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AP US History

Definition

The "Share Our Wealth" program was a plan proposed by Louisiana Senator Huey Long during the Great Depression as a criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies. It aimed to redistribute wealth and provide economic security for all Americans through measures such as higher taxes on the wealthy and guaranteed minimum income.

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