U.S. HISTORY 2
Name: Kaitlynn Stubbs
Date: Sunday; March 19, 2023
Chapter 26: Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932 – 1941 Key Terms
26.1: The Rise of Franklin Roosevelt
1. Brains Trust: 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.
2. Interregnum: 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.
26.2: The First New Deal
3. Civilian Conservation Corps: Provided government jobs for young men aged fourteen to twentyfour who came from relief families.
4. Tennessee Valley Authority: A federal agency tasked with the job of planning and developing the
area through flood control, reforestation, and hydroelectric power.
26.3: The Second New Deal
5. Works Progress Administration: A program run by Harry Hopkins that provided jobs for over
eight million Americans from its inception to its closure in 1943.
6. Social Security: 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.
7. Supreme Court Packing Plan: Roosevelt’s plan, after being reelected, to pack the Supreme Court
with an additional six justices, one for every justice over seventy who refused to step down.