Lapsansky-Werner     396     The New Deal

• Franklin Roosevelt was in office during the Great Depression and he made a plan to improve the economy during this time.

Lapsansky-Werner     398     Relief, Reform, and Recovery

• FDR made new reforms that were achieved during his first hundred days in office. These reforms were Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), National Recovery Administration(NRA), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA), Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and Home Owners' Loan Corporation (HOLC).

Lapsansky-Werner     404     The Second New Deal

• A theory that putting people to work on public projects put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more goods which would stimulate the economy this is called pump priming.

Lapsansky-Werner     409     Programs

• The new programs made by FDR were Social Security Act (SSA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), Rural Electrification Administration Act (Wagner Act), National Youth Administration (NYA), Banking Act of 1935, United States Housing Authority (USHA), Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Lapsansky-Werner     443    Isolation to Involvement

• Roosevelt shared the same concerns that prime minister of Britain Winston Churchill had about the war against Hitler and the Nazi army. He passed the Neutrality Act of 1939 would give America money to sell products to fighting countries but they had to pick up their merchandise. Congress approved the Lend-Lease Act which let President Roosevelt give government help to countries and make profit from it.

Lapsansky-Werner     474    Home Front

• Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 to help with fair hiring practices in any job funded with the help of government money. The bracero program let Mexicans come into America to work on American farms.

Lapsansky-Werner     529    The Cold War

• Congress passed the National Defense Education Act to help produce more scientists and teachers of science. Also the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made as an effect of this act.

Lapsansky-Werner     549    The Economic Boom

• Congress enacted the Taft-Hartley Act that outlawed the closed shop in which only union members can be hired.

Lapsansky-Werner     558    For Society

• Franchise business allows a company to distribute its products or services through retail outlets owned by independent operators.

Lapsansky-Werner     625    Equal Pay

• The equal Pay Act was passed to require equal wages for equal work in industries engaged in commerce or producing goods for commerce.