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39 Cards in this Set
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NRA
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Established a system of industrial codes to control production, prices, labor relations, and rade practices among leading business inerests. Ruled uncon in 1935
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AAA
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Tried to regulate agri produc through farm subsides. eworked afer Sup Court ruled some of its provisions uncon. Coordinated agric produc during WWII
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WPA
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Massive work relief program funded projecs ranging from construction to acting. Disbanded during WWII by FDR
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Social Security Act
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Guarenteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at 65. Set up fed-state systems of unemployement insur and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and pub health
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CCC
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Young men between 18 and 25 volunteered to be placed in camps to work on regional enviromental projects, mainly west of the Miss. Recieved $30/month, $25 of which was sent home. Disbanded during WWII
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PWA
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Financed 34,000+ projects at a cost of $6 billion +. Also created first fed pub housing program, adv conservation of the nation's nat resources. Ended in 1939
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CWA
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Emergency work relief program put more than 4 million people to work during the extremely cold winter of 1933-34. Disbanded after this
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FSA
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Graned loans to small farmers and tenants for rehab and purchase of small-size farms. Congress slashed its appropriations during WII when many poor farmers entered the armed forces or migrated to urban areas
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Establisted a min wage of 40 cents an hour and a max workweek of 40 hours for businesses engaged in interstate commerce
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TVA
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Attempt at regional planning. Included provisions for envirand rec design, architerctural, edu, health projects, and controversial pub power projects. Continues today
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REA
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Transformed rural life by making electricity avail at low rates to farm families in areas that private power comps refused to service; closed the gap between rural and urb everyday life by making modern amenities, such as radio, avail in rural areas
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NLRB
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Greatly enchanced power of Amer labor by overseeing collective bargaining. Continues to arbitrarate labor-management disputes today
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Court Packing
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Concerned that the conserv Sup Court might declare all of his New Deal programs ncon, FDR asked Congress to allow him to appoint more justices to the Court. Congres, pub rejected the scheme and it was defeated
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New Deal
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Promised by FDR when he accepted the nomination of the Dem party in 1932. Label was applied to his program of legis passed to combat the Great Depression. Included measures aimed at relief, reform, and recovery. Achieved some relief, considerable reform
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Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
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Created the Nat Labor Relations Board to supervise union elections, dsignate winning unions as official bargaining agents. Board could aslo isse cease and desist orders to employers who dealt unfairly with workers
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Fireside Chats
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Radio broadcasts where FDR addressed the nation in conversational tones
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RFC
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Loaned gov money to financial institutions to save them from bankruptcy. Passed in 1932
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Bonus Army
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A group of 20,000 WWI veterans who marched on Washington DC to demand immediate payment of their adjusted comp bonuses voted by Congress. Demands were rejected by Congress and Hoover had the group forcibly removed from the encampment in a pub relations disaster
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Hundred Days
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3 months after FDR was appointed to office. Congress passed all 15 of FDR's legislations during this time
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Harry Hopkins
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Former social worker ut in charge of directing the RFC relief program. Distributed money to nearly 1/6 of Amers
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Townsend Plan
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Propsed giving everyone over the age of 60 a monthly pension of $200 to be spent within 30 days. Embraced by the elderly despite its impracticality. 10 million people signed petitions endorsing it
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John L Lewis
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Formed the CIO. Had led the mine workers since 1919 and wanted to spread the benefits of unions throughout inudstry. His org had 5 million members by the end of the 30s
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Liberty League
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Formed by a group of wealthy industralists to fight what they saw as an assault on property rights. Attracted prominent Dems but also endorsed the Repub candidate Landon in 1936
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Harold Ickes
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Sec of the Interior who had headed a Pub Works Admin. Had failed to put many people to work because he was more intent on the quality of his projects rather than human needs
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UAW
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Developed an effective strike technique. Fought by Henry Ford but was finally recognized by the company
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Hattie Carraway
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First woman elected to serve as a United States Senator. In Arkansas
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Federal Farm Board
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Loaned money to aid cooperatives and bought up surplus crops in the open market in a vain effort to raise farm prices
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Charles Coughlin
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Roman Catholic priest who originally supported FDR but later broke with the New Deal. Founded his own Nat Union for Soc Justice. Called for monetary inflation and the nationalization of the banking system in his radio sermons
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"Hooverville’s"
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Shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression. They were named after the President of the United States at the time, Herbert Hoover, because he allegedly let the nation slide into depression.
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Huey Long
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Louisiana senator. Originally supported the New Deal but turned against FDR. Wanted to "share the wealth" by seizing fortunes of more than $5 million and giving every American a home and an annual income of $2500. Feared by Dem leaders. Killed by an assassin in 1935
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Francis Townsend
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Elderly physician who created the Townsend Plan to help the elderly.
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Alf Landon
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Repub presidential candidate in the election of 1936. Disappointed his backers when he wouldn't campaign for the repeal of the New Deal reforms
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Pointed out that the Court was not behind schedule and thus did not need additional judges
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New Deal Coalition
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Interest groups and voting blocs that supported the New Deal and voted for Democratic presidential candidates
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Indian Reorganization Act
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1934. Designed to stress tribal unity and autonomy instead of attempting to transform Indians into self-sufficient farmers. Employed more Indians in the Indian Bureau, supported edu programs on reservations, and encouraged tribes to produce native handiwork
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CIO
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Formed by John Lewis to bring union benefits to every industry. Had 5 million members by the end of the 30s. Helped African Americans and women, as well as the rest of the unskilled workforce
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Eleanor Roosevelt (impact on New Deal)
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Had been involved in reform even before she was first lady. Returned to her role as a social justice activist after FDR was struck with polio. Worked to have blacks included in New Deal programs and and fought to advance civil rights
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Great Depression impact on political parties
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The Dem party gained more power and would dominate politics for years to come. The New Deal programs of FDR created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression. Many Amers lost faith in gov leaders
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New Deal impact on women, African Americans, Mexicans
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Helped blacks survive the depression, but never confronted racial injustice. Blacks received smaller weekly payments in the South and lower wage scales. Mexicans weren't helped as much and some were even deported to Mexico or denied employment in WPA construction programs. Women remained about the same in society, with lower wages than men
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