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28 Cards in this Set
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
two-term government and 4 term President during the Depression and came out with the New Deal |
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Glass-Steagall Act |
the 1933 law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect individuals’ bank accounts. |
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Federal Securities Act |
a law, enacted in 1933, that required corporations to provide complete, accurate information on all stock offerings. |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act |
a law enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production. |
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Civilian Conservation Corps |
an agency, established as part of the New Deal, that put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion-control and flood-control projects. |
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National Industrial Recovery Act |
a law enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth. |
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deficit spending |
a government’s spending of more money than it receives in revenue. |
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Huey Long |
senator from Louisiana who challenged the New Deal |
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Eleanor Roosevelt |
wife of FDR who was a reformer and an activist |
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Works Progress Administration |
an agency, established as part of the Second New Deal, that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and other fields. |
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National Youth Administration |
an agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression. |
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Wagner Act |
enacted in 1935 to protect workers’ rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery Act Unconstitutional. |
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Social Security Act |
a law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children. |
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Francis Perkins |
Became America's first female cabinet member for FDR |
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Mary McLeod Bethune |
educator who dedicated her life to giving opportunity to young African Americans |
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John Collier |
commisioner of Indian affairs |
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New Deal Coalition |
an alliance of diverse groups—including Southern whites, African Americans, and unionized workers—who supported the policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930s and 1940s. |
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Congress of Industrial Organizations |
a labor organization composed of industrial unions founded in 1938, it merged with the AFL in 1955. |
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Gone with the Wind |
1939 movie dealing with the life of Southern plantation owners during the Civil War—one of the most popular films of all time. |
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Orson Welles |
actor, director, producer, and writer who wrote War of the Worlds |
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Grant Wood |
painter who did American gothic |
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Richard Wright |
an African American author who wrote native son |
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The Grapes of Wrath |
a novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1939, that deals with a family of Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California. |
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FDIC |
agency to protect people's savings in |
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Securities and Exchange Commission |
regulated investment banking |
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National Labor Relations Board |
an agency created in 1935 to prevent unfair labor practices and to mediate disputes between workers and management. |
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parity |
a government-supported level for the prices of agricultural products, intended to keep farmers’ incomes steady. |
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Tennessee Valley Authority |
a federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods. |
