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30 Cards in this Set
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Roosevelt went on the radio weekly; very well-liked
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Fireside Chats
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When Roosevelt was governor of NY this was his group of professors trying to get NY out of the Depression
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Brain Trust
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first 100 days he was in office, Roosevelt created many of his new programs
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hundred days
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1st female cabinet member (Secretary of Labor)
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Frances Perkins
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stated that banks couldn't invest in the stock market
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Glass Steagall Act
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formed by Congress to insure deposits up to $5000; it is $100,000 today
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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regulated the stock market
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Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC)
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public spending to stimulate private industry and the economy to create jobs
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Pump Priming
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sent funds to depleting local relief agencies- within 2 hours $5 mil was given out; also funded public work programs
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
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launched projects such as the Grand Coolee Dam on the Columbia River
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Public Works Assosiation (PWA)
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gave the unemployed jobs building or repairing roads, parks, airports, etc.
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Civil Works Admin. (CWA)
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helped farmers and created jobs; built dams
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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put 2.5 unmarried men to work maintaining and restoring forests, beaches, and parks; $1 per day but got free board and job training; created a similar one for women; had to send $25 back home
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Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
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raised farm prcies, paid farmers not to raise specific crops and animals; lower production raised farm prices
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Agricultural Adjustment Admin. (AAA)
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ended sale of tribal lands and restored ownership of unallocated lands to Native American groups
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Indian Reorganization Act
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boosted declining prices, allowed trade assossiations in many industries to write codes regulating wages, working conditions, production, and prices
-set a minimum wage -blue eagle was the symbol |
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
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radio priest had 30 million listeners each week
-put a 2% sales tax on items -he attacked capitalism and bankers-blaming them for depression -esp. blamed Jews -started the National Union for Social Justice |
Charles Coughlin
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known as kingfish
-Share our wealth society -Every man is a king -No one would be hungry or poor -guarantee every Am. a minimum income of $2500 |
Huey Long
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-plan to pay $200 every month to every Am. over the age of 60 and they would have to spend the money in a few weeks
-developed a following of 5 mil. |
Francis Townsend
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-provided work to 8 mil. Americans
-constructed or repaired schools, hospitals, airfields, etc. -gave writers, artists, and actors jobs |
Works Progress Admin. (WPA)
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-est. a system that provided old-age pensions for workers, survivors benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, and aid for mothers and children, the blind and physically disabled
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Social Security Act
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legalized closed shops in which only union members could work
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Wagner Act
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banned child labor and set minimum wage
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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led by Harold Ickes; advised the pres. on issues important to Af. Am
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Black Cabinet
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shut down all banks in US until they could probe they were solvent; "banking holiday"; majority of banks re-opened in 3 days
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Emergency Banking Act
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gave pres. authority to appoint one new justice for every sittin gjustice who had reached the age of 70 and failed to retire-could apopint up to 15 judges
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Court Packing
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black educator-appointed to the advisory committee of National Youth Admin.
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Mary Mcleod Behune
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directed the complex programs of the NIRA
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National Recovery Admin.
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loaned more than $1 bil. to farms and set up camps for immigrant workers
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Farm Security Admin. (FSA)
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believed government interference was dangerous and step towards socialism
-person and property rights of individuals -right of government enterprise w/o government interference |
American Liberty League
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