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The Great Depression And The New Deal Flashcards

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Stock Market Crash/black tuesday

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the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s. it crashed on a Tuesday

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Buying on Margin

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Buying stock that you promise to pay back later

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Self reliance

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written by Ralph Waldo Emerson that emphasized importance of one’s self

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Herbert Hoover

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President that was in office during depression who’s volunteer plans failed

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Hawley-Smoot Tariff

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Raised tariff on 20,000 different goods

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Farm board

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gave farmers coverage for loss of crop

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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became U.S. loaning for banks, railroads, insurance companies, railroads, and agricultural agencies

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20th amendment

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set restriction on political leaders terms in office

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Bonus March

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unemployed veterans marched on Washington for the bonus pay they were promised because they fought in WW1

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Franklin Roosevelt

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served 4 terms as president during the Great Depression and introduced his New Deal plan

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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FDRs wife who was a supporter of civil rights

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New Deal and 3rs

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Reform, Relief, Recovery. FDRs plans for fixing the U.S. economy

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Brain trust

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Group of advisors to FDR who helped fix economy

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Frances Perkins

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First woman appointed to work in the cabinet who was a supporter of workers rights

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100 days

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the point where people see if the president has made any action against his promises for when he was in office

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21st amendment

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repealed prohibition

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Fireside Chats

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FDR went on radio and talked to U.S. citizens

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PWA

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Public works agency, created during New Deal

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FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, assured against loss if money if banks went under

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps., public work relief programs for young men

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority, provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development

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NRA

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National Recovery Administration, helped regions that were hit by hard times

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SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commision, protects companies

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FHA

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Federal Housing Administration, sets regulation for homes and the loan process

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration, employed millions so they could make quick cash

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NLRBA

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enforced U.S. regulations on work regulations

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Social Security Act

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a support system for elder people

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New Deal Coalition

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Alignment of voters to vote democrat

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John Meynerd Keynes

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British economist

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Charles Coughlin, Huey Long

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preacher who became popular through talking on the radio and criticized the new deal

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Court Paking Plan

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FDRs response to supreme court rejecting his plans by adding new justices

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CIO

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Chief Information Officer

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Fair Labor Standars Act

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set regulations for businesses such as a minimum wage

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Dust bowl

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Drought that caused farmers to lose their land and product

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Indian Reorganization Act

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dealt with the status of Native Americans

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A. Phillip Randolph

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Fought for civil and labor rights

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Good neighbor policy

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designed to improve relations between U.S. and Latin America

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Pan American Conference

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sought better relations with Latin America

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Causes of WW2

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Japan’s hostilities with china, U.S. depression, and German power

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Nye Committee

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investigated war companies to see if they pushed for war

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Charles Lindbergh

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led to the implementation of death penalty

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Neutrality Acts

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set restriction for things citizens could do in times of war

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Quarantine Speech

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Roosevelt’s speech warning Japan

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Cash and Carry

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neutrality to aid allies but stay neutral

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Selective service and Training Act

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forced men between 22 to 35 to register for military

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Destroyers for Bases deal

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U.S. and U.K. agreement for a trade

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Lend-Lease Act

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allowed president to use military to help allies cointries

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Pearl Harbor

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Japan’s attack of U.S. navy base

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War Production Board

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Reassigned factories for producing war needed items

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Office of Price Administration

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in charge of stabalizing prices

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Manhattan Project

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Atomic bombs

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Braceros Program

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U.S. and Mexico agree to import workers because of a shortage

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Korematsu v. U.S. and internment

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relocated Japanese Americans

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election of 1944

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Roosevelt’s 4th term with Truman as VP

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Role of Women in the War

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Women worked in factories and took over men’s roles

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D-Day

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troops stormed the beach to take back France

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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islands bombed with atomic bombs to show U.S. power

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Big three

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Allied leaders of World War II: Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Conferences: Yalta, Potsdam, Casablanca, Tehran

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War meetings for post war plans

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United Nations

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Alignment of nations to vote on global problems

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