Ch 21 Terms Flashcards
500 million in government loans to businesses , primarily banks
Reconstruction finance corporation
Land improvement projects by young unmarried men
Civilian conservation corps
Construction of bridges, court houses and schools
Public works administration
5 billion for almost all kinds of jobs including the arts
Works progress administration
Subsidies to farmers
Agricultural adjustment act
Voluntary guidelines for industry
National recovery administration
Protection of private money in banks
Federal deposit insurance
Projects to provide navigation , flood control and cheap electricity
Tennessee valley authority
Old age pensions and unemployment insurance
Social security act
Labor union for unskilled workers
Congress of industrial organizations
A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage
Herbert Hoover
Campaign song was happy days are here again
Franklin Roosevelt’s
Louisiana senator and former governor , share our wealth scheme
Huey long
Doctor who proposed a 2 percent national sales tax to pay a pension for the elderly
Francis Townsend
Roman Catholic priest who proposed to replace capitalism with social justice
Charles coughlin