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15 Cards in this Set
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan for helping the U.S. economy during the Great Depression
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New Deal
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The 3 R's: Relief, Recovery & Reform
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A radio speech to Americans given by President Franklin Roosevelt
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Fireside Chat
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FDR used the radio to explain his goals in simple terms to millions of Americans
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A person who wants the government to do less for its citizens.
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Conservative
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They did not like raising taxes, interference in people's lives & business & spent too much money to help the unemployed.
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A person who wants the government to do more for its citizens
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Liberal
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They felt the New Deal wasn't strong enough and was just more of the same ideas that had failed in the past
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A daytime radio show that was paid for by soap companies
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Soap Opera
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In the 1930s they were broadcast over the radio. They helped people forget about their troubles for a brief time.
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The practice of hating Jewish people simply because
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Anti-Semetism
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Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party hated Jewish people.
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Recovery by helping banks, businesses, farmers & workers; Relief by giving help (cash payments) to jobless workers in need, and Reform by making long-term changes in the economy to prevent another depression.
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3-Rs
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Gave Americans new hope; "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
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A group of economists, college teachers and social workers asked by Pres. Roosevelt to execute his New Deal reforms.
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The Brain Trust
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This group included the 1st female Cabinet member, Frances Perkins.
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President Roosevelt & Congress drafted and passed legislation between March 9th and June 16th to end the Great Depression
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The Hundred Days
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These laws formed the CCC, AAA, FERA, TVA, & NIRA as part of the early New Deal programs.
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The Supreme Court felt the New Deal was unconstitutional; therefore Pres. Roosevelt decided to increase the number of judges from 9 to 15 & appointed younger ones who would support his reforms
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FDR's Court-Packing Scheme
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FDR's plan to appoint more younger judges and get older ones (>70yrs. to retire).
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She spoke out against racial segretation in public places and for civil rights laws
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Eleanor Roosevelt - 1st Lady
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Called the "eyes & ears of the President" she traveled and witnessed the problems caused by Great Depression
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A movie released in 1939 based on John Steinbeck's novel telling of Dust Bowl families who left their farm in Oklahoma and moved to California as migrant workers
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The Grapes of Wrath
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Told the plight of Dust Bowl families in the Great Depression years.
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A film based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell telling of a Southern woman's loves during and after the Civil War
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Gone With the Wind
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It starred Clark Gable as the leading male actor & showed the devastation of the war on the south
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The first female Cabinet member appointed by FDR as Secretary of Interior to help child labor reform and reduce unemployment
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Frances Perkins
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She was part of the "Brain Trust" set up by FDR
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An African-American Athlete in the 1939 Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany who defeated Hitler's favored Arian athletes in his own country & stadium
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Jesse Owens
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He won four gold medals in track and field events at the 1939 Olympics.
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