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Great Depression/FDR//New Deal Flashcards

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Corporation

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Legally organized company

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Depression

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Period of severely reduced economic activity and an increase in unemployment

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Speculation

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Way of gambling with short term investments / risk venture

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Shares

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Part ownership in a company

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Recession

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Signs of economic distress

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Dividend

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Payment to a shareholder

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Buying on margin

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Pay only a fraction of a stocks dollar value

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Bank run

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People went to banks to get all their money

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Stock market

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Public buying of companies

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Moratorium

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Temporary shutdown of operations

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Dole

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Government charity

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Subsidy

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Financial assistance

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Unionization

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Formation of unions

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Demagogue

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Leader who gains power by appealing to people’s prejudices and fears

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Discrimination

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Prejudicial treatment

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Federal regulation

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Expansion of federal government

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Court packing

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When Fdr wanted to ask MORE people to Supreme Court

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Prime pumping

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Government spends money which creates jobs which leads to more money which leads to more jobs

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Tenant farmers

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Paid to rent farm

Don’t own land they farm on

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Charles E Coughlin

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Roman Catholic priest with weekly radio show and wanted to nationalize banks and make them federal businesses

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Frances Perkins

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First woman in presidential cabinet

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Francis Townsend

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Wanted everyone above 60 to retire so more jobs would be there for younger people and they would receive a 200 dollar pension every month

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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Lead the NYA

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JP Morgan

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Big banker who puts money into the stock market

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FDR

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Suffered from polio ( age 39 )
President from 1933-1945
Had fireside chats

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Huey P Long

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Contemporary to couglin 
Senator 
Abolished local Louisiana governments which put himself in control 
Share our wealth campaign
Killed in 1935
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Popular comic books

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Tarzan
Super man
Dick Tracy
lil abner

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Black Tuesday

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October 29th 1929
Worst day in history of ny stock exchange 
13 millions shares hanged hands
25 bill lost in one day
Triggered nationwide business depression
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Black Thursday

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October 24 1929
Falling prices
Problem for margin buyers
Richard Whitney ( called jp Morgan who puts money into stock market )

30
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3 r’s of fdrs presidency

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Relief
aimed at providing temporary help to suffering and unemployed Americans

Recovery
designed to help the economy bounce back from depression.

Reform
targeted the causes of the depression and sought to prevent a crisis like it from happening again.

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Dust bowl

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Severe drought in the Great Plains Robert Geiger came up with name

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Men deserting families

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Men were so ashamed they couldn’t find work that they would leave

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Fdrs VPS

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John garner
Henry a Wallace
Harry s Truman

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Causes of Great Depression

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Stock market
Federal reserve bank ( didn’t help other banks )
Farmers ( were falling behind )
Wages ( not keeping up with costs of time which Led to lay offs )
Factories

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Black blizzards

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Dust storms during the dust bowl

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Change in movies

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Added sound and color

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Hoovervilles and all things Hoover

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Hoovervilles shacks built with random materials
Hoover blankets aka newspapers
Hoover flags people’s pockets would sit inside out to show they had no money
Hoover wagons aka broken cars

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Oakies

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Derogatory term for people west states but up borders

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Unemployment

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Increased

1/4 people were unemployed

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CCC

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Civilian conservations corps

Employed young men and the unemployed to build national and state parks

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WPA

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Work programs admin

Employed people for construction maintenance education and creative projects

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TVA

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Tennessee valley authority
Provides funds for the development and electrification of the Tennessee river authority

TN KY GA VA NC AL

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NYA

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Provides work and education for Americans 16-25 years old

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Wagner act

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Set up nlrb
Restored rights for workers to join unions and bargain congress for industrial organization

Expelled by AF of L ( federations of labor )

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Social security

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Pensions ( social insurance and paid while working to receive money when too old )

Public assistance ( prove NEED mainly only for aged blond or with dependent kids )

Unemployment (payroll tax deduction and collect it when laid off )

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New deals deemed unconstitutionally

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AAA used taxation

NRA objected to a multitude of their codes

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Indian reorganization act

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Big advantage for native Americans

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Legacy of new deal

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Played a big role for our government today

Payed a part in our expansive government

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Route 66

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Road people traveled on to get to CA

The mother road

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20th amendment

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The lame duck amendment

Changed inauguration from march to January

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21st amendment

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Repeals 18th amendment

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Grapes of wrath

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Exposed and showed hardships of Great Depression

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Gone with the wind

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Fines for swearing

Won an award

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Advantages for women

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High positions ( ambassadors and courts )

Eleanor ( only interviewed by women )

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Disadvantages for women

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Least likely conflict with men

Limited influence
Unfair treatment
The married were not often hired

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Advantages for African Americans

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Black cabinet ( Langston hue Mary McLeod Bethune will hastie web Dubois and booker to Washington )
Booker ( money for hospitals universities and housing )
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African Americans disadvantages

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Fdr failed on civil rights issues 
Discrimination
TVA refused to hire 
Segregation 
Lower wages
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Native Americans advantages

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Indian reorganization act 
    Promote an culture
     Preserve tribal ownership of reservations 
     Give an control of reservations 
     Decide how to manage lands
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Native Americans disadvantages

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Discrimination
Deprivations
Degrading policies
Average Income is $48 a year

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John collier

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Head of the Indian reorganization act

61
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Harold Ickes

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U.S. Secretary of the Interior under FDR. He headed the Public Works Administration. Formerly a “bull mooser” he was involved with TR in 1912.

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FDIC

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Ensured savings accounts in banks approved bY the government

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NIRA

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Created works codes and industry standards

Workers were permitted join unions petitions for farmers to get a fair share of AAA payments have non violent protests and showed that African Americans and whites could work together

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REA

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Lent money to rural cooperatives for the building of power plants

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SEC

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a government commission created by U.S. Congress with goals of protecting investors, maintaining fair and orderly functioning of securities markets, and facilitating capital formation.

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Electricity

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The fridge was the most sought after

Eased burdensome household chores like washing and ironing clothes

67
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What roles did radios play?

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The radios were a social focus of the family

Was a communications link to outside world

Housewives companions while doing housework
Gave unemployed the comfort of company

Occupied kids

Enlivened long winter evenings

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Radios and controversy

69
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How did the radios become the pattern for television programming?

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Daytime radio included soap operas panel discussions and quiz shows designed to appeal to women working at home

The Kate afternoon children’s programs came on LIKE adventures stories such as the Lone Ranger and supermen which originated in the 30’d

The evening was reserve for news programs variety shows comedy hours dramatic presentations of plays and live Mahican performances

Sponsored by bid name corporations radio programs tended to avoid controversial issues

20th Century (10 decks)

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