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24 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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15 measures
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Bank holiday
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Designed to stop massive withdrawls
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Stuff with bank increases
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Frances Perkins
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Secretary of Labor
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Harry L. Hopkins
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Former relief supervisor in New York, headed the FERA
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Provided relief for many unemployed young men between the ages of 18 and 25
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Created by the Federal Securities Act
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John Maynard Keynes
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Noted British economist
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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Stimulated industrial and business activity and reduced unemployment
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Paid farmers to reduce their output of corn, cotton, dairy products, hogs, rice, tobacco, wheat, and other commodities
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Headed by David E. Lilienthal
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Robert C. Weaver
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Held a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard
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Marian Anderson
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World-famous Arican American singer
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John Collier
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Observed the poor living conditions in American Indian communities
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Francis E. Townsend
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Liberal reformer from California
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Charles E. Coughlin
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Radio priest from Michigan
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Huey Long
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A colorful but corrupt U.S. senator
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Share-Our-Wealth
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New kind of relief program
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Works Progress Administration
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Help African Americans find work
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National Youth Administration
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A junior WPA
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Mary McLeod
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Member of Black Cabinet
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Social Security Act
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Provided unemployment insurance
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Wagner-Connery Act
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Guaranteed labor's right to organize unions
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Congress of Industrial Organization
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Tried to unite workers
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