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The new deal

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Relief for the needy Economic recovery Financial reform

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Democrat. Distant cousin to former president Theodore Roosevelt. Served almost 4 terms as president. Died of polio.

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The hundred days

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Congress passed more than 15 major pieces of new deal legislation. Expanded governments role in the economy.

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Fire side chats

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Radio talks about issues of public concern, explaining in clear, simple language, new deal measures. (The first was about banking crisis)

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Glass-Steagall act

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Established the federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC).

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Federal deposit insurance corporation

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(FDIC) Provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts, reassuring people that their money was safe.

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FDR

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"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."

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Federal securities act

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Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations.

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21st amendment

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Repealed prohibition.

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Agricultural adjustment act

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(AAA) Sought to raise crop pieces by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unseeded.

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Tennessee valley authority

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(TVA) Focused on badly depressed Tennessee river valley. Renovated 5 existing dams and constructed 20 new ones, created 1000s of jobs and provided flood control, hydroelectric power, and other benefits to an impoverished region.

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Civilian conversation corps

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(CCC) Put young men aged 18 to 25 to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in still-erosion and flood-control projects.

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National Industrial recovery act

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Established the public works administration and the national recovery administration.

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The public works administration

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(PWA) provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.

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National recovery administration

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(NRA) st pieces of products and established standards. Aimed to promote recovery by interrupting the trend of wage cuts, falling prices and layoffs.

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Deficit spending

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Spending more money than the government receives in revenue.

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Brain trust

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People in FDR's cabinet

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Adolf Berle

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"It must be remembered that by March 4th next we may have anything on or hands from a recovery to a revolution. The chance is about even either way."

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FDR

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"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

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FDR

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"We need to do something. If it doesn't work, admit it, and do something else, but we need to do something."

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Bank holiday

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Banks were closed to recover and make sure they met specific bank standards.

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FDR

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"I can assure you that it is safer to keep your money in a reopened bank than under your mattress."

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Federal housing administration

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(FHA) Furnished loans for home mortgages and repairs.

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Harry Hopkins

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Headed the FERA. Believed that whereas money helped people but food, it was meaningful work that enabled them to gain self-confidence and self-respect.

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American liberty league

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Opposed new deal measures that it believed violated respect for the rights of individuals and property.

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Dr. Francis Townsend

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Decided a pension plan that would provide monthly benefits to the aged.

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Huey long

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Senator of Louisiana. Proposed a social program called "share-our-wealth"that guaranteed children rights. Popular presidential candidate, but assassinated before he could run.

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Dorothea Lange

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Photographer. Documented American life during the depression and the new deal era.

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Second new deal

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The president called on congress to provide more extensive relief for both farmers and workers.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Traveled to different countries, observing social conditions and told her husband(FDR) about them. Encouraged him to appoint women to government positions.

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Alfred Landon

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Governor of Kansas. Republican candidate of the 1936 election.

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Soil conservation and domestic allotment act

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Paid farmers for cutting production of soil-depleting crops and rewarded farmers for practicing good soil conservation methods.

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The resettlement administration

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Provided loans to small farmers to buy land.

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Farm security administration

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Loaned more than$1 billion to help tenant farmers become land holders and established camps for migrant farm workers.

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Works progress administration

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(WPA) set out to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible.

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National youth administration

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(NYA) Created to provide education, jobs, counseling and recreation for young people. Provided student aid. In exchange, the students worked pay time at their schools.

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Father Charles Coughlin

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Priest. Held radio shows that spike is politics, economy and religion. Thought the new deal violated people rights. Wanted the government to run banks.

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Corey packing

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Filling the supreme court with judges who support what you want.

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Frances Perkins

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First female cabinet member.

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Mary Bethune

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Teacher advocating for the rights of young African American students.

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Marian Anderson

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Singer who was rejected from singing to the "daughters of the American revolution"because she was black. Dang in front of the Lincoln memorial instead(emancipation proclamation)

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Social security act

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Retired men and women are given Money. Younger people can supplied with the jobs the retired men and women no longer need.

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Rural electrification administration

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(REA) provided affordable electricity for isolated, rural areas(farms).

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National labor relations board

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(NLRB) mediated labor disputes. Established the Wagner act.

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Wagner act

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Reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining. The federal government protracted the right of workers to join unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers. Prohibited unfair labor practices.

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Fair labor standards act

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Set maximum hours at 44 hours a week, set minimum wages at $0.25, set rules fit the employment of workers under 16 and banned hazardous work for those under 18

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John Collier

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Commissioner of Indian affairs

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Indian reorganization act

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Native American children can go to school on their reservation, returned land to tribes and prohibited government from taking it and tribal councils became Indian government.

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New deal coalition

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An alignment of diverse groups supporting the democratic party. Lewd to control of democratic government

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Confess of individual organization

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(CIO) Was under the American federation of labor but it separated over labor disputes.

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Sit down strike

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Peaceful strike. People SAT down in their jobs and did nothing until they received what they wanted.

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Gone with the wind

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(1939) perhaps the most popular film of the 1930s era.

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Orson wells

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Actor, director, producer and writer. Created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time, "the war of the worlds"

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Soap operas

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Originally, Television shows usually sponsored by soap commercials.

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The federal art project

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Branch of the WPA. Paid arrests a living wage to produce public art. Aimed to increase public appreciation of art and to promote positive images of American society.

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Grant wood

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Painted the American gothic(the guy with the pitchfork)

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Alphabet soup

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All of the agencies and administrations in the new deal

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Richard Wright

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First successful African American author with success

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Native son

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A book by Richard Wright on an African American man living in that era where racism was still prevalent.

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Parity price

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A price intended to keep farmers'income steady

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FDIC and SEC

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Established to regulate backing and investment activities

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