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(agricultural marketing act) this act established the .., a … for hard-pressed farmers

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Federal Farm Board; lending bureau

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(agricultural marketing act) the act also aimed to help farmer’s help themselves through

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new producers’ cooperatives

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(agricultural marketing act) as the depression worsened in 1930, the Board tried to bolster falling prices by …, but it was unable to cope with the …

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buying up surpluses; flood of farm produce to market

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(Hawley-Smoot tariff) the … tariff in the peacetime history of the U.S., passed as a result of good old-fashioned … to the outside world, it smacked of ugly …

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highest protective; horse trading; economic warfare

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(Hawley-Smoot tariff) contributed to america’s …., the tariff was raised to … on goods

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economic isolationism; 60%

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(black tuesday) the dark panicky day of …. when over … shares of stock were .. on wall street. it was a trigger that helped bring on the Great Depression

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October 20, 1929; 16,410,000; sold

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(hoovervilles) grim … where impoverished victims of the Great Depression slept under … and in …. their visibility and sarcastic name tarnished the reputation of the …

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shantytowns; newspapers; makeshift tents; hoover administration

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(Reconstruction Finance Corporation- RFC) a … established under the Hoover administration in order to assist …, …, …, …., and …

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government lending agency; insurance companies; banks; agricultural organizations; railroads; local governments

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(Reconstruction Finance Corporation- RFC) it was a precursor to … that grew out of the New Deal and symbolized a recognition by the Republicans that some … was required to address the Great Depression

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later agencies; federal action

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(Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act) this law banned “..” or … and forbade federal courts from issuing … to … and …

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yellow-dog; antiunion work contracts; injunctions; quash strikes; boycotts

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(Norris-La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act) it was an early piece of … federal legislation

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labor-friendly

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(Bonus Army) officially known as the …, this rag-tag group of … veternans marched on … to demand immediate payment of bonuses earned during ww1

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bonus expeditionary force (BEF); 20,000; washington

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(Bonus Army) general … dispersed the veterans with tear gas and bayonets

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Douglas MacArthur

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(Bonus Army) The BEF formed a … in washington, posing a danger to …

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hooverville; public health

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(Bonus Army) approx …. veterans were payed, the rest were forced to leave during the “…”

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6,0000; Battle of Anacostia Flats

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(Alfred E. “Al” Smith) smith was the … nominee for the presidential election of … he was the governor of …

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democratic; 1928; NY

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(Alfred E. “Al” Smith) smith greatly enjoyed …, a political setback, as the nation was still in the midst of …

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alcohol; prohibition

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(brain trust) specialists in …, …, and …, many of them young …, who advised FDR and helped develop the policies of the …

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law; economics; welfare; university professors; New Deal

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(New Deal) the economic and political policies of FDR’s administration in the 1930s, which aimed to solve the problems of the great depression by providing relief for the … and lau ching efforts to stimulate …

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unemployed; economic recovery;

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(New Deal) the new deal bilt on reforms of the …. to expand greatly on american style ..

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progressive era; welfare state

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(Hundred Days) the first hundred days of FDR’s administration, stretching from … t o …, when an unprecedented number of reform bills were passed by a Democratic congress to …

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march 9; june 16, 1933; launch the New Deal

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(Glass-Steagall Banking Reform Act) a law creating the …, which insured individual … and ended a century-long tradition of unstable .. that had reached a crisis in the great depression

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federal deposit insurance corporation; bank deposits; banking;

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(civilian conservation corps-CCC) a government program created by Congress to hire … to improve the rural out of doors environment with such work as …, …, …, and maintaining …

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young unemployed men; planting trees; fighting fires; draining swamps; national parks

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(civilian conservation corps-CCC) the CCC proved to be an important foundation for the post-WWII

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environmental movement

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(National recovery administration- NRA) known by its critics as the “National Run Around,” THe NRA was an early new deal program designed to assit .., .., and the … through centralized … that monitored … and … to distribute work and established codes for “…” to ensure that similar procedures were followed by all firms in any particular industrial sector

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industry; labor; unemployed; planning mechanisms; workers’ earnings; working hours; fair competition

