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Chapter 24 Flashcards

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  1. New Deal
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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s attempted to try and get the United States out of the Great Depression included social security and interface projects

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  1. Bank Holiday
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a four day period enacted by FDR that closed banks in order to try and help get people to deposit in good bank included creating the FDIC

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  1. Fireside Chats
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FDR would get on the radio to give informal chats to tell the nation about his new plans about how to get the Us out of the depression

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  1. Repeal of Prohibition
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created to try and bring money into the US by placing taxes on previously illegal alcohol

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  1. Agricultural Adjustment Act
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controlled the supplies and demands of farmers to supply a decent purchasing power in corn wheat cotton rice peanut milk

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  1. Rural Electrification
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the process of bringing electrical power to rural areas

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  1. National Recovery Agency
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part of FDR’s NEw deal and involved granting loans to homeowners

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  1. Public Works Adminstration
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3.3 million dollar budget to strengthen nation’s infrastructure of roads, bridges, sewage systems, hospitals, airports, schools

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  1. Tennessee Valley Authority
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a group that created dams all over the Tennessee valley

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  1. Glass Steagall Act
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Part of Hoover’s recovery program; intended to help American banks meet the demands of European depositors who wanted to convert dollars to gold

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  1. Securities and Exchange Commision
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responsible for overseeing the regulation of securities industry

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  1. Federal Emergency Relief Administration
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This organization’s purpose was initially to distribute 500 million dollars in federal funds to state agencies. These funds were grants and not loans

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  1. Civil Works Administration
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established by the New Deal during the Great Depression to rapidly create manual labor jobs for millions of unemployed workers.

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  1. Civilian Conservation CORPs
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1933 employed about 3 million men (between 18-25) to work on projects that benefited the public, planting trees to reforest areas, building levees for flood control, and improving national parks,

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  1. Second New Deal
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characterizes the second stage of the New Deal

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  1. American Liberty League
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primarily by conservative Democrats to oppose the New Deal of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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  1. Townsends Plan
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a pension plan. in 1934 but never passed by Congress, that would have awarded $200 monthly to persons over 60 who were no longer gainfully employed, provided that such allowance was spent in the U.S. within 30 days.

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  1. Father Charles Coughlin
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a catholic priest that used radio to criticize the New Deal

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  1. Huey Long
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the governor of Louisiana

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  1. Share our Wealth Plan
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a program designed to provide a decent standard of living to all Americans by spreading the nation’s wealth among the people

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  1. Holding Company Act of 1935
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created a system of unemployment insurance

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  1. National Labor Relations Board
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responsible for protecting workers rights

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  1. American Federation of Labor
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Samuel Gompers, a union for skilled laborers that fought for worker rights in a non-violent way. It provided skilled laborers with a union that was unified, large, and strong.

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  1. Congress of Industrial Organizations
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federation of industrial unions that organized workers

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  1. United Auto Workers
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is an American labor union that represents workers in the United States (including Puerto Rico) and Canada.

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  1. Sit down strike
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the refusal of workers to work or leave the building of their employment

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  1. Social Security
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a pension for people over 65 as well as for those who are diabled

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  1. Works Progress Administration
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a relief program that created work on roads and public buildings employed millions

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  1. 1936 Election
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FDR won the election by a landslide against Alf Landon

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  1. Comic Books
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helped create alternate stories for people to escape into

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  1. Court Packing
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a reorganization of the Judiciary branch

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  1. Fair Labor Standards Act
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established minimum wage and an hourly per week requuirement

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  1. Broker State
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allowed different interest groups to compete in the market

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  1. Eleanor Roosevelt
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FDR’s later ambassador to the UN would talk to citizens

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  1. Black Cabinet
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black people that were given jobs in FDR’s cabinet

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  1. Indian Reorganization Act
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stopped erosion of tribal land and helped indians receive healthcare

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