American History New Deal Vocabulary

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Front Back
Period of legislative activity launched by Presidant Franklin Roosevelt in 1935.
Second New Deal
An alliance of groups with similar goals.
Coalition
Government-funded project to build public facilities.
Public Works Program
Period at the start of Franklin Roosevelt's presidency in 1933, when many New Deal programs were passed by Congress.
Hundred Days
Organization opposed to the New Deal.
American Liberty League
Presidant Franklin Roosevelt's program of relief, recovery, and reform programs to combat the Great Depression.
New Deal
Conversion to government ownership.
Nationalization
Labor protest in which workers stop work, but refust to leave the workplace.
Sit-Down Strike
Law passed in 1935 that aided unions by legalizing collective bargaining and establishing the National Labor Relations Board.
Wagner Act
Income of a Government.
Revenue
A federal project to provide electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the Tennessee River Valley.
Tennessee River Authority
Publicly run system that provides regular payments to people who cannot support themselves.
Social Security Act
The total amount of money owed by the national government.
National Debt