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Ch 23 Flashcards

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1
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This man was the 32nd president

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, D, 1933-1945

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What experience did FDR have?

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2 terms as governor of NY

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This was FDR’s team of advisors

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Brain trust

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This was the program designed to end the depression

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New Deal

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What were the 3 goals of the new deal?

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Provide relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform

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What was the bank holiday?

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Closing the banks from march 5-12 for inspection

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This act made the FDIC

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Glass-steagall act

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This insured bank accounts up to $5000 when it was created

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Federal deposit insurance corporation

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This provided companies to provide info on all stock offerings

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Federal securities act

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This regulated the stock market

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Securities and exchange commission

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What did the 21st amendment do?

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Repeal prohibition with money through taxation

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12
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This sought to raise crop prices by lowering crop production

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Agricultural adjustment act

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13
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How did the AAA get going?

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Providing money to destroy crops and livestock

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What did the Tennessee Vally Authority do?

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Renovate dams, construct 20 new dams, create jobs, provide flood control and hydroelectric power

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This organization put young men to work building roads and parks and planting trees

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CCC

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This provided money to construct schools and community buildings

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National industrial recovery act

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This set price in products and cods of fair competition. It was made by NIRA

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NRA

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18
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This provided $500 mil of direct relief in grants and work relief programs

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Federal emergency relief administration

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This is spending more than the government receives in revenue

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Deficit spending

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How did conservatives feel about the new deal?

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They thought it provided too much direct relief and it sought to control business and socialize the economy

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What did the Supreme Court do with the new deal?

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They found NIRA unconstitutional and the AAA more of a states right thing

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This man was a democratic senator from Louisiana who was a critic of the new deal and later assassinated

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Huey Long

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23
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What was FDR’s second burst if activity?

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2nd new deal/2nd first hundred day

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This woman was the First Lady/social reformer

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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This hired people to do unskilled labor

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Works Progress Admin

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This provided education, jobs, counseling to 2mil young people and needy students

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National youth admin

27
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This defined unfair labor practices, settled disputes between employers and employees

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Wagner Act/National Labor Relations Act

28
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This set the max work hours in a week and the minimum wage

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Fair Labor Standards Act

29
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This was a 3 part aid act

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Social security act

30
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What are the 3 parts of social security?

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Old age insurance for retirees 65+, unemployment compensation, and money for families with dependent children and the disabled

31
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This paid money to bring electricity to isolated areas

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Rural electrification admin

32
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This lady was the first female cabinet member

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Frances Perkins (sec. Of labor)

33
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This woman was an educator who was the head of the division of negro affairs

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Mary McLeod Bethune

34
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What did Bethune organize?

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A “black cabinet” to advise FDR on racial issues

35
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This woman performed at the Lincoln memorial in Easter 1939

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Marian Anderson

36
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What racial equality things did FDR not approve of?

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An anti lynching law and ending the poll tax

37
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Why were people disqualified from government work programs?

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They had no permanent address

38
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This man was know to restore tribal ownership to some reservations

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John Collier

39
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What did the Indian reservation act of 1934 do?

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Land belonged to tribes and the govt could not take it away, children could attend schools on the reservation, and tribes could elect councils to govern land

40
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This is the alliance of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the Democratic Party in the 30s and 40s

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New Deal coalition

41
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What group supported the new deal coalition?

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S whites, blacks, women, urban groups, unionized workers

42
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What were women and blacks appointed to in the new deal coalition?

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Federal positions and programs

43
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This is a drama about southern plantations during the civil war

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Gone with the wind

44
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This was a 1937 Disney animation

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Snow White and the 7 dwarfs

45
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How did families pass time?

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Radio shows

46
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How did FDR most directly access Americans?

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Fireside chats

47
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This man gave a radio broadcast based on the war of the worlds and directed citizen Kane in 1941

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Orson Welles

48
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This main was the famous painter of American gothic

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Grant Wood

49
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This man wrote songs about depression hardships and hole

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Woody Guthrie

50
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What was the grapes of wrath about?

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Oakie hardships

51
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How did conservatives criticize the New Deal?

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gov’t was too large and too powerful

52
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How did liberals feel about the new deal?

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Not enough was done to socialize the economy

53
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What did suporters of the new deal think?

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There was a good balance between unregulated capitalism and overregulated socialism

54
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What ended the Great Depression?

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WWII Spending

55
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What did FDR expand during the depression?

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Power of the federal government and the presidency

56
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What acts were long lasting?

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FDIC (Glass Steagall), SEC, Wagner, Social Security

57
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What did the second AAA do?

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Make loans available to farmers

58
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What determined the availability of farmer AAA loans?

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Surplus and parity price

59
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What is parity price?

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The price intended to keep income steady

60
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What standards did the New Deal set?

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wages, hours, banning child labor, and collective bargaining

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