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36 Cards in this Set
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new deal
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f.d.r's program
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frances perkins
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first woman cabinet member
secretary of labor |
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Emergency Banking Act
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created a banking holiday where all banks were closed to prevent "run-ons"
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Fireside Chats
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f.d.r's way of communicating with the people through the radio
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Glass-Steagall Act
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created the FDIC which insured savings deposits
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FDIC
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federal deposit insurance corporation
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Gold Reserve Act
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takes the united states off the gold currency
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Security Exchange Commission
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SEC
regulates the stock market |
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21st ammendment
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repeals the 18th ammendment which was prohibition
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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CCC
planted trees, restored forsts, etc. only gave jobs to men who lived on site military style |
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Tenessee Valley Authority
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TVA
built a series of damns which provided cheap, easy electricity to the poorest part of the nation |
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Home-Owners Loan Corporation
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HOLC
created to make it easier to pay morgages |
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Federal Housing Administration
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FHA
provides loans for new construction |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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AAA
designed to help farmers, the government paid them to plant less |
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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NIRA
said competitors in business should talk to each other to fix prices, allowed unions |
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NRA
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National Recovery Adiministration, ran the NIRA
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PWA
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Public Works Administration
built roads, airports, etc. |
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CWA
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Civil Works Administration
took place of the PWA |
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FDRA
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federal emergency relief act
gave money to the people |
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WPA
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works progress administration did various public works
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Francis Townsend
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said everyone over 60 should be payed $200 per month, as long as they spent it
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Charles Coughlin
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"radio priest"
said banks caused problems and started to accuse jews of manipulating the banks |
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Huey Long
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program called, "share our wealth"
said no men should be rich |
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unconstitutional
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NIRA and AAA
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Social Security
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helped:
1. elderly 2. unemployed 3. disabled 4. aid for dependent children |
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Wagner Act
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establishd the NLRB, allowed the organization of unions
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NLRB
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national labor relations board, created in the NLRA
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election of 1936
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F.D.R. wins against Landon for his second term
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court-packing
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f.d.r. wanted to appoint 6 more supreme court justices to make 15
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Roosevelt Recession
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economy collapses all over again because roosevelt decreases spending and raises taxes
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Fair Labor Standards
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sets a minimum wage of .25 cents per hour, sets the workweek at 40 hours
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Bankhead Jones
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helped tenant farmers buy up the land they had worked on
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rural electrification
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the government would pay to run the electrical lines to the rural homes and farms
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eleanor roosevelt
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active first lady, tried to help the rights of women
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CIO
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Committee for industrial organization
organized workers in mass production |
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John L. Lewis
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head of the united mine workers and becomes head of CIO
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