lesson 1
What was the name of the great soil drought called?
Dust Bowl
WWI veterans demanded 1k bonus they were promised, congress denied early pay and the Army cleared them out, bad press
bonus marchers
what is james sister name
Sophia Montgomery
who has a receding hairline that looks like the Twin Peeks logo?
gummie
what new deal program gave 8 million Americans jobs and promoted art and entertainment
federal project number one
what were the people who moved to California called?
Okies
what last ditch effort did hoover start
public works
what were one of the things americans used to do to pass time
read, look at art, and use electronic devices
what was the point of public works
get americans working again
what was the point of unions during the great depression
rase wages
Overproduction
what did americans buy more of while the economy grew
socks
americans were bored so what became the most common household item
raidos
What were the chats called that FDR introduced
Fireside Chats
what was the plan called that installed more court justices to save other programs called?
court packing
what president was elected in 1932
FDR
what was the steepest daily dive of prices called?
black thursday
what groups of people went home willingly after the great depression?
mexicans and Filipinos
what was another name for all the public works
alphabet soup
what act subsidized housing in urban markets and ended evictions on farms
national housing act
what tariff was created in 1930, when Congress raised tariffs to the highest level ever, starting a vicious cycle of retaliatory tariffs
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
who touched bull nuts in nyc
master gummie
what were the people who lived on trains called (another name for james greene)
Hobos
Who created 15 major acts and 76 laws thru Congress in 1st 100 Days
FDR
what was the point of social security and who was it targeted towards
old decaying people that would be able to afford groceries and such.