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19 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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Term used to describe president Franklin Roosevelt's relief, recovery, and reform programs designed to combat the Great Depression.
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Hundred Days
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Period at the start of Fraklin Roosevelt's presidency in 1933, when many New Deal programs were passed by congress.
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Public Works Program
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Government-funded projects to build public facilities.
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
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Established by Congress in 1933, this program put more than 2.5 million young men to work restoring and maintaining forests, beaches, and parks.
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
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Established in 1933 to rasie farm prices through government fincial assistiance.
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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Federal project to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the Tennessee River Valley.
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Second New Deal
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Period of legislative activity launched by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935.
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Wagner Act
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Law passed in 1935 that aided unions by legalizing collective bargining and closed shops, and by establishing the National Labor Relations Board.
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Closed Shop
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Workplace opened only to union members.
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Social Security System
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System established by the 1935 Social Security Act to provide financial security, in the form of regular payments, to people who cannot support themselves.
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American Liberty League
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Orginization founded in 1934 to oppose the New Deal.
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Demagogue
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A leader who manipulates people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics.
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Nationalization
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Government takeover and ownership of banks, and the redistribution of thier wealth.
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Deficit Spending
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Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government recieves in revenues.
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Recession
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A period of slow buisness activities.
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National Debt
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Total amount of money that the federal government borrows and has to pay back.
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Revenue
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Income
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Coalition
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Alliance of groups with simialr goals.
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Sit-Down Strike
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Labor protest in which laborers stop working but refuse to leave the workplace.
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