Bank runs increased before Roosevelt's inauguration because some people thought he would abandon the gold standard and reduce the value of

To regulate the stock market and prevent fraud, Congress created an independent agency called the

Perhaps no group of Americans had been as badly hurt by the Depression as had the nation's

The Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial banking from

What was the period called between March 9 and June 16, 1933, when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet the economic crisis?

The Public Works Administration was created as a federal relief agency to put back to work the unemployed in the

A process whereby dissatisfied union members could take their complaints to a neutral party who would listen to both sides and decide the issue is called

In what became known as the "sick chicken case," the Court ruled that the Constitution did not allow Congress to delegate its powers to

What did the series of programs and reforms that Roosevelt launched in 1935 come to be called?

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1935 provided more protection for workers, the abolition of child labor, and

closing banks before bank runs could put them out of business

Roosevelt succeeded this New York governor when the governor ran for president

a monetary standard in which one ounce of gold equaled a set number of dollars

a paralyzing disease that President Roosevelt had

Roosevelt's policies during the Great Depression

provides government insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amount

channeled money to state and local agencies to fund their relief projects

suspended the antitrust laws

direct talks via radio that FDR held with the American people

most highly praised New Deal work relief program

a new federal agency created "for work relief and to increase employment by providing useful projects"

government practice of spending borrowed money to pay for programs without regard to a balanced budget

law providing some security for the elderly

guaranteed workers the right to organize unions without interference from employers and to bargain collectively

Supreme Court case that struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act