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| The day the stock market crashed. |
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| The new president elected in 1928. |
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| Economically hard times that lasted from 1929-1941 |
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| Giving help to the needy. |
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| Government hired workers that constructed schools, courthouses, dams, and paved highways. |
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| Reconstruction Finance Corporation; Government loaned money to railroads, bands and insurance companies to keep them in business. |
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| Shacks were the homeless lived. |
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| Veterans from WWI who marched to Washington to demand a bonus right away. |
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| General that cleared out the Bonus Army. |
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| Came from a wealthy connected family. Was in law school, Democrat. |
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| 30 speeches given by FDR saying that money is safer in a bank than under a mattress. |
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Three main goals:
1. Relief to unemployed.
2. Make a plan for recovery.
3. Reforms to prevent another depression. |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps; Hired single unemployed men from the age of 18-25, earned a dollar per day. |
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| Works Progress Administration; Gave jobs to build schools, playgrounds, and hospitals. |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Act; The government paid farmers to grow certain crops. |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Company; Secured your savings. |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority; Remake the Tennessee Valley. |
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| Called for heavy taxes on rich. |
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| Wanted everyone over 60 to get a pension of 200 per month. |
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| Unions that negotiate contracts. |
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| Congress of Industrial Organization; Represented unions in whole industries (steel, automobile, etc.) |
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| Stopped all machines until Goodyear recognized their union. |
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1. Set up a pension for older people.
2. Unemployment insurance (small payments until found work). |
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| Large increase in national debt. |
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| A severe drought from Texas to the Dakotas. |
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| People who migrated to find jobs. |
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| First lady, spoke to homeless, had a newspaper column and radio show. |
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| African American unofficial advisers. |
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