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| federal deposit insurance corporation. insured peoples money in banks up to $5,000 dollars. |
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| emergency banking relief act |
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| gave the president more power to control banks. |
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| Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
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| It gave 300 million dollars in grants to cities and states. |
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| To put 4 million people on state and federal projects like roads, schools, and airports. In 1934, will close the CWA because it was too expensive. |
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| created to control the production of commodities. the gov pays farmers to produce less. makes people mad. |
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| National Industry Recovery Act |
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| Will be passed to set prices for industries. People will try to rally around the national recovery admin. Overall mixed results as this was bad for labor and small business. This will be declared unconstitutional in 1935. |
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| This will be work relief with the preservation of natural resources. Work on projects like reforestation, roads, park construction, and flood control. Will have mostly young men that earn about 30.00 a month. Was run like the military. Will be one of the most successful and least controversial of all programs. |
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| TENNESEE VALLEY AUTHORITY |
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| TVA was set up build and run power plants along the Tennessee River. Will build 9 major damns. Private utility companies will be very upset by this. TVA will be very successful in changing the lives of many residents. Many people were afraid that this type of program could lead to socialism. |
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| 1935 WPA will be the first attempt to deal with the massive unemployment. 3 million people a year employed building bridges, airports, libraries, roads, and golf courses. Will employ both men and women 13%. a lot of the criticism of the program like lazy, slow, and little done. In the long term will build 6,000 schools, 2,500 hospitals, and 13,000 playgrounds. |
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| 1935 social security act is passed for old age and survivor benefits. Place a 1%tax on employers and employees. This will eventually become the largest federal welfare program. a lot of criticism but will be one of the few lasting measures of the depression |
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| Buys land for farmers to farm. |
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| Rural Electrification Admin. |
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| brings electricity to rural areas. changes the eay alot of people live. |
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| a big natural disaster of dust. |
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| they taxed the rich and made them pay more which upsets them all. |
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| The Committee of Industrial organization |
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| will be formed and be a huge union with a lot of success. Sit down strikes will be their most effective method. There will be some violence in 1937 Chicago on Memorial Day. 10s strikers shot by police. |
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| Which gives the federal government the capacity to mediate strikes. Unions will increase in size during the New Deal. |
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| A huge drop in the stock market that results n unemployment and stuff. |
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| its the first one hundred days of presidency that decides weather or not the president is going to do what he promised during his campaigns. |
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| the president during the beginning of the depression but will fail epically and not make the cut next time. |
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| he becomes the president after hoover. he makes much much more progress in getting out of the depression. is president for 13 years. |
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| a big supporter of the blacks, and roosevelts main advisor. |
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| back in the 20's, they were encouraged to come. later, they were encouraged to leave. discrimination is still on the rise. |
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