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33 Cards in this Set
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John T. Scopes (on the test)
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biology teacher in Tennessee who was indicted for teaching evolution in the classroom, found guilty and paid a fine of $100
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on the test
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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Attorney General during the “red scare” who rounded up nearly 6000 pro-Russian suspects, was known as the “Fighting Quaker”
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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two men convicted of the murder of a Massachusetts paymaster because the jury and judge were racist, prejudice against Italians, atheists, anarchists, and draft dodgers
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Warren G. Harding
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became president in 1921, was a nice easygoing man, but a horrible president, he could never tell who the liars were
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Albert Fall (on the test)
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senator from New Mexico who became secretary of the interior, was bad because he was an anticonservationist
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on the test
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Harry M. Daugherty (on the test)
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was Attorney general who was a big time crook in the “Ohio Gang,” and was supposed to prosecute wrongdoers, but often did nothing
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on the test
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Calvin Coolidge
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became president when Harding died, he was an old style president, but he also was pro-active business
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Herbert Hoover (on the test)
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became president in 1928, who was a self made millionaire who was an ideal president for the businessperson
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on the test
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Alfred E. Smith (on the test)
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was 4 time governor of New York who was a democratic presidential nomination in the election of 1928, was an alcoholic and prejudice
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on the test
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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was the highest protective tariff in the nations peacetime history that caused the average duty on nonfree goods to go from 38.5 % to 60%
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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established in 1932, was a government lending back aimed at providing indirect relief by assisting insurance companies, banks, agricultural organizations, and railroads, called “the millionaires dole” because it helped large corporations
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Bonus Army
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evicted rioting WWI veterans wanting their bonus carried out by Gen. Macarthur
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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Traveled countless miles with Franklin or on his behalf in all his campaigns, was an enormous popularity and influence during FDR’s presidency
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Harry Hopkins
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In charge of the Federal Emergency Relief Administration which granted about $3 billion to the states for direct dole payments or preferably for wages on work projects
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Frances Perkins
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first woman cabinet member, served as secretary of labor under Roosevelt
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Father Coughlin (on the test)
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a Catholic priest from in Michigan who began to broadcast his ideas about “Social Justice,” he was anti-Semitic, fascistic, and demagogic
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on the test
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Huey Long
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Louisiana senator and governor, “share our wealth” program ($5000 taken from the rich) assassinated in 1935
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George Norris (on the test)
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Nebraska senator whose ideas were put into effect in the TVA
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on the test
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Hundred Days
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President Roosevelt summoned Congress for a special 100 day session in which they would deal with the national emergency at hand
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“The Three R’s” (on the test)
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Roosevelt’s new deal program – Relief, Reform, Recovery – the short term goals were relief and immediate recovery, while the long term goals were permanent recovery and reform.
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on the test
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Glass-Seagall Act
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by the Hundred Days Congress, provided the FDIC which insured individual deposits up to $5,000 which ended the epidemic of bank failures
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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provided employment in fresh-air government camps for about 3 million uniformed young men
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Works Progress Administration
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spent $11 billion on thousands of public buildings, bridges, and hard surfaced roads
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National Recovery Act
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designed to assist industry, labor, and the unemployed, a code of “fair competition” was worked out between companies and a max amount of labor hours
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Public works Administration
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intended for both industrial recovery and for unemployment relief, long range recovery was primary purpose and in time over $4 billion was spent on some 34,000 projects
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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establish “parity prices” parity gave the same real value during 1909-1914, paid growers to reduce their product acreage
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Dust Bowl
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weeks of no rain and high winds created an enormous drought that stretched from Colorado-Missouri
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Securities Exchange Commission
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designed as a watchdog administrative agency with the stock markets operating more as trading marts and less as gambling casinos
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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passed by the Hundred Days Congress, the far most revolutionary of all the New Deal schemes, which developed the resources of the Tennessee Valley
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Federal Housing Authority (on the test)
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building industry stimulated by small loans to householders, both for improving their dwellings and for completing new ones
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on the test
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Social Security Act
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provided security for old age, specified categories of retired workers were to receive regular payments from Washington
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Wagner Act (on the test)
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created a powerful National Labor Relations Board for administrative purposes and reasserted the right of labor to engage in self-organization and to bargain collectively through representatives of its own
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on the test
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Court-packing scheme
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after the Supreme Court overturned parts of the New Deal, FDR tried to appoint more justices from 9 to 15
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