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Hoover
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President when Great Depression starts. To appease the Great Depression he uses voluntary actions and private charities.
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Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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Under Hoover. Gives out cheap business loans so that businesses will be less inclined to lay off workers, give cheaper pay etc.
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FDR
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Promises a new deal, active government response, improvisational, a good communicator
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New Deal
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The policy name where the government takes a very active role, and attempts recovery, relief etc.
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Huey Long
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Left wing. Believed to distribute the wealth. Very socialist/communist
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Social Security Act
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Second term of FDR. Designed to protect the savings of those who were working
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Wagner Act
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Gave more power to labor union. Set up the National Labor Relations Board. Strengthened the labor movement (had unskilled laborers). Set up the CIO- Congress of Industrial Organizations
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