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New Deal
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Congress approved all 15 measures that made up the heart of the presidents new deal program.
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Bank Holiday
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designed to stop massive withdrawals
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Insured each bank deposit up to $5,000
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Frances Perkins
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The secretary of labor
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Harry L. Hopkins
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Former relief supervisor in New York, headed the FERA
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Civilian Conservation Corps
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Some 250,000 young men left their homes and went to army camps for CCC training.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
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Roosevelt supported the passage of the Federal Securities Act which created this
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John Maynard Keynes
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A noted British economist
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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Stimulate industrial and business activity and reduce unemployment.
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Agricultural Adjustment
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The AAA paid farmers to reduce their output of corn, cotton, dairy products, hogs, rice, tobacco, wheat, and other commodities
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Which was created in May 1933, transformed the economic and social life of the region
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Robert C. Weaver
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Who held a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard
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Marian Anderson
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A world-famous African American singer, to perform at their Washington D.C. hall
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John Collier
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Observed the poor living conditions in American Indian communities
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Francis E. Townsend
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Townsend wanted the government to grant a pension of $200 a month to every American over 60 years old
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Charles E. Coughlin
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A radio priest from Michigan, urged the government to nationalize all banks and return to the silver standard
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Huey Long
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A colorful but corrupt U.S. senator from Louisiana, had probably the most radical plan.
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Share-Our-Wealth
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The program would empower the government to seize wealth from the rich through Texas and then provide a
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Works Progress Administration
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Was led by Harry L. Hopkins
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National Youth Administration
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The NYA provided high-school and college-age Americans with part-time jobs that allowed them to stay in school
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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A member of the Black Cabinet, be appointed director of the Division of Negro Affairs in the NYA
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Social Security Act
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Provided unemployment insurance to workers who lost their jobs.
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Wagner-Connery Act
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Guaranteed labor's right to organize unions and to bargain collectively for better wages and working conditions
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Lewis and several other labor leaders organized this
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Sit-down strike
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Instead of leaving the automobile plants, workers occupied
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Dust bowl
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The affected region came to be called, clouds of dust darkened the skies at noon and burried fences and farm machinery
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Roy E. Stryker
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Head of the FSA historical section, assembled a team of renowned photographers
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Walker Evans
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who depicted life among sharecroppers in rural Alabama
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Gordon Parks
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Later became a filmmaker
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Margaret Bourke-White
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International photojournalist
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Dorothea Lange
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International photojournalist
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Migrant mother
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Considered a masterpeice
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Federal Project Number One
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In 1935 the Works Progress Administration set aside $300 million to create this
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John Steinback
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Produced a gripping picture of the depression years
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The Grapes of Wrath
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The story follows the fortunes of a poor family as they travel from the Dust Bowl region to California
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Zora Neale Hurston
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Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God
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Richard Wright
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Offered a grim picture of black urban life in Native Son
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Gone with the Wind
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A sweeping story of the Old South set during the civil war and reconstruction
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Frank Capra
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Celebrated simple values and criticized the wealthy and politicians in films like Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
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Aaron Copland
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Used these as the basis for his most popular compositions
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Thomas A. Dorsey
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Wrote songs such as "Precious Lord, Take my Hand."
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Mahalia Jackson
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A popular gospel singer
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Benny Goodman
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Popularize swing with his integrated band
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Jacob Lawrence
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Portrayed the daily lives of African American herose
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Painted haunting images of the southwestern desert landscape
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Regionalists
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Stressed local folk themes and customs
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American Gothic
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The most famous regionalist painting
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Anna "Grandma" Moses
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Was also well known during this period
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