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The Americans, Chapters 22-23
People, terms, dates
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History
11th Grade
10/30/2008

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Herbert Hoover
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President of the United States at the beginning of the Great Depression
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Elected President in 1932, pledged a New Deal for the American people
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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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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Frances Perkins
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Secretary of Labor 1933-1945 under FDR, first woman cabinet member
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Huey Long
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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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Dr. Charles Townsend
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Proposed a monthly pension of $200 for everyone over 60 years of age
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Sen. Robert Wagner
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Sponsored the Wagner Act, which protected the right of workers to strike
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Alfred E. Smith
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Democratic candidate in the election of 1928
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John L. Lewis
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Leader of the United Mine Workers and member of the Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Basil O'Conner
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Tauntonian who was part of the Brain Trust
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William Foster
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The "American Lenin", Communist presidential candidate in 1924, 1928, and 1932
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