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15 Cards in this Set
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when auditors went out and checked what banks were or were not healthy. When Roosevelt gave a "fireside chat"
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emergency banking relief act
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what the glass steagall banking act created where money ofthe people was proteced. Up to 5000 dollars could be protected in a savings account if a a bank closed
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federal depository insurance corporation
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this act makes all businesses give there financial statements to the government so they can make sure the businesses projected share value is correct
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federal securities act
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prevents insider trading; investegates and regulates the stock market
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securities and exchange commission
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when roosevelt payed farmers to leave their land empty so supply and demand would even out leading the value of crops to rise
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agricultural adjustment act
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created to conserve. main focus was to reforrestate the Great Plains or Dust Bowl
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civilian conservation corps
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harry hopkins was given 500 million dollars to hand out to those who Needed it. Very unsuccessful.
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federal emergency relief administration
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administraion that created jobs by giving money to the states
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public works administration
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administraion that created jobs by giving money to the people in the form of paychecks
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civil works administration
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designed to recover american industry, helped businesses to become for competetive. later found unconstintutional
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national industrial recovery act
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when a dam to create hydroelectricity for the poorest area in the US was built. it created thousands of jobs but was mainly built to control the flooding in the area
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tennessee valley authority
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replaced the AAA in the way that farmers can no longer grow soil depleting crops like cotton and wheat. the resettlement administration moved farmers to government owned land to plant non soil depleting crops and they used crop rotation
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soil conservation ant domestic allotment act
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Harry Hopkins was the head of this administration. the US government spent about five billion dollars creating jobs for man AND women
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works progress administration
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act that created the National Labor Relations Board which repleaced the NIRA and allowed workers to tattle-tell on their bosses in meetings who would in turn investigate suspicious or reported companies
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wagner act
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made up of semi skilled laborers who used collective bargaining to get what they deserved
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congress of industrial organizations
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