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| The Economic and political policies of the roosevelt administration in the 1930's. |
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| The nations worst economic crisis, extending through the 1980's producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collapse |
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| Shantytown, sarcastically named after president Hoover, in which unemployed and homeless people lived in make shift shacks, tents and boxes. |
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| Unemployed veterans of world war 1 gathering n Washington in 1932 demanding payment of service bonuses not due until 1945. |
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| Speeches broadcast nationally over the radio in which president Franklin D. Roosevelt explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around the fireside with him. |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
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| Government agency that guarantees bank deposits, thereby protecting both depositors and banks. |
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| Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) |
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| Federal agency with authority to regulate trading practices in stock and bonds |
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| Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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| An alliance of industrial unions that spurred the 1930's organizational drive among the mass production industries. |
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| Tennessee Vally Authority (TVA) |
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| Federal regional planning agency established to promote conservation, produce electric power, and encourage economic development in 7 southern states. |
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| A government subscribing to a philosophy of dictatorship that merges the interests of the state, armed forces and big business. |
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