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14 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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FDR's new plan to recover U.S. economy- 15 measures in 100 days.
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FDIC
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Insured each bank deposit up to $5,000.
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Frances Perkins
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Secretary of labor
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Harry L. Hopkins
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Headed the FERA
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Regulates companies that sell stocks and bonds
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CCC-Civilian conservation corps.
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1933-250,000 young men left for army camps to be trained to clean up and plant, for $30 a month.
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John Maynard Keynes
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a British economist who said that in order to save a country from depression the gov. had to give money.
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NIRA-National Industrial Recovery Act.
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Stabilizing prices, raise wages, limit work hours.
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AAA- Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Paid farmers to reduce their crops.
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Tennessee Valley Authority-TVA
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Tried to improve standard living.
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Robert C. Weaver
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Adviser with Ph.D. in economics from Harvard.
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Marian Anderson
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World famous African American singer
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John Collier
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Social worker, observed poor living conditions in American Indian communities.
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Francis E. Townsend
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A liberal reformer
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