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48 Cards in this Set
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new deal
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roosevelts programs for helping the US economy during the great depression
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federal deposite insurance corporation
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new deal agency created in 1933 to insure bank savings deposits
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civilian conservation corps
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new deal agencey established in 1933- employed young men on onservation projects
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securities and exchange commision
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federal agency that regulates companies that sell stock and bonds
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national industrial recovery act
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federal law that appropriated money to improve education in science.
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agricultures adjustment administration
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reduce farmers output and increase crop prices
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tennesssee valley authority
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built dams and power stations to provided hydrolelectric power and flood control to tennessee river valley
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share our wealth
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seize wealth from the rich through taxes and provide a guaranteed minimun income and home to every american family
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works and 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 amerians with part time jobs that allowed them to stay in school.
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social serurity act
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law that provides retirment pensions, unemplyment insurance, and payments to people with disablities.
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francis e townshed
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opposed the new deal
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charles e coughlin
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a radio priest from michigan
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huey long
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colorful, but corrupt US senator from louisiana, had probably the most radical plan.
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mary mcleod
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member of the black cabinet
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bank holiday
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designed to stop massive withdrawls
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frances perkins
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brought in by roosevelt to direct his programs
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harry l hopkins
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a reformer relief supervisor in new york, headed the FERA
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john maynard keynes
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noted british economist
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robert c weaver
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held a 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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observed the poor living conditions in american indian communities
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wagner coonery act
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guaranteed labors rights to organize unions and to bargain collectively better wages and working conditions
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congress of industrial organizations
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tried to unite workers in carious industries
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sit down strike
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method used by striking workers of preventing owners from replacing them by refusing to leave the factories
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dust bowl
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dust storms
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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 a rural alabama
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gordon parks
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a filmmaker
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margaret white
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FSA photographer
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Dorothea lange
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FSA photographer
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migrant mother
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a picture that dorothea took
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project number one
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sought to encourage pride in american culture by providing work to artists in the fields of writing, theature, music, and visual arts
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john steinbeck
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produces a gripping picture of the depression years in the grapes of wrath
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the grapes of wrath
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the story followa the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the dust bowl.
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zora neale hurston
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worte their eyes were watching god
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richard wright
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offered a grim picture of black urban life in native son
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gone with the wind
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a sweeping story of the old south set during the civil war and reconstuction
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frank capra
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celebrated simple values and critisized the wealthy and politicians in flims
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aaron copland
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composer of folk songs and folk tales
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thamas 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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famous gospel singer
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benny goodman
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helped popularize swing t=with his intergregated band
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jacob lawrence
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potrayed daily lives of african american heroes
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georgia okeeffe
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painted haunting images of the southwestern desert
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regionalists
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stresed local folk themes and customs
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american gothic
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a famous painting
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anna moses
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elderly painter
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