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30 Cards in this Set
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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the most active First lady in the history
influenced policies of the national government |
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Election of 1932
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FDR- D *
Hoover- R Sign- For the First time, Blacks became a part of the Democratic party |
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National Banking Holiday
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FDR, to prelude the opening the banks on a sounder basis
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The 100 Days Cong
Emergency Congress |
passed a series of laws in order to cope with the national emergency
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The New Deal
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Relief, Recovery, Reform
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Blank-Check Powers
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head of the most of the New Deal Authority
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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regulate the banking transactions and foreign exchange and to reopen solvent banks
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Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act
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created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC
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insured individual banks deposits up to $5,000
ended the bank failures |
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Civilian Conservation Corps
CCC |
provided employment for about 3M
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Federal Emergency Relief Act (Administration) FERA
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headed by Hopkins
granted about $3B to the states or direct relief payments or wages on work projects |
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Agricultural Admistration Act
AAA |
help farmers meet their mortgages
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation
HOLC |
assisted many houses that had trouble paying mortgages
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Works Progress Administration
WPA |
employment on useful projects
criticized by taxpayers |
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National Recovery Administration NRA
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assist industry, labor, and the unemployed
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Schechter Decision
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cong could not delegate leg powers tot he president
cong conrol of the interstate commerce could not apply to local business |
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Agricultral Adjustment Administration
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parity prices
(Parity- the price set for the product that gave it the same eral value, in purchasing power, 1909-1914) |
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The Public Works Administration PWA
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both ind recovery and for unemployment relief
Harold L. Ickes spent over $4B on thousands of projects |
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Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act
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reduction of crop acreage achieved by paying farmers to plant soil-conserving crops
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Dust Bowl
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trans-Miss plains
caused by countless acres, dry-farming techniques, and mechanization |
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Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act
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suspensiono f mortgage foreclosures for 5 yrs
***struck down by S.C |
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Resettlement Admin
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moving near-farmless farmers to better lands
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Indian Reorganization Act
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self-gov to N.A tribes
preserve their traditions |
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Federal Securities Act
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ag fraud
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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC
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watchdog ag admin agency
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TN Valley Authority TVA
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predicting how much the production and distribution of electricity would cost
test the fairness of rates |
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Federal Housing Administration FHA
US Housing Authority USHA |
lend money to states or communities for low-cost production
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Social Security Act of 1935
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security for old age
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National Labor Relations Act
(Wagner Act) National Labor Relations Bd |
admin purposes
rights of labor to engage in self-organization and to bargain collectively through rep of its own choice |
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Committee for Industrial Organization CIO
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John Lewis
sit-down strike technique |
