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39 Cards in this Set
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Government sponsored agency that was created under the Hoover Administration to give loans to businesses in the period of the Great Depression.
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Hundred Days
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The first one hundred days of Roosevelt's Presidency. Brought the economy from the brink of collapse.
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National Recovery Administration
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An act set forth by Roosevelt which aimed at gaining cooperation by allowing businesses to write a code of regulations which they could adhere to and provide fair business practices.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration
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Controlled acreage among individual farmers and urged them to take land out of production in return for subsidies given by the government.
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Harry Hopkins
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Directed Franklin Delano Roosevelt's relief programs. Enabled millions to avoid starvation by handing out money. $5,000,000 in two hours.
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Works Progress Administration
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Spend 5 billion as emergency relief and put the unemployed on federal payroll.
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Townsend Plan
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A plan that gave everyone over the age of 60 a monthly pension of $200 dollars providing that the money is spent within 30 days.
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Social Security Act
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An act which created the modern day Social Security. Gave people money that was gained through a tax on employers and workers. Also set up a system of unemployment compensation. Also provided welfare payments to the blind, handicapped, needy elderly, and dependent children.
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Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
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Created the National Labor Relations Board. Originally opposed by Roosevelt.
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National Labor Relations Board
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Oversaw Labor and management relations. Gave labor unions federal support for their collective bargaining and outlawed some union-busting tactics.
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John L. Lewis
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Leader of organized labor. Specifically the United Mine Workers.
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Liberty League
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Political Organization that opposed the New Deal and FDR's policies.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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An organization created by Roosevelt that employed young males to work on the nation's public lands for money.
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Bonus Army
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A large group of veterans from WW1 that wanted to collect a bonus due to them in later years. They were forcibly removed by the military.
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Public Works Administration
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Concentrated on creating large scale public works, such as dams and bridges to help the economy.
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Civil Works Administration
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Created by Roosevelt to remove unemployment. Shut down after Roosevelt saw the expenditures required.
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Harold Ickes
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Ran the Public Works Administration however he failed to do enough for the people's needs and instead concentrated on the quality of the projects.
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United Auto Workers
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A Union organization that emerged during the time. Developed an effective strike technique. They simply sat down and refused to move with the threat of vandalism.
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Hattie Carrarway
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First woman elected to serve as United States.
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Farm Security Administration
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Provided money to tenants and sharecroppers so they could buy their own farms, however the money wasn't enough to buy the land.
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Federal Farm Board
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Powers expanded after the start of the Great Depression. Was Hoover's method to fight the depression.
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Established a minimum wage.
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"Hooverville's"
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Name for towns built by the homeless and unemployed during the Great Depression.
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Charles Coughlin
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A priest who originally supported Roosevelt but then broke away from it and criticized the New Deal.
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Huey Long
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Communist. Wanted to make everyone completely equal by stealing from the rich.
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Francis Townsend
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Came up with a plan to help the elderly. Was one of the major critics of the era.
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Alf Landon
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Republican Party's candidate for the Election of 1936. Defeated in a landslide by Roosevelt.
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Eleanor Roosevelt (Impact on New Deal)
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Traveled around the country and attempted to right all the wrongs she could.
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Fought Roosevelt on the issue of his "Court-Packing Scheme"
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Fireside Chats
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Roosevelt talked to the nations over the radio about what he was doing as president. These discussions were known as Fireside Chats.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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An organization that created a series pf dams for electricity and flooding purposes. Went across seven states.
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Court Packing
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Roosevelt's plan to add another 6 members to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the current justices were getting old and were falling behind.
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Rural Electrification Administration
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A program that sought to modernize much of Americas rural communities and farms. 90% of American farms did not have electricity. This administration brought electricity to these farmers,
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New Deal
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Roosevelt's series of actions and overall plan to get out of the Great Depression.
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New Deal Coalition
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Roosevelt had the cities along with the west and the south along with the labor along with minorities and immigrants. This coalition that supported the Democrats left the Republicans as a minority.
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Indian Reorganization Act
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Passed by Congress to allow Native Americans to just be themselves and not have much interference from the government.
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Great Depression and the Impact on Political Parties
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The Great Depression shifted the power from the Republicans into the hands of the Democrats.
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New Deal impact on Women, African Americans, and Mexicans
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The New Deal didn't do too much for these groups however to say it did nothing would be false. They would have hoped it had done more however it did not do a whole lot for these groups.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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A large union that expanded from just the mining industry to the steel and automobile industries.
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