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Why did Roosevelt ask Congress to let him appoint more justices to the Supreme Court?
- to allow him to have more justices who would support the New Deal
Americans thought the ________ would keep growing after Black Tuesday because many new inventions were being sold
economy
A tax against goods that are shipped into a country is called a ________.
tariff
Define unemployment.
wanting and needing a job, unable to find one
the crash on Black Tuesday in 1929 was the ______ crash in American history.
biggest
The stock market can crash when stocks quickly lose more than half their __________.
How does overproduction hurt the economy?
causes prices to drop, leading to higher sales but lower profits for businesses
What did the Supreme Court say about many of the New Deal programs?
They were unconstitutional, Roosevelt had to shut them down.
Hoover's plan to _______ taxes hurt families and businesses and did not help to overcome the Great Depression.
raise
Who takes responsibility for people's well-being in a welfare state?
the government
Who asked major business leaders not to cut people's wages?
Herbert Hoover
supporters
A person who check business records.
Auditor
What is Miss Christine's favorite flower?
carnation/tulips
What is Miss Christine's favorite candy?
squashies
Who was to benefit from the Social Security Act?
older people, people who had lost their jobs
What is a shanty?
a house made of scraps of metal, wood, and cardboard
Who promised the American people New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The stock market can _________ when stock prices rise higher than the companies are worth.
crash
How does overproduction hurt businesses?
causes lower profits, which could cause lower wages, fewer jobs, and going out of business
The stock market crash showed that the US __________ was struggling.
economy
What is a city "machine"?
a group of people who control how a city is run
The Farm Bill caused the landowner to no longer need the __________ to work his land.
Sharecropper
To buy stocks and then sell them as soon as the price goes up is to __________ on the stock market.
speculate
To stop runs on the banks, Roosevelt declared a bank ________
holiday