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47 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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15 measures that made up the heart of the president's program
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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June 1933 insured each bank deposit up to $5,000 now insures some deposits up to $100,000
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Frances Perkins
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secretary of labor
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Harry L. Hopkins
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former relief supervisor in New York headed the FERA
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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in 1933 to provide relief for many unemployed young men between ages of 18 and 25
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bank holiday
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designed to stop massive withdrawals
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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to protect investors and guard against stock fraud
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John Maynard Keynes
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noted british economist
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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 products
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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transformed economic and social life of the region
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Robert C. Weaver
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held a Ph.D in ecnomics from Harvard.
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Marian Anderson
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a world-famous African American singer
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John Collier
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observed the poor living conditions in American Indian communities
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Francis E. Townsend
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wanted government to grant a pension of $200 a month to every American over 60 years of age
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Charles E Coughlin
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a radio priest from Michigan urged the government to nationalize all banks and return to the silver standard
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Huey Long
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a colorful but corrupt U.S senator from Louisiana
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Share-Our-Wealth
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would empower the government to seize wealth from the rich through taxes and then provide a guaranteed minimum income and a home for every American family
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Works Progress Administration
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designed to help Americans find work
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National Youth Administration
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provided high-school and college-age americans with part-time jobs that allowed them to stay in school
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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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provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs
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Wagner-Connery act
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National Labor Relations act guaranteed labor's right to organize unions and to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions
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Congress of Industrial Organization
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tried to unite workers in various industries
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sit-down strike
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workers sitting around work not doing anything waiting for management to me their demands
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Dust Bowl
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severe draught in the Great Plains
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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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depicted life among sharecroppers in rural later became a filmmaker
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Margaret Bourke-White
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photojournalist
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Dorothea Lange
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photographer
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Migrant Mother
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Langes master piece
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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 theater music and visual arts
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John Steinbeck
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produced a gripping picture of depression years
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The Grapes of Wrath
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John Steinbeck gripping picture of the depression years
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Zora Neale Hurston
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wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937)
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Richard Wright
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offered a frim picture of black urban lifein Native Son (1940)
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Gone With the Wind
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(1936) Margaret Mitchell's best selling novel
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Frank Capra
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celebrated simple values and criticized the wealthy and politicians
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Aaron Copland
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used basis of folk songs and folktales for his most 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 singers
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Benny Goodman
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helped popularize swing with his integrated band
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Jacob Lawrence
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portrayed the daily lives of AA heros
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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painted haunting images of the southwestern desert landscape
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regionalists
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stressed local folk themes and customs
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American Gothic
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most famous of the regionalist paintings
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Anna "Grandma" Moses
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elderly painter became well known
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