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What was the name of the tariff that made the Great Depression worse and a global thing?
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Who won the election of 1932?
Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt
Americans would find a way to rise to the occasion and get themselves out of the Great Depression?
What were the 3 r's of focuses of all of FDR's New Deal programs?
relief, recovery, reform
True or False:
There were 2 New Deals under the FDR administration.
True
What did many Americans overs peculate on and throw away money at by buying on the margin with money they didn't have?
stock market
Who was the Republican candidate in the election of 1932?
Herbert Hoover
What was the names of the homeless towns across the United States during the Hoover administration?
Hoovervilles
What was the purpose of the bank holiday during the FDR administration?
To give the banks a break from people doing bank runs on them all at one time.
Why did some Americans criticize FDR as president?
Some thought he was trying to over extend the power of the president by exerting too much control over the economy and government.
What happened in September of 1929, otherwise known as "Black Tuesday?"
stock market crashed
Who was the Democratic candidate in the election of 1932?
Franklin Deleanor Roosevelt
What was the Bonus Army incident?
What was the main focus of FDR's New Deal programs in the first 100 days? (one of the r's)
relief
How did Hoover and FDR's views on the solution to the Great Depression differ?
Hoover thought it was up to the Americans to fix the problems of the depression, while FDR though the government should intervene more.
Why did banks fail after the stock market crash of 1929?
Too many people ran to the banks wanting their money, and the bank didn't have the money to give back.
Why did Hoover get beat so badly by FDR in the election of 1932?
The combination of the Bonus Army incident and the Great Depression getting worse caused many Americans to lose faith in Hoover as a leader.
True or False:
While Hoover was president the government can best be described as a small government or laissez faire style of government where individuals were left up to their own devices or means to getting out of the Great Depression.
True
Why did FDR threaten the Supreme Court with the Court Packing Bill?
They were declaring several of his New Deal policies unconstitutional.
What was the name of the individuals who had to move from the Midwest states like Oklahoma to states such as California due to a natural phenomenon that occurred during the Great Depression?
Okies
Why did farmers suffer at the start of the Great Depression? (I'm not asking what made it worse, but what originally made it bad for them.)
They had overproduced due to WWI and now couldn't make a profit off of their crops.
What was FDR's series of programs meant to help Americans throughout the Great Depression called?
New Deal
What stye of government did Herbert Hoover practice as president?
laissez-faire
What was the name of FDR's chats or discussions with Americans over the radio during his administration called?
fireside chats
How was Eleanor Roosevelt different from any other first lady that came before her?
She worked hand in hand with the president, created government programs, worked with the Bonus Army, etc.