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Chapter 14
U.S History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| American Liberty League | Business leaders who opposed the New Deal |
| Emergency Relief Appropriation Act | Provided close to 14.9 billion dollars to help the unemployed |
| Work Project Administration | Employed more than 8.5 million people between 1935 & 1943 |
| Federal Project One | Employed actors, artists, Musicians & writers |
| Emergency Banking Act | Allowed the government to examine bank records |
| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | created to protect bank accounts |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration | Provided money to the states to distribute directly to families |
| Civilian Conservation core | provided jobs, particularly outdoor jobs to unmarried men ages 17 to 26. |
| National Industrial Recovery Act | Attempt to start long term economic recovery by trying to suspend antitrust laws, eliminate unfair competition and prevent business failures |
| Public Work Administration | built numerous projects for public use; like schools and roads |
| Tennessee Valley Authority | Built dams to control flooding, reduced soil erosion, and produced hydroelectric power |
| Reconstruction Finance Corporation | loaned money to business and banks to help keep them operating |
| Agriculture Marketing act | ended some farm subsidies & established the Federal farm board |
| Federal Home loan bank act | provided money to banks, financial institutions, and insurance companies so they could offer low-interest mortgages |
| Andrew Mellon | Treasury Secretary that was slow to realize how bad the stock market crash hurt the US |
| Rexford Tugwell | Professor that was a key figure in the Brain Trust |
| Frances Perkins | Appointed by Roosevelt as secretary of the labor; she was the first female cabinet member |
| Roosevelt | President that won the election of 1932 with his new deal |
| Father Charles Coughlin | Created the union party to challenge franklin |
| Dr. Francis Townsend | Proposed the Old Age Revolving Pension |
| Huey long | Organized Share-our-Wealth plan and was shot 6 times |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | First lady who spoke for equal rights for women and African Americans |
| Herbert Hoover | President who was blamed for the great depression |
| Smooth-Hawley tariff | raised u.s duties on imports to all-time highs and led to higher foreign tariffs |
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