Chapter 26

Question 1

an unofficial advisory cabinet to President Franklin Roosevelt, originally gathered while he
was governor of New York, to present possible solutions to the nations’ problems; among its prominent
members were Rexford Tugwell, Raymond Moley, and Adolph Berle

Answer 1

Brains Trust

Question 2

a public program for unemployed young men from relief families who were
put to work on conservation and land management projects around the country

Answer 2

Civilian Conservation Corps

Question 3

the period between the election and the inauguration of a new president; when economic
conditions worsened significantly during the four-month lag between Roosevelt’s win and his move into
the Oval Office, Congress amended the Constitution to limit this period to two months

Answer 3

interregnum

Question 4

a series of programs designed to help the population’s most vulnerable—the unemployed,
those over age sixty-five, unwed mothers, and the disabled—through various pension, insurance, and aid
programs

Answer 4

Social Security

Question 5

Roosevelt’s plan, after being reelected, to
add six justices, one for every justice over seventy who refused to step down

Answer 5

Supreme Court Packing Plan

Question 6

a federal agency tasked with the job of planning and developing the area
through flood control, reforestation, and hydroelectric power projects

Answer 6

Tennessee Valley Authority

Question 7

a program run by Harry Hopkins that provided jobs for over eight million
Americans from its inception to its closure in 1943

Answer 7

Works Progress Administration