Chapter 23 Matching Exercise

Passed in 1935, the __________ funded retirement pensions beginning at age 65, with workers' and employers' contributions.

Created in 1933, the __________ provided farmers with credit, and loans, as well as financial incentives to those who agreed to limit production of corn, wheat, cotton, tobacco, and livestock.

Decades of corn and wheat cultivation on the Great Plains, the destruction of native grasses, and prolonged drought created the major ecological disaster of the 1930s, the __________.

In 1932, Hoover persuaded Congress to create the __________ to loan money to struggling banks, railroads, manufacturers, and mortgage companies.

The __________ created a Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate stock markets and activities by brokers.

The __________ required companies selling stock to the public to register with a federal agency and provide accurate information on what was being sold.

Craft unions representing trades such as carpenters, plumbers, and electricians dominated the largest labor organization, the __________.

Newly energized unions representing industrial workers and accepting blacks and minorities formed the __________ in 1935.

President Roosevelt delivered a radio address on the banking crisis on March 12, 1933, the first of three dozen __________ he delivered on policy issues over the next twelve years.

On March 9, 1933, the president persuaded Congress to pass an __________, which established a system to audit, loan funds to, and reopen banks under Treasury Department supervision.

The __________ built a network of dams and hydroelectric projects to control floods, generate power, and promote growth in a chronically poor area of the South.

Between March and June 1933, often dubbed the __________, Roosevelt prevailed on Congress to pass fourteen pieces of major legislation.