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FDR Cabinet Flashcards

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What was different about FDR’s cabinet? (first time in history)

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all sworn in at once

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VP; 1933-1941

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J.N. Garner

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VP; 1941-1945

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H. Wallace

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VP; 1/1945 - 4/1945Really strict about spending money

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H. Truman

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Secretary of State; 1933-1944”Good Neighbor Policy” WWII, Won Nobel Peace Prize 1945, served longer than any other

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Cordell Hull

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Secretary of State; 1944-stayed on for Truman

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E. Stettinius Jr.

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Secretary of Treasury; 3/1933 - 12/1933

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W. Woodin

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Secretary of Treasury; 1934-1945Longtime friend, dealt with revenue during Depression and war bonds

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H. Morgenthau

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Secretary of War; 1933-1936

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G. Dern

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Secretary of War; 1936-1940Objected to aid to Allies

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H. Woodring

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Secretary of War; 1940-1945Supported Lend-Lease, atomic program, stayed on for Truman

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H. Stimson

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*Attorney General; 1933-1939Dealt with constitutionality of New Deal, court packing scheme

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H. Cummings

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Attorney General; 1939-1940resigned to go on Supreme Court

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F. Murphy

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Attorney General; 1940-1943Left for Supreme Court

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Robert Jackson

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Attorney General; 1941-1945Internment of Japanese Americans

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F. Biddle

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Secretary of Navy; 1933-1939major naval expansion

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C. Swanson

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Secretary of Navy; 1/1940 - 6/1940Son of Thomas Edison, Saved WWI vessels from scrap heap to give to England

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C. Edison

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Secretary of Navy; 1940-1944Republican VP nominee, In 1936 had massive build up in WWII

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F. Knox

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*1st Secretary of Defense

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James Forrestal

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Post Master General; 1933-1940Didn’t agree with 3rd time and challenged him

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J. Farley

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Post Master General; 1940-1945stayed for Truman

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F. Walker

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*Secretary of Interior; 1933-1946Republican, directed PWA, brought conservationists in

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H. Ickes

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Secretary of Agriculture; 1933-1940Actively assisted farmers, food stamp program, school milk program

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H. Wallace

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Secretary of Agriculture; 1940-1945Created War Food Administration in WWII, stayed for Truman

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C. Wickard

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Secretary of Commerce; 1933-1938minister to Canada

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D. Roper

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*Secretary of Commerce; 1938-1940Had been director of FERA and WPA

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H. Hopkin

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Secretary of Commerce; 1940-1945War productions board

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J. Jones

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Secretary of Commerce; 1945-1946Had been Secretary of Agriculture and VP

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H. Wallace

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*Secretary of Labor; 1933-1945First woman, Social Security Act, Fair Labor Standards Act

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F. Perkins

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