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18 Cards in this Set
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Hundred Days
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the first 100 days of FDR's term where he sent 15 new programs to be approved by congress
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fireside chats
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FDR made annoncements over the radio about new deal policies and ideas to get out of the Great Depression
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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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civil works administation
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gave the unemployed jobs building or improving roads, parks, airports and other facilities
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CCC
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put 2.5 million unmarried male workers into forests, beach, and parks and restoration projects
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New Deal
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proposals and programs adopted by president FDR in response to thr Great Depression
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federal deposit insurance corporation
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insured deposits in banks up to 5,000 dollars
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NAACP
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founded by Mary Mcleod Bethune who set up 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 the 1935 and lasting 8 years provided work for mare 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 Board
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program used to enforce the provisions of the Wagner Act
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National Labor Relation 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 bargan
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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stopped child labor and established a minimum 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 umemployment insurance and aid for single mothers blind and the phyically diabled
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Huey Long
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LA politcian in 1930's called the kingfish; suggested redistubuting large fortunes by means of grants to families; assinated 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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Committee of Industial Organizations
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sought to oraganize the nation's unskilled workers
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congress of Industrial Organization
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Labor group that split off from the American Federation of Laber in 1938 and organized unskilled steel, auto and other workers
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