Ch. 23.1 Flashcards
Who was working at the printing press operator small-town Wisconsin?
Hank Oettinger
In 1933 what did Pres. Roosevelt begin creating?
Work programs
Through one of the work programs what put Oettinger back to work in 1933?
Civil Works Administration (CWA)
Who was the two-term governor of New York and the Democrats nominee for president?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
FDR’s advisers a select group of professions, lawyers, and journalist that came to be known as the what?
“Brain Trust”
This program designed to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression became known as the what?
New Deal
The Roosevelt administration launched a period of intense activity known as the what?
Hundred Days
When did Congress pass more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation?
During the Hundred Days
What was Roosevelt’s first step as president?
To carryout reforms in banking and finance
What authorized the Treasury Department to inspect the country’s banks?
Emergency Banking Relief Act
What were radio talks about issues of public concern called?
Fireside chats
What established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
Glass-Steagall act of 1933
How much did the FDIC insure individual bank accounts to?
$5000
What required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations?
Federal Securities Act
Who regulated the stock market? One goal of this commission was to prevent people with inside information about companies from reading the stock market for their own profit.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
