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52 Cards in this Set
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FDR’s First Inaugural Address-
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The “nothing to fear but fear itself” inaugural
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Fireside Chats-
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The Brain Trust-
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FDR’s Columbia University advisers
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Bank Holiday-
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Declared by FDR upon taking Presidency it closed down banks to keep them from failing until FDR could pass emergency New Deal bills & reassure the public that banks could be trusted
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Emergency Banking Act-
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1933 FDR bill that monitored banks to keep them from bankruptcy
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Hundred Days-
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Period after FDR’s inauguration during which 15 major New Deal laws were passed
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Home Owners Loan Corporation-
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New Deal legislation to help people refinance and keep their homes
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Glass-Steagall Act-
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New Deal legislation that separated commercial and investment banking & created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to protect bank accounts
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Civilian Conservation Corps-
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a.k.a. CCC. New Deal legislation to put young men to work in environmental conservation
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Tennessee Valley Authority-
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a.k.a.TVA. New Deal legislation to promote industrial development in TN Valley by building dams, providing power & managing resources
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Agricultural Adjustment Act-
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a.k.a.AAA. New Deal legislation to provide subsidies for farmers to cut production
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National Industrial Recovery Act-
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New Deal legislation that created the National Recovery Administration (NRA) to regulate industry. It’s slogan “We Do Our Part” was one of the most famous of the New Deal.
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Federal Emergency Relief -
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a.k.a.FERA. New Deal legislation under Harry Hopkins that gave direct relief (i.e.$) to people
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The Dole-
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Public Works Administration-
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a.k.a. PWA. New Deal legislation to put people to work on public works projects
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Civil Works Administration-
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a.k.a. CWA. New Deal legislation to put people to work on public works projects
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Alphabet Soup Agencies-
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Term for FDR’s many New Deal programs
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Securities and Exchange-
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a.k.a. SEC. New Deal legislation to regulate the stock market and in particular buying stocks on credit
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Commission
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(margin buying )
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Banking Act of 1935-
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New Deal legislation that put control of interest rates at federal level and further centralized US banking
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Liberty League-
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Anti-New Deal organization formed in 1934 that accused FDR of being a socialist
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Schechter v. United States-
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1935 Supreme Court decision striking down the NRA and threatening all New Deal legislation
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Townsend Clubs-
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Formed after 1933 to promote Francis Townsend’s idea of old-age pensions
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Father Charles Coughlin-
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Huey Long-
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Radical populist LA governor & senator whose Share the Wealth Society proposed 100% tax on incomes over $1 million & inheritances over $5 million. He forced FDR to the left and might have challenged him for the 1936 nomination but was assassinated in 1953.
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Second New Deal-
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FDR’s plan to increase the role of the federal gov’t to redistribute the nation’s wealth
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Wagner Act-
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1935 Second New Deal legislation that protected the right of workers to organize
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Social Security Act-
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1935 Second New Deal legislation that provided old-age pensions & help to disabled and “deserving poor”
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Welfare State-
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Idea that the gov’t (i.e. the state) should be the primary provider of social & economic security
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Works Progress Administration-
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Revenue Act-
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1935 Second New Deal legislation that increased inheritance, income & corporate taxes
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Election of 1936-
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FDR defeats Republican Alf Landon in a landslide
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FDR’s Second Inaugural Address-
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The “ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished” inaugural
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Court Packing Scandal-
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FDR tries to increase from 9 to 15 the number of Supreme Court justices to protect his New Deal in 1937
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National Housing Act-
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1937 Second New Deal legislation that mandated the construction of low-cost housing
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Fair Labor Standards Act-
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Roosevelt Recession-
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1937-1938 economic slowdown after FDR reduced federal programs in hope that the pump was primed
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John Maynard Keynes-
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British economist who proposed that deficit spending (the spending of public funds obtained by borrowing rather than taxation) would stimulate economies (or prime the pump)
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Congress of Industrial Org-
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a.k.a.CIO. Industrial (as opposed to trade) union founded by United Mine Workers (UMW) president John L. Lewis in 1935 which helped to make General Motors recognize the United Automobile Workers (UAW) in 1936 and US Steel Corporation recognize the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (SWOC) in 1937
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Memorial Day Massacre-
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Chicago labor riot at Republic Steel plant in 1937
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Francis Perkins-
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FDR’s sec of labor, she was the first woman appointed to a cabinet post
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Eleanor Roosevelt-
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FDR’s wife and helpmate who was considered the conscience of the New Deal
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Mary McLeod Bethune-
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Black Braintruster woman who ran FDR’s Office of Minority Affairs
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Indian Reorganization Act-
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1934 New Deal legislation a.k.a. Indian New Deal. It reversed the Dawes Act and encouraged self-gov’t
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Rural Electrification-
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1935 New Deal legislation to bring power to rural areas
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Federal One-
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New Deal arts program that was part of the WPA to employ artists
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Federal Art Project-
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a.k.a.FAP. New Deal program led by Holger Cahill to put artists to work
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Federal Music Project-
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New Deal program led by Nicholas Sokoloff to employ musicians and catalog American folk tunes
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Federal Writers Project-
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a.k.a.FWP led by Henry Alsberg to employ writers
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Federal Theatre project-
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a.k.a.FTP led by Hallie Flanagan to employ theatre workers. It was terminated in 1939 due to its pro-socialist work that many red-baiters (people who accused people of being pro-communist) objected to
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Red-Baiting-
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Accusing people of being communists or socialists or being sympathetic to those causes
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Documentary Impulse-
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Artistic trend that presented actual facts & events in ways that aroused the interest & emotion of the audience
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