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The Great Depression and The New Deal Flashcards

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AAA

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Agricultural Adjustment Act

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Core

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration

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TVA

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Tenessee Valley Athority

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NRA

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National Recovery Act

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Pragmatist

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a person who is organized and works toward a specific goal

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!8th Amendment

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make alcohol illegal

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19th Amendment

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Women gain the right to vote (1920)

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20th Amendment

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sets the dates at which federal government elected offices end

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Fireside Chats

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FDR’s way of explaining to people what the new deal was over the radio

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Dust Bowl

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cloud of dust that wiped out many things. killed all crops and many people

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Brain Trust

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advisors of Roosevelt that outlined many economic and social programs: formed background of Roosevelt’s speeches

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Bonus Army

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american soldiers wearing gas masks, backed by cavlary and tanks marched from Washington D.C. to Anacostia Flats- cleared out the people living on the flats

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4 causes of the Great Depression

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  1. uneven distribution of wealth
  2. easy credit
  3. unbalanced foreign trade
  4. mechinization
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New Deal

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what Roosevelt called his policies

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Rugged Individualism

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each individual should be able to help themselves out, and that the government does not need to involve itself

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Social Security Act

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system of social insurance

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Revenue Act of 1935

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have to find new money- need to tax people more. Raised taxes on people who could afford to pay more

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Glass Stegall

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set up the FDIC to protect bank deposits up to $5,000

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court packing

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fill the supreme court with justices who would agree with FDR’s personal economic ideas

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Second New Deal

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body of legislation that began in 1935

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Pump Priming

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if money doesn’t come in to the economy, then money will not come out either

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Pros of 4 term presidency

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  1. if theyre a good president, you have them for four years

2. gives president many new chances for new things

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Cons of 4 term presidency

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  1. if the president is bad, they are there for 4 years

2. a lot of pressure on the president for 4 years

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Liberty League

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organization to defy the president on taxes

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Bank Holiday

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closing every bank in the U.S.

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Direct Relief

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organization to improve the quality of life for people in poverty

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Black Tuesday (October 29,1929

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Stock Market Crash

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Humanitarianism

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moral of kindness spread to all people

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Impact of polio on FDR’s life

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  1. couldn’t walk
  2. didnt want people to know about it
  3. couldnt stand on his own- always needed help
  4. had to keep that secret for a long time
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Calvin Coolidge

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president in 1924- chose not to run again in 1928
liked more than Harding was
Silent Cal was his nickname-didnt talk much
cut national debt by 3 billion dollars
cut taxes

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Herbert Hoover

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grew up poor
rural-iowa
never understood how bad the depression was

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Al Smith

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also grew up poor

urban-new york

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why did Al Smith lose the election?

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  1. religion-catholic
  2. prohibition
  3. not republican
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What did Franklin Roosevelt do to the banks?

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closed all banks, inspected some of them, re-opened some of them

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Huey Long

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started criticizing the president because he thought they weren’t doing enough to help the poor

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Charles Coughlin

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Catholic priest
had a radio show
became extremely anti-jewish

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Francis Perkins

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First woman in a cabinet level position

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Warren Harding

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President- not liked very much

VP was liked a lot more than he was

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Who was Calvin Coolidge?

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Warren Harding’s VP

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