Social Studies

Front 1

gold standard
-a _________ standard in which one ________ of gold equaled a set number of ________

Back 1

- monetary
- ounce
- dollars

Front 2

fireside chats
- direct ________ FDR held with the _________ people to let them know what he was trying __________.

Back 2

- talks
- American
- accomplish

Front 3

deficit spending
- government practice of spending __________ money rather than raising _________
- usually an attempt to boost the _______

Back 3

- borrowed
- taxes
- economy

Front 4

binding arbitration
- a ________ party would listen to both sides and ______ the issues

Back 4

-neutral
- decide

Front 5

sit-down strike
- method of __________ work by sitting down at work and __________ to leave the ____________.

Back 5

- boycotting
- refusing
- establishment

Front 6

Social Security Act
- a law requiring _________ and _______ to pay a _____
- the money provides a monthly ________ for retired people

Back 6

- workers
- employers
- tax

- stipend

Front 7

broker state
- role of the ___________ to work out _______ among competing _________ groups

Back 7

- government
- conflicts
- interest

Front 8

safety net
- safeguards and relief programs that ________ them against economic ________

Back 8

- protected
- disaster

Front 9

New Deal
- ___________'s policies for ending the ___________

Back 9

- Roosevelt
- Depression

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bank holidays
- the governors ________ the remaining banks before bank ________ could put them out of __________

Back 10

- closed
- run
- business

Front 11

Hundred Days
The new president began to send ______ after bill to _________. Between March 9 and June 16, ______.

Back 11

- bill
- Congress
- 1933

Front 12

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
- ________ agency created by Congress to ________ the stock market and prevent ________.

Back 12

- independent
- regulate
- fraud

Front 13

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- to provide government insurance for bank ________ up to a certain amount.
- __________ depositors
- increased public ___________ in the banking system

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- depositors
- protected
- confidence

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
- under this program, the government would pay ________ not to raise certain _______, and not to grow certain ________.

Back 14

- farmers
- livestock
- crops

Front 15

Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- federal agency headed by _____________.
- most controversial program was "_______________".

Back 15

- Harry Hopkins

- "Federal Number One"

Front 16

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
- organized factory elections by ________ ballot to determine whether workers wanted a __________

Back 16

- secret

- union

Front 17

Frances Perkin
- Secretary of ___________-
- First ______ cabinet member
- became head of Dept. of Labor in ___________

Back 17

- Labor

- female

- 1932

Front 18

court-packing
- considered Roosevelt's first serious political ________ as president
- the _______ created the impression that the president was trying to ______ with Constitution's separation of powers & undermine the Court's independence

Back 18

- mistake
- interfere

Front 19

John Maynard Keynes
- British __________
- theories were called ___________

Back 19

- economist
- Keynesianism