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30 Cards in this Set
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How did Hoover win the election of 1928?
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He promised a "chicken in every pot"
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The republican platform of 1932
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weak, as they hadnt much to run on. praised anti depression policies and half heartedly promised to repeal prohibition.
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Background of FDR
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New Yorker, harvard graduate, former governor of NY, nominate for VP, assistant secretary of navy
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Elenor Roosevelt's political nicknames
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- Roosevelt's hands and feet
- "conscience of the new deal" |
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In Roosevelt's policy, ___ was expendable, not ____.
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money, people
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Roosevelt's critics called him a __________ by defending the _________
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"traitor to his class", "common man"
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Brain's Trust
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a sort of kitchen cabinet group of college professors who later created the new deal
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Some of roosevelt's campaign slogans:
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"Out of the Red with Roosevelt", "Throw the spenders out!"
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Role of blacks in the election of 1932
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they shifted away from Lincoln's origional party towards the repub's because they were constantly "the last hired and the first fired"
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Lame duck period of 1932
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one in four workers was out of work, Hoovervilles grumbled that roos was doing this on purpose to emerge even as more of a savior
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3 R's
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relief, recovery, and reform
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What roosevelt did about the banks?
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in the first hundred days, he declared a four day bank holiday and he convinced Congress to pass the Emergency Banking Relief Act
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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allowed the president to open and close the banks at will, regulate banking transactions, and open solvent banks
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fireside chat
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Roosevelt broadcasted, in layman's terms, over the radio exactly what he was doing, which restored faith in the government and helped restore faith in the bank
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Glass Steagall Banking Reform Act
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Made the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured your money up to 5000 dollars in case u lost it in the bank. Stopped bank failures
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Roosevelt and gold
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he ordered all private holdings of gold to be turned in and took the nation off the gold standard. He had the treasury buy gold at inflated prices, which inflated the dollar. After this had worked, they returned to a limited gold standard for trade only.
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CCC
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Civilian Conservation Corps: for the train hoppers, doing natural conservation projects, complaints were however made of militarization in camps.
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Federal Emergency Relief Act:
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Immediate relief, not long term recovery. made the FERA.
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FERA
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Federal Amergency relief administration: gave $3 billion to the states for wages and projects
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AAA
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Agricultural Adjustment Act: helped farmers meet their mortgages by giving them money
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HOLC
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Home Owners Loan Corporation: assisted a million households that needed refinancing, bailed out mortgage holding banks
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CWA
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Civil Works Administration: during the winter emergency, it was only to create jobs (leaf raking, etc)
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working a crappy job for the sake of having a job was called
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boondoggling
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Charles Coughlin
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Catholic Priest for "social justice" (had a radio show)
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Huey Long
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nicknamed "kingfish", dictator like guy who wanted to redistribute the weath. Slogan= "Share the wealth" program, and "Every Man a King" He was shot
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Francis Townsend
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for the elderly, he wanted them to get 200 dollars a month
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WPA
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Works Progress Administration: spent 11 billion on bridges, buildings, roads, etc...useful job creating projects.
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First Woman Cabinet member
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Frances Perkins
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Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict
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Women Activists
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Margeret Mead
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a woman activist who made great progress in the role of women at that time
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