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(agricultural adjustment administration-AAA) a new deal program designed to raise … by paying farmers …

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agricultural prices; not to farm

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(agricultural adjustment administration-AAA) it was based on the assumption that higher prices would increase farmers’ … and thereby help alleviate the great Depression

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purchasing power

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(agricultural adjustment administration-AAA) enabled farmers to have not only a fairer price but a more substational …. however it was defeated by the supreme court in 1936

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share of the national income

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(dust bowl) grim nickname for the great plains region devastated by drought and dust storms iduring the 1930s. the disaster led to the …. of thousands of displaced … and …

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migration into california “okies” “arkies”

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(Tennessee valley authority- TVA) one of the most revolutionary of the new deal public works projects, the TVA brought cheap …, …, …, and … to amerians in the tennessee valley

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electric power; full employment; low-cost housing; environmental improvements

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(social security act) a flagship accomplishment of the New Deal, thsi law provided for … and … insurance financed by a … on employers and employees. it had long remained a pillar of the “new deal order”

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unemployment; old-age; payroll tax

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(wagner act) also known as the …, this law protected the right of labor to … and … with employers and established the .. to monitor unfair … On the part of employers

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national labor relations act; organize in unions; bargain collectively; national labor relations board; labor practices

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(fair labor standards act) important new deal labor legislation that regulated … and … for workers involved in ..

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minimum wages; maximum hours; interstate commerce

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(fair labor standards act) the law also outlawed labor by children under …

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sixteen

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(fair labor standards act) the exclusion of …, …, and … workers meant that many blacks, mexican americans, and women- who were oconcentrated in these sectors- did not benefit from the act’s protection

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agricultural; service; domestic

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(congress of industrial organizations- CIO) a new-deal era labor organization that broke away from the …. in order to organize …. regardless of their particular economic sector or craft

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american federation of labor (AFL); unskilled industrial workers

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(congress of industrial organizations- CIO) the cio gave a great boost to … in the midst of the great depression and durng world war ii. in 1955, hthe cio merged with the …

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labor organizing; afl

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(court-packing plan) franklin roosevelt’s politically motivated and ill-fated scheme to add a new ustice to the supreme court for every …

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member over 770 who would not retire

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(court-packing plan) FDR’s objective was to overcome the Court’s

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objections to the new deal

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(keynesianism) an economic theory based on the thoughts of british economist …, hlding that central banks should … and governments should use … and … to increase … and hence prosperity

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john maynard keynes; adjust interest rates; deficit spending; tax policies; purchasing power

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(eleanor rooselvlet ) prior to being first lady, she participated in the … and the …

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women’s trade union league; league of women voters

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(eleanor rooselvlet ) most … in history

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active first lady

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(harry l. hopkins) hopkins, a friend and advisor for FDR, headed the …

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federal emergency relief administration

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(harry l. hopkins) hopkins’ administration granted about … to the states for direct … or preferably for …

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$3 billion; dole payments; wages on work projects

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(Father Charles Coughlin) coughlin was a … serving in michigan who discusse dplitics over the …, expressing prejudiced and authoritarianistic views

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catholic priest; radio

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(Father Charles Coughlin) he was largely against the

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new deal

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(Father Charles Coughlin) he was the reason that a treaty that would make america part of the … was not passed

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world court

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(francis e. townsend) townsend was a retired … who pledged to

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california physician; grant everyone money

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(Huey P .”Kingfish” Long) long served as teh …, and later as a … he was yet another agitator during the great depression, developing the … in which … would be given to eah family in the nation

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governor of louisiana; u.s. senator; “share our wealth” prgogram; $5000

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(Huey P .”Kingfish” Long) long was considered one of the

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two most dangerous men in the country

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(mary macleod bethune) bethune was the director of the … in the … she was the “… in the roosevelt adminsitration”

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office of minority affairs; national youth administration; highest-ranking african american

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(mary macleod bethune) she created the “…” to ensure that the new deal programs would not e discriminatory

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blak cabinet;

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(robert f. wagner) wagner was a … who was a proponent of the …, known as the wagner act

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new york senator; national labor relations act of 1935

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