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35 Cards in this Set
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TVA |
Tennessee Valley Act: Job + industry. Electricity |
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CCC |
Civil Conservation Corp: men 18-25 forestry service |
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PWA |
Public Works Adm: construction of airports, parks, schools, roads. BY BUSSINESSES FROM GOV'T |
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CWA |
Civil Works Administration: employ construction workers DIRECTLY BY FED |
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WPA
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Works Progress Adm.
provide work for artists, musicians, actors and writers |
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EBRA
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Emergency Banking Relief Act:
opens bank with enough financial stability |
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FERA
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Federal Emergency Relief Act:
provide funs to state and local agencies |
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SEC
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Stock Exchange commission:
regulate stock market |
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FDIC
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federal deposite insurance corp
gov insurance for deposite up to 5k |
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HOLC
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Home Owner's Loan Corp:
mortgages + refinance houses foreclose 100k houses bc unemployment |
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NHA |
national housing act affordable housing slum clearance urban renewal |
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FHA |
fed housing ad. construction standards insure mortgages |
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AAA |
agricultural adjustment ad. pay farmers to not plant certain crops |
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FCA |
farm credit ad help farmer refinance mortgage @ lower rates |
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FSA |
farm security adm. resettlement poor farmer. group farms. photo documented |
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REA |
rural electrification ad. electricity to rural regions |
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NRA |
nation recovery ad. industry created fair practice. min wage |
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NIRA |
national industrial recovery act prez can refulate econ. creates NRA |
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WAGNER |
creation of unions + collective bargaining legal |
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CIO |
committe of industrial organization organize unions |
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SSA |
social security act unemployment comp. disability retirement benefits |
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NYA |
national youth associateion education and job for am. btw 16-25 |
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A(F)DC |
Aid for dependent children relief for single mothers |
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FLSA |
Fair labor standard last program. min wage |
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6 cause of depression |
credit stock market crash little variety in econ. international debts declining exports uneven wealth distri. |
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date of stock crash |
octo. 29, 1029 tuesday |
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hoover reaction to depression |
bussinesses should help. gov should stay back |
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eleanor and significance to FDR |
his eyes and ears and legs |
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FDR criticisms |
American lib league: getting in the way of free enterprise Father Goughlin: not spending enough money |
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Court packing scheme |
FDR want to increase # of judges to 16 |
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Frances PERKINS |
1st fem sec. of labor |
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WILLIAM HASTIE |
1st black fed judge |
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problems of women af.am. |
still gave hardship. discrimination. not helped in new deal. south dem. dont want to aid. |
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Relief reform recovering |
many had some kind of relief, SSA unemployment high. new deal not spending enough. econ recovery not as good long lasting + sucessful reforms. FDIC. SEC. Public works |
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escapism |
escaping from trouble/reality for a little |
