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| term used to describe President Franklin Roosevelt's relief, recovery and reform programs designed to combat the Great Depression |
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| period at the start of President Franklin Roosevelt's presidency in 1933, when many New Deal programs were passed by Congress |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| federal project to provide inexpensive electric power, flood control, and recreational opportunities to the Tennessee River valley |
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| period of legislative activity launched by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1935 |
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| a law passed in 1935 that aided unions by legalizing collective bargaining and closed shops, and by establishing the National Labor Relations Board |
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| system established by the 1935 Social Security Act to provide financial security, in the form of regular payments, to people who cannot support themselves |
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| a leader who manipulates people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics |
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| government takeover and ownership of banks, and the redistribution of their wealth |
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| total amount of money that the federal government borrows and has to pay back |
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| labor protest in which laborers stop working but refuse to leave the workplace |
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| Government-funded projects to build public facilities |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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| Established by Congress in 1933, this program put more than 2.5 million young men to work restoring and maintaining forests, beaches and parks |
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| Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) |
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| Established in 1933 to raise farm prices through government financial assistance |
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| A workplace open only to union members |
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| An organization founded in 1934 in opposition to the New Deal |
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| A leader who manipulates people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics |
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| Government takeover and ownership of banks, and the redistribution of their wealth |
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| Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government receives in revenues |
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| A period of slow business activity |
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| The total amount of money that the federal government borrows and has to pay back |
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| An alliance of groups with similiar goals |
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| A labor protest in which laborers stop working, but refuse to leave the workplace |
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