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Unit 8 - New Deal Flashcards

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N.D. Agency, if a bank closed it guaranteed your money back from the government

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FDIC

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N.D. Agency, regulated the stock market so people wouldn’t be afraid to invest again

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SEC

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N.D. Agency, funded local and state relief agencies, passed on to needy Americans as direct relief

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FERA

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Close friend and advisor to POTUS, directed distribution of federal funds to state and local relief agencies

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Harry Hopkins

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N.D. Agency, employed over 4 million people building or improving roads, parks, airports, and other public facilities

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CWA

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Term for unnecessary projects that the government sponsored to create jobs

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Boondoggle

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N.D. Agency; preserved nature/environmental work/projects; volunteers, men, 16-25; $30 per month, but $25 has to go home to family

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CCC

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N.D. Legislation; aimed at improving the economy by:
Minimum wage
Raising industrial prices
Created agency to help bring about this goal
Spelled out fair business practices
Regulated wages
Regulated prices
Controlled working conditions
Gave organized labor collective bargaining rights
Health inspections
Would later be ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court

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NIRA

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N.D. Agency; enforced codes set by the NIRA; balanced the unstable economy by regulating business and labor practices; businesses that were members put a sign with a blue eagle in their window

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NRA

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N.D. Agency; employed 2.5/2.8 million; in general, focused on sponsoring massive, large-scale projects; created jobs; dams, hydroelectric facilities

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PWA

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N.D. Agency; tried to keep people from losing their homes and farms by reorganizing mortgages ad giving them low interest loans

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HOLC

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N.D. Agency; aimed to stabilize housing market by helping finance new homes; improved housing standards and conditions

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FHA

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N.D. Agency; tried to stabilize (raise prices of) the food market by:
Burning crops
Killing cattle
Paid farmers to grow less (subsidies from gov’t) (reducing surplus)

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AAA

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N.D. Agency; carried out public work projects; benefited 1 specific region (TN River Valley); helped those in poverty; created thousands of jobs; electricity and modern standard of living

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TVA

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Had experience at almost all levels of education; former educator; African-American students; part of FDR’s cabinet; part of an agency which helped young people deal with the problems of the G.D.; in charge of the A.A. Division of NYA; highly influential; organized black politicians in support of N.D.

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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Group of informed advisors to the Pres.; gave guidance about issues and problems which African Americans faced during the G.D.

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Black cabinet

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N.D. Agency; helped young people (16-25) bY:
Providing free counseling
Finding them jobs
Supplying the opportunity to get a HS diploma
Providing rec opportunities

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NYA

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Included:
More social welfare benefits
More direct relief
More jobs
More homes
More food
Stricter controls over business
More support for unions
Significantly higher taxes on the rich
Started in Jan. 1935; new and more aggressive legislation; made by FDR to fight the GD
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Second New Deal

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N.D. Agency; created thousands of jobs; supported creative arts immensely; roads, airports, schools; used tax money to support creative works of writers and artists; controversial; resulted in 2,000 murals, 17,000 statues, and the Federal Theater Project

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WPA

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N.D. Agency; gave low-interest loans to small American farmers who were basically nomads (Okies) to help them purchase land; did this for Mexican immigrants, too; affected the culture in America; relocated migrant farmers to areas in American where they could find work

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FSA

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N.D. Agency; created jobs; brought electricity and modern standard of living to isolated people in America’s countryside; funded the running of electrical lines in sparsely populated areas and the wiring of homes

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REA

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Aka NLRA; N.D. Legislation; legalized union activities (collective bargaining, closed-shop); named after the pro-labor Senator who introduced it; made anti-union activities illegal

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Wagner Act

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N.D. Agency; enforced NLRA/Wagner Act; protected the rights of organized labor; enforced the legality of union activities

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NLRB

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N.D. Agency; included:
Pensions for the elderly/retired
Pensions for the temporarily unemployed
Monthly check if you can’t get a job due to disability
If one parent died, a child would get a monthly check to make up for their income

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SSA

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Governor of Kansas; Republican Presidential candidate for the election of 1936; lost in a landslide to FDR, proving the popularity of the N.D.

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Alf Landon

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A group of wealthy people (business leaders mostly); founded during the 1930’s to oppose FDR and his policies; N.D. Was unAmerican, unconstitutional, and dangerously close to Communism

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American Liberty League

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People who rise to power and/or leadership; take advantage of lies,half-truths, our fears, our prejudices, empty promises; manipulate others

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Demagogues

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Physician and sometime critic of the Pres; suggested gov’t should give per month pension of $200 to every American over 60; with the requirement that they had to spend all of it every month; groups formed all over the country to petition the government to adopt this plan

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Francis Townsend

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Radio personality during the G.D.; used airtime to spew hatred; Roman Catholic priest from Detroit, MI; at first, he was a supporter of the N.D.; later, he became one of FDR’s harshest critics; socialist views; increasingly anti-Semitic; Church removed him from the airwaves (eventually)

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Charles Coughlin

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Governor of Louisiana; “Kingfish”; communistic ideas appealed to the poor; Share our Wealth Plan; became a Senator; assassinated in 1935; FDR’s greatest critic and a threat

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Huey Long

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Nickname FDR’s critic gave to himself to show his power in Louisiana (home state)

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Kingfish

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FDR went to Congress and asked for 1 new SC judge for every judge who was 70 or older; “lessen the work load”; blows up in his face; offended Americans because they were afraid he wanted to take over the SC; FDR backed off because of the outcry

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Court-Packing Scheme

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Union of unions for unskilled workers (85% of jobs in factories); founded by John L. Lewis; created in 1930’s; first big labor organization in the country for unskilled workers

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CIO

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Long time labor leader; in 1930’s, he led the first major union for unskilled workers

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John L. Lewis

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New weapon of unions in the 1930’s; workers would sit in the factory so replacements couldn’t break the strike

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Sit-down strike

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Sight of the most important strike of the era in 1937; led to GM recognizing the UAW

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Flint

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FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commission

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FERA

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration

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CWA

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Civil Works Administration

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps

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NIRA

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National Industrial Recovery Act

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NRA

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National Recovery Administration

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PWA

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Public Works Administration

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HOLC

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Home Owners Loan Corporation

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FHA

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Federal Housing Administration

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AAA

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority

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NYA

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National Youth Administration

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration

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FSA

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Farm Security Administration

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REA

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Rural Electrification Administration

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NLRA

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National Labor Relations Act

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NLRB

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National Labor Relations Board

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SSA

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Social Security Administration

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CIO

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

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