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44 Cards in this Set
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FDR ?-?
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1933-4/12/45
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Bonus Army
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WWI Vets
visited by Eleanor Roosevelt appeased without doing anything |
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Fireside Chats
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Reassured the Nation
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100 Days
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economic recovery
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"Bank Holiday"
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All Banks Closed, 3/6/32
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EBA
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Emergency Banking Act
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FDIC
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
5,000-100,000 guarantee |
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SEC
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Securities and exchange commission
Regulates stock market, sets limits |
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HOLC
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Home Owners' Loan Corporation
Refinancing lets middle class keep homes |
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AAA
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Agriculture Adjustment Act
new tax on farmers to keep production down |
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TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Helped Farmers Created Jobs |
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Secretary of labor
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Frances Perkins
1st Woman holding a cabinet post |
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Pioneer
Jim Crow Laws Used FDR for political status |
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Marcy Mcleod Bethune
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AA's highest position
Emergency Banking Act |
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Harry Hopkins & FERA
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Started Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Gave out 5 million in 2 hours |
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Public Works Program
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Govt Funded Projects to build public facilities
formed CWA |
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CWA
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Civil Works Administration
gave unemployed people temporary jobs (4 million) |
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CCC
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Civilian Conservation Corps
2.5 Million Male Single Workers |
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IRA
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Indian Reorganization Act
1934 "restored" land to native americans |
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NIRA
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National Industrial Recovery Act
Min Wages established |
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New Deal
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no real change
hoover warned against "state controlled" economic system |
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NRA
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1935 Supreme court tells FDR "no"
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AAA
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
taxes crops, also unconstitutional |
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Second New Deal
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Stricter, higher taxes, more control
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Wagner Act
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1935
national labor relations act limited union power spying, selective hiring |
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social security act
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pensions
unemployment insurance aid to children/moms physically disabled |
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1936 election
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alfred landon vs fdr
thomas (soc) vs browder (commi) fdr took all but 2 states (maine/vermont) |
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Limits
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Benefits didn't reach all
women blacks |
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political right
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conservative wealthy thought new deal was socialism
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father coughlin
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extreme right
radio priest fdr tells 1/2 truth |
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political left
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seeks govt change progressivism
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huey long
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kingfish
extreme left SOW - "share our wealth" |
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court-packing scheme
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ultra-conservatives
tried to add 6 got liberal majority no punishment |
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Legacy of new deal
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new deal didn't end nation's suffering (ww2 did)
new role for pres. massive govt. spending aided econ. national debt went from 21 mil to 44 mil (33-40) |
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sit down strikes
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akron ohio (rubber plant)
1937 (UAW) united auto workers |
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good earth
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pearl buck
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grapes of wrath
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john steinbeck
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gone with the wind
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margaret mitchell
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jack benny
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most famous 30's musician
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george burns
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popular actor
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snow white
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1937
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wizard of oz
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1939
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modern times
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1936
charlie chaplin's capitalist satire |
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still standing
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TVA, FDIC=100,000, SEC, AAA, CCC
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