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| 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt | gov. of New York, became president in 1932, and married Eleanor Roosevelt (D)
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| 2. Eleanor Roosevelt | distant cousin and wife to FDR was deeply involved in public affiars .
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| 3. New Deal | FDR's campaign for the election in 1932. also his plan to help the u.s. out of the depression.
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| 4. fireside chat | where the president speaks over the radio to communicate with the public.
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| 5. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) | insured bank deposits up to 5,000 dollars. (one of FDR's proposals to help the economy)
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| 6. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | gov. run agency were they built dams to generate power and to control floods.
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| 7. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) | provided jobs for 2 million men.
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| 8. National Recovery Administration (NRA) | developed codes of fair competition to govern whole industries.
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| 9. Public Works Adminisration (PWA) | built bridges, dams, power plants, and gov. buildings
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| 10. Charles Coughlin | at first supported FDR but after awhile said Roosevelt didn't do enough to get the U.S. out of the depression
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| 11. Huey Long | senator of louisiana, new deal critic, his solution to the depression was "Share Our Wealth" (high taxes on the wealthy)
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| 12. Second New Deal | addressed the elderly, the poor, and the unemployed. helped farmers, protected worker's rights and their projects.
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| 13. Works Progress Administration (WPA) | helped provide jobs (congress funded 5 billion dollars)
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| 14. John Maynard Keynes | british economist that said deficit spending was needed to end the depression
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| 15. pump priming | Keynes theory stated that putting people to work on public projects put money into the hands of consumers who would buy more goods.
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| 16. Social Security Act | established unemployment insurance for workers who lost their jobs.
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| 17. Wagner Act | gave the right for employees to join labor unions and gave workers the right to collective bargaing.
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| 18. collective bargaining | employees had to negotiate with unions about hours, wages, and other working conditions
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| 19. Fair Labor Standars Act | 1938 gave workers additional rights
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| 20. Congress of Industial Organizations (CIO) | the united mine workers and a few labor leaders established this.
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| 21. sit-down strike | was led by the UAW. said they wouldn't leave until a settlement was reached. lasted 44 days and won . (led the way for other union's success.)
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| 22. court packing | Roosevelt's new appontees were new deal supporters. (people accused Roosevelt of trying to strengthen his presidency)
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| 23. Black Cabinet | Roosevelt invited many African American leaders to adivise him. among them were Robert Weaver and William Hastie
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| 24. Mary Mcleod Bethune | was another member of the black cabinet . founder of the Bethune Cookman College.
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| 25. Indian New Deal | gave indians economic assistance and greater control over their own affairs.
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| 26. New Deal coalition | were southern whites, northern blue-collar workers, and citizens with immigrant roots, poor farmers, and blacks came together to form a strong political force.
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| 27. welfare state | a gov. that assumes all responsibilty for providing for the children, poor, elderly, sick, disabled, and unemployed.
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| 28. The Wizard of Oz | one of the most memorable depression-era movies.
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| 29. Frank Capra | was a director who focused on the strength of average americans
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| 30. war of the worlds | directed by Orson Welles; was a movie were people actually thought martians were invading.
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| 31. Federal Art Project | provided many job opportunities to artists.
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| 32. murals | huge dramatic paintings on public buildings across the nation
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| 33. Dorothea Lange | was a FSA photographer that created powerful images by photographing poor farmers and migrant workers
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| 34. John Steinbeck | author who wrote the Grapes of Wrath (was one of the most famoust novels in the 1930's)
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| 35. Lillian Hellman | was a playwriter who wrote strong roles for women. ex)The Children's Hour and The Little Foxes.
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