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Father Charles Coughlin

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The Radio Priest, staunch opponent of FDR, this Detroit Priest used the radio to reach millions preaching for a annual living wage and the nationalization of the banks

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr., often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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3 R's

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Roosevelt entered office with a mandate from the people to do something/anything to end the depression he offered the three R's Relief, Recovery, and Reform

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American Individualism

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It is the idea that the individual should possess the freedom to define himself as opposed to a government definition of who he is and what he is. It is the freedom to achieve based upon one's own talents, abilities and ambition.

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Dorothea Lange

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Dorothea Lange was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration

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Okinawa

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Demagogue

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a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather than by using rational argument

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Nagasaki

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Huey Long

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the "kingfish" Senator from Louisiana, his "share our wealth program" sought to redistribute wealth by giving every family a minimum annual income of $2,500 and a $5,000 household estate he helped the underprivileged by improving education,. LSU, Medical care, public services (powerful ruthless political machine)...

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Tariffs

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a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

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First 100 Days

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The first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency began on March 4, 1933, the day Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States.

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WPA Works Progress Administration

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spent 11 billion dollars in relief, Building schools, public pools, playgrounds, airports, bridges, seaports, parks, hospitals, and sewage systems; hired writers and artists

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Bonus Army; Bonus March

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The Bonus Army were the 43,000 marchers—17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates.

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Dust Bowl

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The Dust Bowl was the name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s. As high winds and choking dust swept the region from Texas to Nebraska, people and livestock were killed and crops failed across the entire region.

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Overexpansion of Credit

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Overexpansion of credit The depression in the 1930s was caused by excess expansion of credit during the 1920s. This over extension by banks caused an unnatural disequilibrium in the money markets that initially caused a boom then a bust.

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Frances Perkins

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First female cabinet member in American history, she was FDR's Secretary of Labor

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National Labor Relations Act

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Guaranteed workers the right to form unions and established collective bargaining and established the National Labor Relations board

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Hoovervilles

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a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.

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Court Packing

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FDR attempted to "attach" a justice to the Supreme Court for any Justice on the bench over 70 who had not yet retired, he was trying to get on the court Judges sympathetic to the New Deal

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FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corp

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Provided insurance and protected the deposits for people's bank accounts

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Wagner Act

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The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (known as the Wagner Act after New York Senator Robert F. Wagner) is a foundational statute of United States labor law which guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining

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Oklahoma migrants

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During the 1930s Oklahoma suffered greatly. The Great Depression, combined with the Dust Bowl, destroyed many farms and left hundreds of thousands of Oklahomans unemployed. Droughts and high winds were treacherous at times, and due to the conditions in Oklahoma, more than 15% of Oklahomans moved to California.

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Herbert Hoover -- Great Engineer

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an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression. ... A lifelong Quaker, he became a successful mining engineer with a global perspective.

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Hiroshima

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FDR's Inaugural Address

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address. On March 3, 1933, the newly elected president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, promises a country battered by the Great Depression a renewed prosperity, setting forth plans to put the government to work.

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Bank Holiday

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a day on which banks are officially closed, observed as a public holiday.

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Island-hopping

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Great Crash of 1929

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The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of the Great Depression. By 1933, nearly half of America's banks had failed, and unemployment was approaching 15 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce. (Black Tuesday)

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TVA Tennessee Valley Authority

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Provided inexpensive electricity (hydroelectricity) and flood control for Southerners along the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, (90% of whom did not have electricity)

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Kamikaze

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Volunteerism

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the use or involvement of volunteer labor, especially in community services.

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SEC Securities & Exchange Act

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Regulated and controlled the Stock Market, stopped the practice of buying stocks on margin (with only 10% down)

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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she revolutionized the role of the first lady by traveling hundreds of thousands of miles to engage the American public and see how the New Deal was working; she became FDR's legs

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Social Security

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Set up a pension or system of retirement and unemployment benefits

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Fireside chats

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FDR's radio broadcasts to introduce his ideas and programs on how to solve the New Deal in simple terms; his strong voice gave people hope and confidence

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CCC Civilian Conservation Corps

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Hired unemployed young men (Juniors) between the ages of 18-25 to go into the woods and plant trees, fight forest fires, and build trails, reservoirs, and eradicate pests and plant diseases

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