Which New Deal program reduced the production of crops in farmsteads and encouraged farmers to let their fields stay periodically unused?
The Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
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Which New Deal programs provided temporary relief to people out of work?
relief and recovery
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What was the Bonus Army?
The veterans and their families who marched to Washington, D.C. They demanded cash payment for their service in World War 1, but Hoover ordered the army to evict the Bonus Army from the grounds of Washington, which generated negative views of Hoover. (1932)
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What was Roosevelt’s attempt to control the supreme court?
Judiciary Reorganization Bill
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What did Upton Sinclair’s ‘The Jungle’ lead to?
It led to the meat inspection act.
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What were the three main objectives of the New Deal Programs?
Relief for unemployed Americans, Recovery of the economy, Reform to businesses to prevent future economic recessions
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Which New Deal programs play a permanent role in the US economy?
reform
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When did the Great Depression end and what caused it?
WWII, during the years 1939 to 1941
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What sprouted around the streets of America to feed the unemployed (lines stretched for miles)
Soup Kitchens
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Who made up Roosevelt’s Democratic Coalition?
Small farmers in the midwest, blue collar workers, intellectuals, African Americans
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Which act authorized the government to close banks on a specific date known as “Bank Holiday?”
The Emergency Banking Relief Act
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Which piece of legislation allowed protesting workers to join labor unions?
The National Labor Relations Act
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This is what was significant about the election of 1928.
Radio was used significantly for the first time.
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What was the Wagner Act?
reaffirmed the right of workers to organize and to utilize collective bargaining
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What caused the decline of the New Deal after 1937?