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Created by the National Industrial Recovery Act with the goal to ensure codes of fair competition in business.
National Recovery Administration- NRA
People from Oklahoma and the Midwest who moved to California in hopes of work were known as what?
Okies
How many times was FDR elected? What years did he serve?
4 times, 1932-1944
Who did Herbert Hoover lose the election to in 1932?
FDR
Who wrote the book “The Great Gatsby”?
F Scott Fitzgerald
Who brought Mickey Mouse to life in 1928 and produced the first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
Walt Disney
Daytime radio dramas carried over their story lines from day to day. Programs such as The Guiding Light presented middle-class families confronting illness, conflict, and other problems. The shows’ sponsors were often makers of laundry soaps, so the shows were nicknamed ________________.
Soap Operas
What were the goals of FDR’s New Deal Programs?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What were young stylish women, who were known for dancing, short skirts, make-up, and bright colors, called?
Flappers
What takes place when many depositors decide to withdraw their money at one time, usually because of fear that the bank is going to collapse?
Bank Run
The organization that had a pool of money for banks to lend in their communities was known as what?
National Credit Corporation
What prevented other nations from trading with the United States and was the highest in U.S. history?
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Who was the first female cabinet member?
Frances Perkins
What was the motto or slogan during to first 100 days of FDR's New Deal?
"Try something, try anything"
What amendment created prohibition? Then what amendment repealed prohibition?
18th, 21st
How many farmers lost their land through foreclosures?
400,000
The goal of the________________ was to build dams in the southeast to control flooding and provide electricity. It brought electricity to many southern rural areas for the first time.
Tennessee Valley Authority
What was made up of 15,000 veterans of WWI who marched on Washington demanding bonus checks and lobbied for a bill to speed up payments?
Bonus Army
This program created a national minimum wage and a 40 hour work week.
Fair Standards Labor Act- FSLA
New Deal Programs were based on the theory of ________________- “spend money to make money” the more money that the government spends to put people back to work would restore confidence in Americans.
Keynesian Economics
What act restricted annual admission to the United States to only 3 percent of the total number of people in any ethnic group already living in the nation?
Emergency Quota Act
Group of advisors with three different point of views (pro-business and those who distrusted big business) created to come up with solutions to the problems the country faced were known as what?
The Brain Trust
Charles Forbes was the head of ________________ where he kept $250 million dollars for himself.
Veterans Bureau
A pseudoscience that had the goal of improving the qualities of the human species by discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic “defects” was known as what?
Eugenics
This pact outlawed war as an instrument of policy. The United States and 14 other countries signed this on August 27,1928.
Kellogg Briand Pact