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26 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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Proposals and programs adopted by FDR in response to the Great Depression; included social and economic programs and changes in government regulation
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Hundred Days
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First 100 days of FDR's term of office
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Civilian Conservation Corps.
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put 2.5 million unmarried male workers into forest, beach, and park maintence and restoration projects
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Federal Securities Act
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Full disclosure of information about stock offered for sale
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Fireside Chats
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When FDR went on the radio to speak to the nation
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Civil Works Administration
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gave the unemployed jobs building and improving roads, parks, airports, and other facilities
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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sought to bolster those prices and thus help businesses and individuals
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Emergency Banking Act
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Authorized the government to inspect the financial health of all banks
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Indian Reorganization Act
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Ended the sale of tribal lands begun under the Dawes Act and restored ownership of unallocated lands to Native American groups
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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helped farmers and created jobs in one of the country's least modernized regions
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Francis Perkins
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Secretary of labor 1933-1945 under FDR; first woman cabinet member
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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First Lady 1933-1945; tireless worker for social causes, including women's rights and civil rights for African Americans and other groups
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Insured deposits up to $5,000
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Regulated the stock market
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Federal Reserve Board
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power to regulate the purchase of stock on margin
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NAACP
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founded by Mary McLeod Bethune who set up the programs to further womens rights and the education of african american girls
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Works Progress Administration
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agency set up in 1935 and lasting 8 years, provided work for more than 8 million citizens
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National Labor Relations Act
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program used to enforce the provisions of the Wagner Act
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National Labor Relations Act
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Legalized practices allowed only unevenly in the past, such as closed shops- in which only union members can work- and collective bargaining
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National Labor Relations Board
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program used to enforce the provisions of the Wagner Act
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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banned child labor and established a minimun wage for all workers covered under the act
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Social Security Act
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established a system that provided old-age pensions for workers; survivors' benefits for victims of industrial accidents; unemployment insurance; and aid for dependent mothers and children, blind, and the physically disabled
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Huey Long
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LA politician in 1930s called the Kingfish; suggested redistributing large fortunes by means of grants to families; assassinated in 1935
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American Federation of Labor
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Done little to attract unskilled industrial workers during the half century of existence
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Labor group that split off from the American Federation of Labor in 1938 and organized unskilled steel, auto, and other workers
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Committee of Industrial Organizations
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sought to organize the nation's unskilled workers
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