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public works |
government-funded building projects that provide jobs |
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franklin delano roosevelt |
32nd president of u.s.; elected president 4x; led u.s. during great depression and ww2 |
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fireside chats |
conversational radio addresses given by FDR |
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eleanor roosevelt |
wife of FDR, social reformer, writer, and diplomat; supported equal rights for women/african americans; served as first u.s. ambassador to united nations |
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new deal |
plan by FDR intended to bring economic relief, recovery, and reforms to the country after the great depression |
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hundred days |
first hundred days of Franklin Roosevelt's term as president during which roosevelt implemented many new programs |
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subsidy |
government payment that is aimed at achieving some public benefit |
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huey p. long |
louisiana politician and senator; criticized the new deal and set up the Share Our Wealth Society. He wanted to tax wealthy americans and give more money to poor americans |
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father charles coughlin |
catholic priest/popular radio broadcaster; broadcasts praised Hitler and criticized FDR's new deal policies |
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dr. francis townsend |
new deal critic who focused on needs of older americans. his ideas for a pension plan for retirees contributed to the formation of social security |
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second new deal |
new set of programs in spring of 1935 including additional banking reforms, new tax laws, new relief programs; also known as second hundred days |
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social security |
system for providing pensions for many americans age 65 and older |
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john l. lewis |
american labor leader; president of united mine workers, and founder of the congress of industrial organizations; he helped win labor victories through strategies such as the sit-down strike |
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CIO |
group that broke away from the AFL to form committee for industrial organization; later changed to congress of industrial organizations |
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sit-down strike |
strike in which workers refuse to work or leave workplace until a settlement is reached |
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deficit |
when government spends more money than it takes in |
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john maynard keynes |
british economist; revolutionary economic theory that limited deficit spending could benefit economy provided basis for some of FDR;s successful policies |
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Frances Perkins |
first american woman to head executive or cabinet department; served as secretary of labor in FDR's administration. She played an important role in shaping New Deal jobs programs and labor policy |
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black cabinet |
nickname for group of african americans FDR appointed to key government positions; served as unofficial advisors to the president |
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dorothea lange |
american photographer; recorded great depression by taking pictures of the unemployed and rural poor |
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swing |
type of jazz music popular in 1930s |
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minimum wage |
lowest wage employer can legally pay worker |
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incumbent |
person who currently holds a public office |
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