Ch. 25 - The New Deal

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New Deal

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FDR's plan to recover the economy which took 100 days to approve all 15 measures of the plan.

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Bank Holiday

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FDR first focused on the banking system by issuing a proclamation by closing the every bank in the nation for a few days to stop massive withdrawals.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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An organization that insured each bank deposit up to $5,000. Now, it insures up to $100,000.

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Frances Perkins

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FDR's secretary of labor, a veteran reformer.

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Harry L. Hopkins

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A former relief supervisor in NY who headed the FERA (Federal Emergency Relief Administration).

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Civilian Corporation Corps (CCC)

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A program that provided relief to young men aged 18-25. 250,000 men left homes and went to army camps for CCC training. After the training, they planted trees, cleared underbrush, created park trails, and developed campgrounds and beaches. Earned $30 a month.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Regulated companies that sold stocks and bonds.

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John Maynard Keyes

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British economist whose theories made up the base of FDR's New Deal.

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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

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An Act passed to stimulate industrial and business activity and reduce unemployment. Examples of this are: Public Works Administration (PWA) and the National Recovery Act (NRA).

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

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Paid farmers to reduced their output of corn, cotton, dairy products, hogs, rice, tobacco, wheat and other commodities.

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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Transformed the economic and social life of the region affected by floods in the Tennessee River Valley.

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Robert C. Weaver

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African American advisor to the Department of the Interior on racial matters. Held a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.

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Marian Anderson

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World-famous African American singer who was refused by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) to preform at their Washington D.C. hall. Mrs. Roosevelt reacted strongly to this.

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John Collier

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Observed the poor living conditions in the American Indian reform efforts.

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Francis E. Townsend

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Liberal reformer who opposed the New Deal by wanting the gov. to grant a pension of $200 a month to every American over 60 years old.

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Charles E. Coughlin

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A radio priest from Michigan who urged the gov. to nationalize all banks and return to the silver standard.

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Huey Long

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Corrupt U.S. senator from Louisiana who wanted to take from the rich and give to the poor. (Robin Hood)

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Share-Our-Wealth

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Relief program established in 1934 which would empower the gov. to seize wealth from the rich through taxes and the provide a guaranteed minimum income and a home to every American family.

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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A program designed to help Americans find work.

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National Youth Administration (NYA)

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A program designed to help young adults age 16-25. A junior WPA.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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Woman member of the Black Cabinet appointed director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the NYA by Eleanor Roosevelt.

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Social Security Act

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Passed in 1935 that provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs; provided pensions to retired workers older that 65; and provided payments to people with disabilities, the elderly, and the wives and children of male workers who had died.

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Wagner-Connery Act

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Guaranteed labor's right to organize unions and to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions.

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Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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Tried to unite workers in various industries including skilled, unskilled, workers in any industry alike.

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Sit-Down Strike

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Instead refusing to show up to your job, you refuse to leave your job.

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Dust Bowl

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Region of the southern midwest affected by massive clouds of dust storms.

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Roy E. Stryker

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Head of the FSA historical section who assembled a team of photographers.

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Walker Evans

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Photographer chosen by the FSA who depicted life among share croppers in rural Alabama.

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Gordon Parks

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African American hired by the FSA who later became a filmmaker.

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Margaret Bourke-White

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One of the best known FSA photographers.

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Dorothea Lange

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Along with Margaret Bourke-White is one of the best known FSA photographers.

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Migrant Mother

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Dorothea Lange's most famous photograph.

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Dust Bowl

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Drought that affected regions of the midwest where clouds of dust and wind buried everything in its path.

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Roy E. Stryker

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Head of the FSA historical section who assembled a team of renowned photographers.

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Walker Evans

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One of the photographers chosen by the FSA who depicted life among sharecroppers in rural Alabama.

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Gordon Parks

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African American photographer chosen by the FSA who later became a filmmaker.

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Margaret Bourke-White

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One of the best known FSA photographers.

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Dorothea Lange

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Sits with Margaret Bourke-White as one of the best known FSA photographers.

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Migrant Mother

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Dorothea Lange's most famous piece that shows an exhausted single mother whose children survived by eating vegetables they scavenged from California fields.

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Federal Project Number One

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Cost $300 million dollars and sought to encourage pride in American culture by providing work to artists in the fields of writing, theater, music, and visual arts.

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John Steinbeck

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Author of The Grapes of Wrath.

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The Grapes Of Wrath

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Follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California.

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Zora Neale Hurston

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Wrote: Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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Richard Wright

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Pictured a grim black urban life in his book, Native Son.

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Gone With The Wind

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Written in 1936, it was a story of the Old South set during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

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Frank Capra

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Celebrated simple values and criticized the wealthy in films.

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Thomas A. Dorsey

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African American composer who wrote songs such as "Precious Lord, Take My Hand."

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Mahalia Jackson

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A popular gospel singer.

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Jacob Lawrence

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Harlem artist who portrayed the daily lives of African American heroes like Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman.

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Georgia O'Keeffe

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A New Mexican artist who painted haunting images of the southwestern desert landscape.

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Regionalists

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Midwestern artists who stressed local folk themes and customs.

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American Gothic

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Painted by Grant Wood of Iowa, was most famous regionalist painting.

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Anna "Grandma" Moses

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Well known as an elderly regionalist painter.