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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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| known popularly as FDR, the two-term governor of New York and a distant cousin of former president Theodore Roosevelt |
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| FDR's program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform |
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| the 1933 law that established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to protect individuals' bank accounts |
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| a law, enacted in 1933, that required corporations to provide complete, accurate information on all stock offerings |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act |
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| a law enacted in 1933 to raise crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps |
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| an agency, established as part of the New Deal, that put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects |
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| National Industrial Recovery Act |
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| a law enacted in 1933 to establish codes of fair practice for industries and to promote industrial growth |
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| a government's spending of more money than it receives in revenue |
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| senator of Louisiana and was an early supporter of the New Deal but he turned against Roosevelt |
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| FDR's wife and was a social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills |
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| Works Progress Administration |
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| an agency, established as part of the Second New Deal, that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts, and other fields |
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| National Youth Administration |
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| an agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression |
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| a law - also known as the National Labor Relations Act - enacted in 1935 to protect workers' rights after the Supreme Court declared the National Industrial Recovery act unconstitutional |
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| a law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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| New Deal program that helped states to provide aid for the unemployed |
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| Public Works Administration |
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| New Deal program that created jobs on government projects |
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| Civil Works Administration |
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| New Deal program that provided work in federal jobs |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act |
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| New Deal program in which banks were inspected by Treasury Department and those stable could reopen |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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| an agency created in 1933 to insure individuals' bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures |
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| National Recovery Administration |
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| New Deal program that established codes of fair competition |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission |
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| an agency, created in 1934, that monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds |
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| New Deal program that created seven-member board to regulate the nation's money supply and the interest rates on loans |
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| Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
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| New Deal program that required manufacturers to list ingredients in food, drugs, and cosmetic products |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| a federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods |
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| Rural Electrification Administration |
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| New Deal program that provided affordable electricity for isolated rural areas |
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| Home Owners Loan Corporation |
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| New Deal program that loaned money at low interest to homeowners who could not meet mortgage payments |
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| Federal Housing Administration |
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| New Deal program that insured loans for building and repairing homes |
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| United States Housing Authority |
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| New Deal program that provided federal loans for low-cost public housing |
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| New Deal program that established a minimum hourly wage and a maximum number of hours in the workweek for the entire country & set rules for the employment of workers under 16 and banned hazardous factory work for those under 18 |
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| America's first female cabinet member |
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| an educator who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young African Americans |
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| appointed by FDR as the commissioner of Indian affairs; helped create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 |
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| an alliance of diverse groups - including Southern whites, African Americans, and unionized workers - who supported the policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930s and 1940s |
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| Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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| a labor organization composed of industrial unions founded in 1938, it merged with the AFL in 1955 |
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| a 1939 movie dealing with the life of Southern plantation owners during the Civil War - one of the most popular films of all time |
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| actor, director, producer, and writer; created one of the most renowned radio broadcasts of all time, "The War of the Worlds" |
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| American painter whose work includes the famous painting, American Gothic |
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| African American author who wrote the novel, Native Son |
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| a novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1939, that deal with a family of Oklahomans who leave the Dust Bowl for California |
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| a government-supported level for the prices of agricultural products, intended to keep farmers' incomes steady |
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