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1
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Bread Lines

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Provisions given to the unemployed during the Depression

2
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Huey Long

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Share the Wealth -Socialism candidate

3
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FDIC

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Bank accounts insured by the federal government

4
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TVA

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Project to build dams along the federal government

5
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AAA

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Helped debt ridden farmers keep their land

6
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WPA

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Created jobs and build roads, public buildings, and parks

7
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Fireside Chats

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FDR’s weekly talk with America via radio broadcast

8
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New Deal

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FDR’s promise to the American people after the Depression

9
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Bonus Army

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Fired upon by MacArthur during the Hoover Presidency

10
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Smooth-Hawley tariff

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Highest tariff in American history:Destroyed foreign trade

11
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Great Depression

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Caused by many factors,including the Crash of ‘29

12
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Dust Bowl

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Erosion of farm lands due to over producing in the 1930s