Term used by FDR in 1932 acceptance speech that came to describe his whole reform program
Brain Trust
FDR's reform-minded intellectual advisers who conceived much of the New Deallegislation
Hundred Days Congress
Popular term for the special session of Congress in early 1933 that passed vast quantities of Roosevelt-initiated legislation
Civilian Conservation Corporeration
The early New Deal agency that worked to solve the problems of unemployment and conservation by employing youth in reforestation and other socially beneficial tasks
Works Project Administration
Large federal employment program, established in 1935 under Harry Hopkins that provided jobs in areas from road building to art
Blue Eagle
Widely displayed symbol of the National Recovery Admin. (NRA), which attempted to reorganize and reform U.S. industry
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
New Deal farm agency that attempted to raise prices by paying farmers to reduce their production of crops and animals
Dust Bowl
The drought-stricken plains areas from which hundreds of thousands of "Okies" were driven during the Great Depression
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Deal Agency that aroused strong conservative criticism by producing low-cost electrical power in competition with private utilities
Social Security
New Deal program that financed old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and other forms of income assistance
Committee of Industrial Organization
The new union group that organized large numbers of unskilled workers with the help of the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board
Security and Exchange Commission
New Deal agency established to provide a public watchdog against deception and fraud in stock trading
American Liberty League
Organization of wealthy Republicans and conservative Democrats whose attacks on the New Deal caused Roosevelt to denounce them as "economic royalists" in the campaign of 1936
Court Packing
FDR's scheme for gaining Supreme Court approval of New Deal legislation
Hatch Act
Law of 1939 that prevented federal officials from engaging in campaign activities or using federal relief funds for political purposes