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24 Cards in this Set
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international treaty attempting to outlaw war
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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increase in tariff, may have contributed to depression
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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government loan agency, attempted to boost economy during Hoover administration
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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unemployed veterans marched on Washington to demand pension bonus
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Bonus Army
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nickname for shantytowns frequented by the homeless
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Hooverville
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FDR’s solution to bank closures, part of restructuring process
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Bank holiday
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rapid passage of legislative package early in FDR’s first year
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Hundred Days
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the three phases of the New Deal
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Relief, Recovery, Reform
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FDR’s highly educated advisors
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Brain Trust
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government banking insurance agency
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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New Deal attempt at voluntary business regulation, the blue eagle
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National Industrial Recovery Administration
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public construction projects designed to immediately employ young urban men
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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government’s stock market regulatory agency
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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government owned power and production facilities project
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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reversal of Dawes Act, the Indian New Deal, return of tribal sovereignty
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Indian Reorganization Act
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protected the rights of workers to form unions and collective bargaining
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Wagner Act
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govt agency regulating fair labor and union elections
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National Labor Relations Board
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devastating droughts that plagued farms in early 30s
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Dust Bowl
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FDR’s Secretary of Labor, first woman cabinet member
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Frances Perkins
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FDR’s wife, very active first lady
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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radical populist politician from Louisiana, assassinated 1935
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Huey Long
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popular radio preacher, critical of the New Deal
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Father Coughlin
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critic of FDR, proposed old age pension – forerunner of Social Security
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Dr. Francis Townsend
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FDR’s plan to expand the Supreme Court to fill it with New Deal supporters
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Court Packing Plan
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