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48 Cards in this Set
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Glass Steagall Act
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Commercial banking/investment banking; FDIC
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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abolished child labor; 44 hours; 25 cents
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National Housing Act
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US Housing Authority; 500 million
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WPA
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works progress administration; hopkins; highway roads streets
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PWA
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public works administrations; didnt higher directly/didnt discriminate
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CCC
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civilian conservation corps; 18-25; 30 (25 to fambam)
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NIRA
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national industrial recovery act; suspended antitrust laws/business+labor+gov't to cooperate
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AAA
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agricultural adjustment administration; NOT to grow livestock/crop
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American Liberty League
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opposition to ND; teach necessity of respect for rights of person and property
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Securities Act
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complete and truthful information
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Townsend's Plan
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Francis; 60 + 200 per month (spend all)
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NRA
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National Recovery Admin; Hugh Johnson; blue eagle
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CWA
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Civil works Admin; direct hiring, +women
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Social Security Act
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65+; temp income; benefits; we;fare
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FDIC
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; govt insurance for bank deposiots; increased confidence in system
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SEC
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Securities and Exchange Commision; regulate stock; prevent fraud
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Election of 1928
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Roosevelt ran for gov of NY, 2 years reelected by landslide
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Election of 1920
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Harding, return to normalcy
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FDR
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Hyde Park, NY, harvard/columbia L; 1910 senate; 1921 polio
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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1963 UN delegate
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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raised average tariff; failed
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Stock Market Crash
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monday oct 21, 1929;
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Causes of Great Depression
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uneven distribution of income; loss of export sales; mistakes by federal reserve (low interest rates--> thought economy was expanding)
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Dust Bowl
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drought in Great Plains (Dakotas to Texas)
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Jack Benny, George Burns, Gracie Allen
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radio comedians
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Shirley Temple Jackie coogan
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actors
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1st feature length animated film
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snow white
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1st aa to win academy award
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hattie mcdaniel
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hoover believed:
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"rugged individualism" would keep economy moving; govt shouldnt step in; conferences; increase fund for public works
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brain trust
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roosevelt + advisors
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Huey Long
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Louisiana "king fish"; improved schools/other; Share our wealth society; assassinated
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Father Coughlin
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Detroit; inflated currency/nationalized banking systems; Natl union for social union
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CIO
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Congress of Industrial organizations; unions included skilled/unskilled/ automobile& steel
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John Lewis
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United Mine Workers --> CIO
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20th amendments
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lame duck
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21st
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repeals prohibition
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court packing plan
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judges
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rances perkins
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sec of labor; first women cabinent post
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mary macleod Bethune
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director of minority affairs within natl youth association; first black to head fed agency
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marian anderson
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aa singer,
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jesse owens
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track star
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joe louis
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boxer
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block cabinet
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fdr's cab
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tva
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tennessee valley authority; provides electrical power
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second new deal
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WPA, NAtl Labor Relations Board, SS Admin, Wagner act
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Little White house
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Georgia
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Dorothea Lange
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Photographer FSA"migrant Mother
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legacy of the ND
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stronger stability/security; fed govt more power to regulate consumption;broker states
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