Strike

 

Fiorello La Guardia

 

Gone With the Wind (1939)

 

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

 

The Hindenburg

 

Orson Welles

 

War of the Worlds

 

American Gothic (by Grant Wood)

 

John Steinbeck

 

The Grapes of Wrath

 

deficit spending

 

National Labor Relations Board

 

parity

 

Securities and Exchange Commission

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

 

Social Security

 

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

 

(Pgs.504-510)

How did Franklin Roosevelt change the role of the federal government during the Hundred Days ?

 

 

 

Summarize the reasons why some people opposed the New Deal.

 

 

 

(Pgs.511-516)

Why was FDR unwilling to fight for civil rights for Black Americans.

 

 

 

 

(Pgs.523-528)

What purpose did movies and radio programs serve during the Great Depression ?

 

 

 

 

What did the public's reaction to War of the Worlds suggest about radio in the 1930's ?

 

 

 

 

Which New Deal programs supported artists and writers in the 1930's ?

 

 

 

 

(Pgs.529-533)

Why did industrial production drop and unemployment increase in 1937-38 ?

 

 

 

 

List five New Deal agencies or programs that are still in place today.

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What benefits did the Tennessee Valley Authority provide ?

 

 

 

 

What negative impact did it have ?