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15 Cards in this Set
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Who was the first African American appointed to a policy making post?
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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This Act legalized union practices like collective bargining and closed shops.
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Wagner Act
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The formation of this agency enforced the Federal goverment's ability to regulate labor disbutes.
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NLRB
National Labor Regulatory Board |
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Frances Perkins, the first woman appointed to a cabinet post became the Secretary of __________ .
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Secretary of Labor
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Put people back to work building and improving playgrounds, schools, hospitals, and airfields, and hired artists.
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WPA
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What were 3 benefits of the goverment expanding electric power to rural settings?
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Greater demand for electrical appliances.
Manufacturers made more. Merchants sold more appliances. |
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1935. This act provided finacial assistance to people who could not support themselves.
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Social security act
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Name 3 groups helped by social security ?
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Old people (retirement)
Unemployed (insurance) Dependent children (aid) |
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What message did the election of 1936 send?
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FDR won by a landslide....
Americans were supporting the New Deal. |
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These two groups were NOT HELPED by the New Deal.
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Women and African Americans
lower pay, no job protection, kept out of skilled jobs |
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Why did FDR want to add 6 justices to the Supreme court?
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Ease the burden for the 9 older judges.
Bring younger men with personal experiences. |
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Critisim of Court packing was they thought it undermined the constitutional principal of ___________ .
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Seperation of powers.
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Name 2 programs from the New Deal that still exist today.
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Social Security
TVA |
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Greatest achievement of the New Deal was to rstore a sense of _____ . Fireside _____ and ______ to Elanore Roosevelt helped achieve this.
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Fireside Chats and
Letters to Elenore roosevelt. |
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How did movies help during the Depression?
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Wizard of Oz let people escape from a hard woorld, Federal agencies adverised in films,
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