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| President of the United States at the beginning of the Great Depression |
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| Elected President in 1932, pledged a New Deal for the American people |
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| Tireless worker for social causes, including women's rights and civil rights for African Americans and other groups |
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| Secretary of Labor 1933-1945 under FDR, first woman cabinet member |
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| Roosevelt's greatest political threat until his assassination in 1935 |
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| Father Charles Coughlin ("The Radio Priest") |
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| Accused FDR of being friend of the wealthy and enemy of the poor |
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| Proposed a monthly pension of $200 for everyone over 60 years of age |
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| Sponsored the Wagner Act, which protected the right of workers to strike |
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| Democratic candidate in the election of 1928 |
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| Leader of the United Mine Workers and member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations |
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| Tauntonian who was part of the Brain Trust |
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| The "American Lenin", Communist presidential candidate in 1924, 1928, and 1932 |
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