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Franklin Delano Roosevelt A.K.A FDR |
●Two term governor of NY president Theodore Roosevelt ●distant cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt ●fixed the problems of unemployment and poverty ●Democrats pinned theirs hopes ●Democrats pinned theirs hopes on FDR
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New deal |
Goal ●relief for the needy ●Economic recovery ●Financial reform |
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Glass stegall act |
● Established the federal deposit insurance corporation FDIC ● Provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts up to 5,000 ●Reassuring that millions of bank customers money was safe |
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Federal securities act |
●Passed may 13 ●Required corporations to provide complete info all on stock offerings |
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Agriculture Adjustment Act |
Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production. |
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Civilian conservation corps |
Put young men aged 18-25 ●work buildings roads ●developing parks ●planting trees ●help soil Erison and flood control projects |
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National industrial recovery act |
Provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and often community buildings |
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Deficit spending |
Spending more money than the govt receives in reveune. |
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Huey Long |
●Senator ●Early supporter of the new deal ●Turned against Roosevelt to win presidency |
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Eleanor Roosevelt |
Urged her husband to appoint women to govt positions |
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Works progress administration |
Create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible |
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National youth administration |
Create specifically to provide education, jobs, counseling and recreation for young people. |
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Wagner act |
Reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining. |
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Social security act |
Passed in 1935 Old age Unemployment compensation system Aid to families with dependent children and people with disabilities |
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France Perkins |
America's first female cabinet |
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Mary McLeod Bethune |
Organize a black cabinet African Americans to advise the Roosevelt administration on racial issues. |
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John Collier |
Commissioner of Indian Affairs |
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New deal coalition |
Alignment of diverse group dedicated to support the Democratic party |
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Congress of industrial organization |
in 1998 The committee for industrial organizations as expelled from the AFl and changed its name to CIO the spilt lasted until 1955. |
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Gone with the Wind |
most popular film in the era, |
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orson Welles |
an actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most renowned radio casts of all time. |
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Grant Wood |
Iowa's famous painting american Gothic |
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Richard Wright |
an African American author, complete his acclaimed novel native son about a young men trying to survive in a racist world |
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The grapes of Wrath |
John Steinbeck's epic novel, reveals the lives of Oklahomas who left the dust bowl and ended in cali |
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
to regulate banking and investment activities |
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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) |
created the under the Wagner act , continues to act as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers . |
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parity |
a price intended to keep farmer's income steady |
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Tennessee valley Authority TVA |
harnessed water power to generate electricity and help to prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee valley . |
