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| Emergency Banking Act |
1933 act which allowed only Federal Reserve-approved banks to operate in the U.S. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
public corporation, established in 1933, that insures, up to a specified amount, all deposits of member banks |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
32nd President of the U.S.; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression |
| Gold Reserve Act |
1934 act; required that all gold held by the Federal Reserve be vested in the sole title of the U.S. Treasury |
| Works Progress Administration |
largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects |
| New Deal |
principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic party for economic recovery and social reforms after the Great Depression |
| prohibition |
legal prohibiting of the sale of alcoholic drinks; repealed as part of the New Deal |
| reform |
improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. |
| Home Owners' Loan Corporation |
New Deal agency which “facilitated nation-wide lending and encouraged uniform national appraisal methods” |
| Federal Housing Administration |
governmental agency created in 1934 to help homeowners finance the purchase and repair of their homes and to stimulate housing construction |
| First New Deal |
first of a series of economic programs implemented in the U.S. between 1933 and 1936 by FDR |
| 3 Rs |
Relief, Recovery, and Reform |
| First Hundred Days |
refers to FDR's the (sometimes emergency) reforms he enacted early in his presidency |
| Glass–Steagall Act |
regulates investment banking; repealed 1999; introduced banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation |
| Securities Act of 1933 |
act that established the SEC |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
1933 act which raised farm prices by cutting total farm output of major crops and livestock |
| National Industrial Recovery Act |
act of Congress; declared unconstitutional in 1936; enabled the president to execute measures for reducing industrial unemployment |
| Great Depression |
economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries beginning in October 1929, and continuing through the 1930s |
| Emergency Banking Act |
1933 act which allowed only Federal Reserve-approved banks to operate in the U.S. |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
public corporation, established in 1933, that insures, up to a specified amount, all deposits of member banks |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
32nd President of the U.S.; instituted New Deal to counter the Great Depression |
| Gold Reserve Act |
1934 act; required that all gold held by the Federal Reserve be vested in the sole title of the U.S. Treasury |
| Works Progress Administration |
largest and most ambitious New Deal agency, employing millions of unskilled workers to carry out public works projects |
| New Deal |
principles of the progressive wing of the Democratic party for economic recovery and social reforms after the Great Depression |
| prohibition |
legal prohibiting of the sale of alcoholic drinks; repealed as part of the New Deal |
| reform |
improvement or amendment of what is wrong, corrupt, unsatisfactory, etc. |
| Home Owners' Loan Corporation |
New Deal agency which “facilitated nation-wide lending and encouraged uniform national appraisal methods” |
| Federal Housing Administration |
governmental agency created in 1934 to help homeowners finance the purchase and repair of their homes and to stimulate housing construction |
| First New Deal |
first of a series of economic programs implemented in the U.S. between 1933 and 1936 by FDR |
| 3 Rs |
Relief, Recovery, and Reform |
| First Hundred Days |
refers to FDR's the (sometimes emergency) reforms he enacted early in his presidency |
| Glass–Steagall Act |
regulates investment banking; repealed 1999; introduced banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation |
| Securities Act of 1933 |
act that established the SEC |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
1933 act which raised farm prices by cutting total farm output of major crops and livestock |
| National Industrial Recovery Act |
act of Congress; declared unconstitutional in 1936; enabled the president to execute measures for reducing industrial unemployment |
| Great Depression |
economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries beginning in October 1929, and continuing through the 1930s |
