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What were breadlines?
What did CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Stock Market crash
Did FDR increase or decrease the size of the federal government?
increased
FDR's first fireside chat had to do with....
Banking crisis
Who were the Bonus Army? What did they demand?
WWI veterans that marched on the capitol demanding their veteran bonuses to be paid early
What type of infrastructure did the Works Progress Administration build?
hospitals, schools, shipyards, roads
What was the nickname Hoover was given after FDR announced his candidacy?
lame-duck president
Before he was president, FDR was
A governor for NY
Name two states the dust bowl touched?
Why would FDR use fireside chats?
To informally discuss updates with the people, usually late at night through the radio
What program did we discuss was labeled as unconstitutional??
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
What were hooovervilles?
Shantytowns created by the homeless named after Hoover because he was blamed for the depression
FDR's goal with the New Deal was to please the...
How did the Dust Bowl occur?
Drought caused the soi to dry up into fine particles and spread dust storms into the air
Which is the day known as when the stock market crash began?
Black Thursday
What two things did the National Industrial Recovery Act accomplish?
Set the minimum working age and abolish child labor
What was the trickle-down theory? Did it work?
Hoover's idea of giving money to the wealthy and having it trickle down to the poorer classes. It did not work.
FDR's New Deal programs were categorized into three types, what was each type?
Relief, Reform, Recovery
What are two unique reasons that the Great Depression occurred?
Stock market crash, trade deficit, troubles on the farm, social inequalities, consumption culture
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
A law that raised import duties in the United States in 1930 and protected US businesses and farmers
What two things did the FDIC accomplish?
Insured money up to $2500, and separated investment and commercial banking
Why did Hoover not react to the stock market crash right away?
Hoover believed that this downturn was similar to the periodic recessions that were typical of the American business cycle.
FDR's wife Eleanor Roosevelt was credited for doing what for the UN?
Drafting the UN Declaration of Human Rights
How did World War I lead to the roaring twenties and how did the 20s lead to the great depression?
WWI - improved economy, people had money to spend coming back home, consumerism took over and unions allowed employees to get more pay, the overconsumption and buying on margin led to the crash of the market