Hoover
Who was Hoover's running mate in the election of 1932?
Charles Curtis
Who was Franklin D Roosevelt's running mate in the election of 1932?
John Nance Garner
What is the day when the stock market initially crashed known as?
Black Tuesday
What were the "three R's" of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Who were the soldiers in the Bonus Expeditionary army?
WWI veterans
Friendly announcements via radio to reassure the public during Roosevelt's time in office were called-
Fireside Chats
What was Hoover's response to the Great Depression?
He asked Americans to make do in the spirit of “rugged individualism” and finally took small steps such as creating programs to increase work and helping charities but these only benefitted specific people
What were the purposes of each "R" of the New Deal?
Relief: to help the poor and unemployed
Recovery: to help the economy recover from depression
Reform: to try and prevent a future depression
As a republican, Hoover believed in what kind of federal government?
Small/limited
As a democrat, Roosevelt believed in what kind of federal government?
Expanded/large
What was Roosevelt's response to the Great Depression?
Believed an active government would take direct action on federal relief, public works, and social services. He created New Deal → federal programs to aid economic relief
What was the conservative reaction to the New Deal?
They disliked government involvement and assistance in people’s lives, and believed government control should stay away from what should be left to private enterprise.
What was the nickname given to homeless encampments or shanty towns during the great depression?
Hoovervilles
Describe Court Packing
Roosevelt's plan in 1937 to increase the number of supreme court justices from nine to fifteen- unsuccessful
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff did what?
Raised US tariffs on imported goods
Identify and describe the purpose of these political policies in the New Deal, and what "R" each policy falls into: CCC, SSA, and NIRA
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
NIRA: National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
SSA: Social Security Administration