Term
| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
|
Definition
| a United States federal law of the New Deal era which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an American political organization formed in 1934 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a day on which banks are officially closed, observed as a public holiday. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| arbitration is binding and so non-binding arbitration is technically not arbitration. Arbitration is a proceeding in which a dispute is resolved by an impartial adjudicator whose decision the parties to the dispute have agreed |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Agency relationships in residential real estate transactions involve the legal representation by a real estate broker (on behalf of a real estate company) of the principal |
|
|
Term
| Civil Works Administration |
|
Definition
| a short-lived U.S. job creation program established by the New Deal during the Great Depression to rapidly create manual labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers. |
|
|
Term
| Civiliain Conservation Corps |
|
Definition
| a public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, |
|
|
Term
| Congress of Industrial Organizations |
|
Definition
| a rival labor federation. In 1955, the CIO rejoined the AFL, forming the new entity known as the American Federation of Labor |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A move by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase the size of the Supreme Court and then bring in several new justices who would change the balance of opinion on the Court. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| government spending, in excess of revenue, of funds raised by borrowing rather than from taxation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was an American physician who was best known for his revolving old-age pension proposal during the Great Depression |
|
|
Term
| Farm Credit Administration |
|
Definition
| an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government of the United States. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a controversial Roman Catholic priest at Royal Oak, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States government corporation operating as an independent agency created by the Banking Act of 1933. |
|
|
Term
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
|
Definition
| (FERA) was the new name given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA) which President Herbert Hoover had created in 1932. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an informal conversation. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman appointed to the U.S |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| commonly known by his initials, FDR, 32nd President of the United States |
|
|
Term
| Glass-Steagall Banking Act |
|
Definition
| An act the U.S. Congress passed in 1933 as the Banking Act, which prohibited commercial banks from participating in the investment banking business. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the system by which the value of a currency was defined in terms of gold, |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's closest advisers |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
|
Term
| Homeowners' Loan Corporation |
|
Definition
| was established in 1933 by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation Act under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| radio address by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, although he was referring to the 100 day session of the 73rd United States Congress between March 9 and June 17, rather than the first 100 days of his administration |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| English economist who advocated the use of government monetary and fiscal policy to maintain full employment without inflation |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| intervene between people in a dispute in order to bring about an agreement or reconciliation. |
|
|
Term
| National Industrial Recovery Act |
|
Definition
| (NIRA) was a law passed by the United States Congress in 1933 to authorize the President to regulate industry in an attempt to raise prices after severe deflation and stimulate economic recovery |
|
|
Term
| National Labor Relations Board |
|
Definition
| (NLRB) is an independent agency of the United States government charged with conducting elections for labor union representation and with investigating and remedying unfair labor practices |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| was a series of domestic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1938. They involved laws passed by Congress as well as presidential executive orders during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| Public Works Administration |
|
Definition
| (PWA) was a New Deal agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recovery Act in June 1933 in response to the Great Depression |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| a net placed to catch an acrobat or similar performer in case of a fall |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is an agency of the United States federal government. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| during which workers occupy their place of employment and refuse to work or allow others to work until the strike is settled |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| enacted August 14, 1935, now codified as 42 U.S.C. ch. 7, was a social welfare legislative act which created the Social Security system in the United States |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| guarantees the right of workers to organize, and outlines the legal framework for labor union and management relations. The Act created the National Labor Relations Board, which manages union-management relations. |
|
|
Term
| Works Progress Administration |
|
Definition
| (WPA) was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. |
|
|
