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  • The right of a union to neotiate wages and benefits for all of its members
    Collective bargaining
  • Radio talks
    Fireside chat
  • Ran against Hoover in the presidential electionin 1932. He bcame know as FDR to the Americans. He was a democratic president.
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • Situation in which the supply of manufacturing goods exceeds the demand
    overproduction
  • In 1939, writer __________ captured the miseries of the Dust Bowl in the Grapes of Wrath. It became a classic example of how Americans tried to cope with the depression.
    John Steinback
  • An African American singer that was denied a performance in the DAR's hall. Eleanor Roosevelt resigned form the organization and arranged for her to perform elsewhere. She protested against the Daughter of the American Revolution.
    Marian Anderson
  • rights guaranteed in the constitution and equal treatment of the law
    civil rights
  • Financial failure caused by an inability to pay one's debts
    bankruptcy