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bubble still bursting

100

True or False: By 1933 50% workers in America was unemployed (did not have a job)

False: 1 out of 4

200

Hoovervilles

shanties

300

hoover flags; hoover carts, hoover hogs

empty pockets; broken-down cars pulled by mules; rabbits killed for food

400

Over_____________ and deep ______________ of the Great Plains created problems with the Dust Bowl

Overgrazing and deep plowing

500

Okies

Okies left Oklahoma and moved to California looking for work

Hoover cont'd

100

Bonus Army

• They were WWI veterans who wanted early payment of bonuses promised to them

200

True or False: Hoover met with the Bonus Army and came up with a compromise

False: 

• Hoover sent troops to remove the protestors, but General MacArthur went beyond Hoover’s orders and used excessive force against them

300

Election of 1932 showed that most people approved of Hoover's approach to dealing with the Depression

False

FRD cont'd

100

Fireside chats

Roosevelt’s radio addresses to the nation

200

Brain Trust

group of advisors who helped Roosevelt formulate plans for combating the Depression

300

AAA

• Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
• Paid farmers to destroy crops and livestock

400

CCC

• Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
• Gave young, unmarried men jobs planting trees and developing parks in a disciplined setting

500

NRA

• National Recovery Administration (NRA)
• Eliminated competition among businesses who agreed to follow government codes

New Deal Cont'd

300

True or False: Conservatives criticized that Roosevelt did not do enough

False

400

Conservative's believed what was being replaced with government regulation?

Capitalism

500

Liberals criticized the New Deal saying what three things? 

• The gov’t should take ownership of certain industries
• It was not doing enough to end the Depression
• The gov’t should provide people a guaranteed income

Random II

300

arguments new deal effective

• The decrease in unemployment rate from its peak in 1933
• The restoration of people’s faith and confidence in America
• The parks, buildings, and other public works projects that were built

400

TVA

• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• Provided electricity in seven states along a river

500

WPA

• Works Progress Administration (WPA)
• Employed eight million people (including artists, authors, and actors) in public works projects