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15 Cards in this Set
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New Deal
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create jobs...regulates businesses...wagner act
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hoovers economic plan
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voluntary action...failed
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FDR ~ economic plan
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get gov't involved in business
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Economy of early and mid 1920's
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terri fogarti!!!!!!!!!! economy was in good shape, stocks valued at $27 billion...real wages(what money could actually buy) had increased more than 40%...welfare capitalism...wealth was unevenly distributed...too many goods, too little demand
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election of 1932
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hoover vs. FDR...FDR wins
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2nd new deal
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launch of a new bolder burst of legeslative activity in 1934
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Failures of New Deal
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didn't benefit women or minorities...right wing said, too much...left wing said, not enough
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treatments of minorities (new deal)
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minorites had none of the positive things that the country got
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dust bowl
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midwestern states that experienced sever drought...many people migrated towards california and oregon
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21st amendment
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prohibition repealed
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effects of crash
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unemployment...no money...people losing homes...depression...
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1st 100 days in office
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programs to: provide relief, create jobs, and stimulate economic recovery
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crash of 1929
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banks closed...people lost jobs...unstable economy...gross national product(gnp) way down
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causes of crash
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overspeculation...gov't policies...unstable economy
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Pack Supreme Court
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FDR tried to add more people to the supreme court...mainly liberals
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