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23 Cards in this Set
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zora neale hearston
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harlem rennaissance writer, female,
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fireside chats
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designed to assure ppl to keep $ in banks, returned confidence to people
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committee for industrial organization (CIO)
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headed by john lewis, conflicted with knights of labor, broke off with afl in 1938
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american liberty league
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formed by wealthy repubs and dems during 1936 presidential election, FOUGHT THE NEW DEAL on basis it was socialist
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second recession
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by 1937, economy hit another turn know as Roosevelt's recession
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emergency banking relief act of 1933
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president could regulate banking transactions and foreign exchange to reopen banks
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glass-steagall banking reform act
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provided for federal deposit corporation, insured individual deposits (up to $5,000), ENDED EPIDEMIC OF BANK FAILURES
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civilian conservation corps (CCC)
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most popular of new deal, employed 3 mill young men, work in reforestation, firefighting, natural things
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federal emergency relief act (fera)
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attempt to deal with millions of unuemployed adults, gave $3 billion to STATES to create jobs/give direct payments
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agricultural adjustment act (AAA)
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made millions of dollars available to help farmers meed mortgages
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civil works administration
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1933, hopkins, branch of fera, designed to provide TEMPORARY jobs during winter (i.e. leaf raking)
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harry l. hopkins
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headed the FERA
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works progress administration
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launched under hopkins, spent $11 billion on bridges, 1935, bulidings and roads, provided PART TIME JOBS for WHITE COLLAR WORKERS, employment on useful projects
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national recovery administration (NRA)
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to assist industry, labor and the unemployed, codes of "fair competition," placed a ceiling on maximum hours, more equal wages, LABOR COULD UNIONIZE, no child labor, shut down by supreme court
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securities and exchange commission (SEC)
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watchdog of stockmarket
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tennessee valley authority (tva)
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1933, to lower public utility costs, headed by george norris, to determine how much production and distribution of electricity cost
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federal housing administration (FHA)
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1934, to stimulate BUILDING INDUSTRY, small loans to householders to improve homes
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social securities act
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1935, federal state unemployment insurance. retired workers receive regular payments
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republican nomination in 1936
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alfred lahon of kansas
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republian platform of 1936
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promised million of dollars of relief benefit, condemned the "deficit spending" fdr
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tehran conference
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big three met, SIMULTANEOUS ATTACKS
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potsdam conference
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japan must surrender or be destroyed
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claude mckay
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harlem rennaissance
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