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47 Cards in this Set
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New deal
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15 measuers that made up the heart of the program
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Bank Holiday
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designed to stop massive withdraws
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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insured each bank deposit up to $5,000
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Frances Perkins
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secratary of labor
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Harry L. Hopkins
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a former belief supervisor in New York
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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250,000 young men left there homes and went to army camps
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Security and Exchange Commision
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To protect investors and guard against stock fraud Roosevelt supported the passage
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John Maynard Keynes
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a noted British econimist
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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to stimulate industrial and business activity and reduce unemployment
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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paid farmers to reduce their output of corn, cotton, dairy products, hogs, rice, tobacco, wheat, and other commodities
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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which was created in may 1933
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Robert C. Weaver
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who held a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard
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Marian Anderson
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a world famous African American singer, to perform at their Washington D.C.
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John Collier
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observed the poor living conditions in American Indian communites
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Francis E. Townsend
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New Deal of California
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Charles E. Coughlin
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a radio priest from Michigan
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Huey Long
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a colorful but corrupt U.s. senator from Louisianna
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Share-Our- Wealth
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new kind of relief program
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Works Progress Administration
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help americans find jobs
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National youth Administration
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provided high school and college kids with part time jobs
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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a member of the black cabinet
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Social Security Act
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which congress passed in 1935
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Wagner- Connery Act
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guaranteed labors right to orginize unions and to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Lewis and several other labor leaders organized
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sit down strike
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leaving the automobile plants workers occupied them.
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Dust bowl
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affected region came to be called clouds of dust darkened the skies at noon and buried fences and farm machinery
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Roy E. Stryker
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head of the FSA historical section
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Walker Evans
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who depicted life among sharecroppers in rural Alabama
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Gordan Parks
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who later became a film maker
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Margaret Bourke- White
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international photojournalist
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Dorothea Lange
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best known of the FSA photographers
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Migrant Mother
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considered a masterpiece
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Federal Project Number one
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sought to encourage pride in American culture by providing work to artists in the fields of writing, theator, music, and visual arts
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John Steinbeck
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produced a gripping picture of the depression years in 1939
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The Grapes of Wrath
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poor familys as they travel from the dust bowl
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Zora Neale Hurston
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wrote Thei eyes were watching God
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Gone with the wind
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a sweeping story of the south set during the Civil War
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Frank Capra
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celebrated simple values and critizized the wealthy and politicians in films
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Aaron Copland
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composed used these basis for his popular compositions
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Thomas A Dorsey
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wrote songs such as Precious Lord, Take My Hand
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Mahalia Jackson
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popular gospel singer
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Benny Goodman
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helped popilize swing with his integrated band.
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Jacob Lawrence
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portrayed the daily lives of African American heroes
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Georgia O' Keeffe
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painted haunting images of the southwestern desert landscape
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regionist
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stressed local folk themes and customs
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American Gothic
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The most famous of the regioalist paintings
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Anna Moses
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early painter known during this period
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