Chapter 24: The New Deal Era

Act that created a federal agency empowered to achieve parity by controlling the production of seven basic commodities.

A foreign policy that accepts (rather than opposes) the aggressive moves of another state or actor.

A Catholic priest famous for his national radio broadcasts; he proposed a series of monetary reforms that he insisted would restore prosperity and ensure economic justice.

Agency that created camps in national parks and forests for young unemployed men from the cities to work in a semi-military environment; projects included planting trees, building reservoirs, and improving agricultural irrigation.

Led by John L. Lewis, this committee expanded the constituency of the American labor movement.

Derogatory nickname for one aspect of President Roosevelt's proposal to overhaul the federal court system.

Outspoken supporter of racial justice and source of continuous pressure on the federal government to ease discrimination against Blacks; wife of Franklin Roosevelt.

Created in 1937, this agency provided loans to help famers cultivating submarginal soil to relocate to better lands; in the end, it moved no more than a few thousand.