Great Depression
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| British economist who believed that the government could pull the economy out of a depression by increasing government spending, thus creating jobs and increasing consumer buying power | John Maynard Keynes
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| Advanced the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, which proposed that every retired person over 60 receive a pension o $200 a month | Francis Townshend
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| Originally formed by leaders within the AFL who wanted to expand its principles to include workers in mass production industries | CIO
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| Created to insure long-term, low-interest mortgages for home construction and repair | Federal Housing Authority
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| Created the Share the Wealth Society calling for the confiscation of all fortunes over $5 million | Huey Long
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| Religious broadcaster who promoted inflationary currency and anti-Semitism | Charles Coughlin
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| Famous novel about Okies migrating from the Dust Bowl to California in the midst of the Depression | The Grapes of Wrath
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| First woman cabinet member | Frances Perkins
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| Led the United Mine Workers of America | John L. Lewis
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| Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and outlawed banks investing in the stock market | Glass-Steagall banking Reform Act
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| Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development | Indian Reorganization Act
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