Chapter 25 The New Deal

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New Deal

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FDR's programs to fix the American economy, 15 measures.

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Bank Holiday

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New Deal proclamation that temporarily closed every U.S. bank to stop massive withdrawals.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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New Deal agency created in 1933 to insure bank savings deposits.

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Frances Perkins

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Veteran reformer, was also secretary of labor.

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Harry L. Hopkins

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Former relief supervisor in New York, headed Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA).

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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New Deal agency established in 1933; employed young men on conservation projects.

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

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Federal agency that regulates companies that sell stocks and bonds.

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John Maynard Keynes

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A noted British economist who argued that for a nation to recover fully from a depression, the government had to spend money to encourage investment and consumption.

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Work Progression Administration (WPA)

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Designed to help Americans find work.

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Francis E. Townsend

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Wanted to give Americans over the age of 65 a $200 pension every month to pump money into the economy.

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Charles E. Coughlin

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A radio priest who urged the government to nationalize all banks and return to the silver standard.

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Huey Long

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Colorful but corrupt senator who wanted to tax the rich in order to give to the poor.

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Share-Our-Wealth

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Relief program proposed by Long which would empower the government to tax the rich to give to the poor.

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National Youth Administration (NYA)

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Provided high school and college age American's 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, Director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the NYA.

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Social Security Act

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Contained 3 major provisions, including unemployment insurance to workers who lost jobs, provided pensions to retired workers over the age of 65, and 3rd, payments to people with disabilities, the elderly, and the wives and children of male workers who had died.

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Wagner-Connery Act

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Guaranteed labor's right to organize unions and to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions.

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Isolationism

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Withdrawal from world affairs

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Disarmament

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Reducing the size of a country's military

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Emily Greene Balch

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Played important role as a leader of the women's movement

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Washington Conference

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An international conference held in Washington DC

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Charles Evans Hughs

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U.S. secretary of state

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Kellogg-Briand Pact

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Treaty that outlawed war with the exception of self-defense.

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Adolf Hitler

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German World War I veteran, survived a poison gas attack and blamed politicians for the loss Germany suffered. Later became leader of the Nazi cause

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Emiliano Chamorro

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Overthrew the Nicaraguan government and was denied acknowledgment from the U.S. government.

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Henry Stimson

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A long time public official who negotiated the end to the civil war in Nicaragua

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Augusto Cesar Sandino

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A general who opposed Chamorro

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Adolfo Diaz

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Chamorro's successor

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Anastasio Somoza

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Ordered Sandino's assassination

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Good Neighbor policy

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Policy of mutual respect toward Latin America

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Caudillos

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Military leaders who used force to maintain order

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Benito Mussolini

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founder of the Fascist Party

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Fascist Party

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Party that believed that a military-dominated government should control all aspects of society.

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Blackshirts

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Mussolini's army who wore black

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Joseph Stalin

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Emerging leader of the Soviet Union

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Totalitarian State

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A country where the government has complete control

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Nazi Party

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Adolf Hitler's National Socialist Party

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Brownshirts

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Nazi storm troopers' nickname, given to them because of the color of their uniforms.

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Antisemitism

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Hatred of Jews

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Kristallnacht

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A night when Nazi thugs burned down synagogues and destroyed Jewish businesses

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Francisco Franco

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Leader of military men who felt threatened by fascist reforms

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Popular Front

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an international alliance of organizations united against fascism

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Axis Powers

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Military alliance formed between Germany and Italy

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Munich Conference

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Signing of a pact that gave Germany control of the Sudetenland

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Appeasement

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Giving into demands in an attempt to avoid larger conflict

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Winston Churchill

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Politician from Great Britain who feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory

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Nonaggression pact

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Pact in which Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack one another

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Axis Powers

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Military alliance formed between Germany and Italy

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Munich Conference

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Signing of a pact that gave Germany control of the Sudetenland

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Appeasement

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Giving into demands in an attempt to avoid larger conflict

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Winston Churchill

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Politician from Great Britain who feared that appeasement would encourage Hitler to seize additional territory

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Nonaggression pact

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Pact in which Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack one another

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Allied Powers

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Britain and France

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Lend-Lease Act

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Appropriated $7 billion for ships, planes, tanks, and other supplies to non-Axis countries

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Blitzkrieg

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Hitler's assault on Poland

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Maginot Line

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A line of defenses along the French border with Germany

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Atlantic Charter

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A joint pledge to not pursue territorial expansion

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Hideki Tojo

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Prime minister of Japan who committed his nation to expansion