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40 Cards in this Set
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Attempted to regulate agricultural production through farm subsudies; reworked after the Supreme Court ruled its key regulatory provisions unconstitutional in 1936; coordinating agricultural production during WW2, after which it was disbanded.
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CCC
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Young men between the ages of 18 and 25 volunteered to be placed in camps to work on regional environmental projects, mainly west of the Mississippi; they recieved $30 a month, $25 was sent home; disbanded during WW2.
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CWA
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Emergencywork relief program put more than 4 million people to work during the extremely cold winter of 1933-1934, after that, it was disbanded.
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PWA
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Financed more than 34000 federal and nonfederal constructon projects at a cost of more than 6 billion; initiated the first federal public housing program, made the federal government the nations leading producer of power, and advanced conservation of the nations natural resources; discontinued in 1939 due to its effectiveness at reducing unemployment and promoting private investment.
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TVA
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An attempt at a regional planning. Included provisions for environment and recreational design; architectural, educational, and health projects; and controversial public power projects; continues today to meet the TN Valleys energy and flood control needs.
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NLRB
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Greatly enhanced power of American labor by overseeing collective bargaining; continues arbitrate labor management disputes today.
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REA
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Transformed american rural life by making electricity available at low rates to american farm families in areas that private power companies refused to service; closed the cultural gap between rural and urban everyday life by making modern amenities availiable in rural areas.
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FSA
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Granted loans to small farmers and tenents for rehabilitation and purchase of small sized farms; Congress slashed its appropriations during WW2 when may poor farmers entered the armed forcesor migrated to urban areas.
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WPA
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Massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WW2.
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FLSA
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Established a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour and a maximum workweek of 40 hours for business engaged in interstate commerce.
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NRA
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A keystone pf the early new deal, this federal agency was created in 1933 to promote economic recovery and revive industry during the great depression. It permitted manufacturers to establish industrywide codes of fair business practices setting prices and production levels. it also provided for minimum wages and maximum working hours for labor ad guaranteed labor the right to organize and bargain collectively. The supreme court declared it unconstitutional in 1935
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SSA
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1935. establishd a system of old age, unemployment, and survivors insurance funded by wage and payroll taxes. it did not include health insuranc and did not originally cover many o the most needy groups and individuals.
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Wagner Act
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1935. created the NLRB to supervise unionelections and designate winning unions as official bargaining agets. The board could also isse cease and sesist orders to employers who dealt unfairly with their workers.
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CCC
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onw of the most popular new deal programs, te CCC was created b congress to provid young men between ages 18 and 25 with government jobs in reforestation and other conservation projects. employed over 300000
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bonus army
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in 1932, a group of 20000 WW1 veterans marched on WDC to demand immediate payment of their adjusted compensation bonuses voted by congress in 1924. Congress rejected their demands, Hoover feared ther ranks were infested with criminals and radicals, had the bonus army forcibly removed from the encampment. it was a public relations disaster for hoover/
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Court Packing
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Concerned that the conservative SC might declare all his ND programs unconstitutional, FDR asked congress to allow him to appoint additionl justices to the court. both congress and the public rejected this.
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New Deal
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in aceopting the nomination of the democratic partyin 1932, FDR promised a new deal for the american people. after his election, the label was applied to his program of legislation passed to combat the GD, The ND included measures aimed at relief, reform, and recovery .
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