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17 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Agency established by Hoover to provide funds to banks and insurance companies
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Wife of FDR; redefined the role of first lady and influenced social policy during the New Deal
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Frances Perkins
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Former progressive reformer and first woman cabinet member; led the committee that wrote the Social Security Act
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Agency that employed millions of young men
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Federal Emergency Relief Act
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Keystone of early New Deal that provided relief funds to cities states
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Agency overseeing effort to help farmers by reducing production, raising prices
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National Recovery Administration
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Attempt to gain cooperation in recovery efforts among government, business, labor leaders
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Ambitious plan of economic development; centered on damn building for poor Appalachian area
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Harry Hopkins
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A former administrator of New York State charitable organizations, emerged as one of the most powerful figures in New Deal
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Works Progress Administration
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Massive public works program during the Second New Deal; included programs to employ artists, writers, and actors
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National Labor Relations Act
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Measure that furthered industrial unionization
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Social Security Act
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Measure to establish old age pensions, unemployment benefits, care for widows and orphans
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Farm Security Administration
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Made low-interest loans to help tenant farmers and sharecroppers become more self-sufficient
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Federal regulation setting a national minimum wage and a maximum work week
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Counterpart of AFL, but for unskilled industrial workers
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Indian Reorganization Act
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Effort during the New Deal to restore the sovereignty and viability of the Indian tribes
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popular front
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Coalition of liberal, communist elements against fascism
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