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This term refers to an alliance of diverse groups including Southern whites, African Americans, and union workers who supported the policies of the Democratic Party in the 1930s and 1940s?
2.
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Name given to a labor organization composed of industrial unions found in 1938?
3.
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Name the federal agency created in 1933 to insure individuals' bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures.
4.
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Which movie was most popular during The Great Depression?
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Name the 1935 Act that was enacted to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children?
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Name the act that was enacted in 1935 for the purpose of protecting workers' rights?
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Name the agency that put young unemployed men to work building roads, developing parks, planting trees, and helping in erosion-control and flood-control programs
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Name the commissioner of Indian Affairs who helped create the Indian Reorganization Act. This piece of legislation moved away from the government's policy of assimilation and toward Native American autonomy?
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This term refers to a government's spending of more money than it receives in revenue?
10.
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Name the first presidential cabinet member who became Secretary of Labor?
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Name the agency that provided young Americans with aid and employment during the Great Depression.
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An agency created in 1934, that monitors the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds?
13.
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Name the Louisiana Senator who proposed "Share Our Wealth?"
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Name given to a federal corporation established in 1933 to construct dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley region to generate electricity as well as to prevent floods?
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Name given to the agency created in 1935 to prevent unfair labor practices and to mediate disputes between workers and management?
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This program focused on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform.
17.
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Who ran against Herbert Hoover in the 1932 election?
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Name the educator who was hired by President Roosevelt to head the Division of Negro Affairs of the National Youth Administration?
19.
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He painted "American Gothic?"
20.
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John Steinbeck wrote this novel which reveals the lives of Oklahomans who left the Dust Bowl and ended up in California where their hardships continued?
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Which author wrote "Native Sun" which is about a young man trying to survive in a racist world?
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This term refers to an agency established as part of the Second New Deal, that provided the unemployed with jobs in construction, garment making, teaching, the arts and other fields?
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Which 1933 law called for the rise of crop prices by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of their land unplanted, thus lowering production?
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This term refers to a government-supported level for the prices of agricultural products, intended to keep farmers' income steady?
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President Kennedy named this former first lady ambassador to the United Nations?
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