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New Deal A broad program of legislation pro-
posed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to pro-
mote recovery from the Great Depression and
provide relief for those in distress, 686
Social Security Act A component of Franklin
Roosevelt’sNew Deal, it established in 1935 a
system of old-age, unemployment, and survivors’
insurance funded by wage and payroll taxes, 694
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) ANew Deal
agency that built and operated dams and power
plants on the Tennessee River; it also promoted
flood control, soil conservation, and reforesta-
tion, 689

Wagner Act Officially the National Labor

Relations Act and sometimes called Labor’s

Magna Carta, it gave workers the right to organize

and bargain collectively. It also created the

National Labor Relations Board to supervise

union elections and stop unfair labor practices by

employers, 694

Works Progress Administration (WPA) ANew

Dealagency, established in 1935 and run by

Harry Hopkins, that spent $11 billion on fed-

eral works projects and provided employment

for 8.5 million persons, 691

Review Questions

1.The introduction of this chapter compares the 2010
health insurance law with that establishing Social
Security in 1935. In what ways is the comparison an
apt one? How did the measures and times differ?
Was Social Security a form of socialism?
2.Compare the First and Second New Deals. What
were the similarities and differences?

3.What was the impact of the Great Depression on

art, literature, and popular culture? How did it

affect women and minority groups? Labor?

4.How did the New Deal expand the role of the

federal government?

5.Why did Asia and Europe slip into war in the

1930s? How did the United States respond during

that decade and why?

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PWA in Action Poster, p. 688

An Attack on New Deal
Farm Policies, p. 688

The Tennessee Valley Authority,
p. 690

Coughlin, A Third Party
(1936),p. 694

ReadtheDocument FDR,Fireside Chat, p. 695

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FDR’s Inauguration, p. 687

Responding to the Great

Depression: Whose New Deal?, p. 699

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