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Bank runs increased before Roosevelt's inauguration because some people thought he would abandon the gold standard and reduce the value of
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the dollar.
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To regulate the stock market and prevent fraud, Congress created an independent agency called the
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Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Bank runs increased before Roosevelt's inauguration because some people thought he would abandon the gold standard and reduce the value of
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To regulate the stock market and prevent fraud, Congress created an independent agency called the
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Perhaps no group of Americans had been as badly hurt by the Depression as had the nation's
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The Glass-Steagall Act separated commercial banking from
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What was the period called between March 9 and June 16, 1933, when Congress passed 15 major acts to meet the economic crisis?
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The Public Works Administration was created as a federal relief agency to put back to work the unemployed in the
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A process whereby dissatisfied union members could take their complaints to a neutral party who would listen to both sides and decide the issue is called
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In what became known as the "sick chicken case," the Court ruled that the Constitution did not allow Congress to delegate its powers to
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What did the series of programs and reforms that Roosevelt launched in 1935 come to be called?
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The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1935 provided more protection for workers, the abolition of child labor, and
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closing banks before bank runs could put them out of business
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Roosevelt succeeded this New York governor when the governor ran for president
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a monetary standard in which one ounce of gold equaled a set number of dollars
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a paralyzing disease that President Roosevelt had
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Roosevelt's policies during the Great Depression
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provides government insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amount
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channeled money to state and local agencies to fund their relief projects
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suspended the antitrust laws
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direct talks via radio that FDR held with the American people
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most highly praised New Deal work relief program
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a new federal agency created "for work relief and to increase employment by providing useful projects"
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government practice of spending borrowed money to pay for programs without regard to a balanced budget
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law providing some security for the elderly
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guaranteed workers the right to organize unions without interference from employers and to bargain collectively
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Supreme Court case that struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act