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U.S History

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