Ch.36 People

Former New York governor who roused the nation to action against the depression with his appeal to the "forgotten man"

Presidential wife who became an effective lobbyist for the poor during the New Deal

FDR-declared closing of all U.S. financial institutions on March 6-10, 1933, in order to stop panic and prepare reforms

Former New York social worker who became an influential FDR adviser and head of several New Deal agencies

The "microphone messiah" o f Michigan whose mass radio appeals turned anti-New Deal and anti-semitic

Louisiana senator and popular mass agitator who promised to make "every man a king" at the expense of the wealthy

Supreme Court ruling of 1935 that struck down a major New Deal industry-and labor agency

Former Bull Moose progressive who spent billions of federal dollars on public building projects while carefully guarding against waste

Writer whose best-selling novel portrayed the suffering of dust bowl "Okies" in the thirties

Domineering boss of the mine workers' union who launched the CIO

Dramatic CIO labor action in 1936 that forced the auto industry to recognize unions

Republican who carried only two states in a futile campaign against "The Champ" (FDR) in 1936

Lopsided but bitter campaign that saw disadvantaged economic groups lined up in a kind of "class warfare" against those better off

British economist whose theories helped justify New Deal deficit spending

Supreme Court justice whose "switch in time" to support New Deal legislation helped undercut FDR's court-packing scheme