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The Great Depression Flashcards

1
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Who were in the 1928 election

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Hoover and Al Smith

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2
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What did hoover believe in for his election

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self help and tax reforms for farmers

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Why was Al smith not that successful

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against prohibition

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What did Hoover do to help farmers

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Agricultural Marketing Act and Raised Tariffs

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Argicultral Marketing Act

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set up federal farm board to oversee farmers cooperative to buy sell and store surpluses by hoover

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6
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Hawley Smoot

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highest peace time tariff

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7
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When was the Stock Market Crash

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Black Tuesday October 29 1929

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How much money was lost in stock market

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40 bil

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9
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4 causes of the stock market crash

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  • Overproduction in agricultural and industrial market
  • too much credit buying
  • Europe was too weak to help us and tariffs hurt
  • Dust bowl in Midwest added to economic misery for farmers
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10
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Response to the market

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Gov did not help much
Public works
Trickle down
RFC
Anti Junction act of 1932

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RFC

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  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Lending bank but to companies
    Under Hoover
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12
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Norris- La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act of 1932

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outlawed yellow dog contracts and forbid federal ct. injunctions against strikes

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13
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Bonus Army

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20,000 out of work, hungry veterans of WW1 demanded repayment of differed bonus of 1945

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14
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The Paper tiger

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1931 Japanese militarist in the army seixe Manchuria from China and Leauge has no response, encouraged by weak response, The Jap bomb Shanghai in 1932

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15
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Hoovers Good Neighbor Policy

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  • Hoover didn’t agree with TR interventionist take on Monroe doctrine
  • Pulled US marines out of Haiti and Nicaragua
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FDR

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  • 5th cousin of TR
  • Gov of New York
  • Married to Eleanor
    • TR’s niece
  • Pledges o a new deal for american people
  • FDR promise balanced budget
    • Just does not
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17
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What happened to the voting in the 1932 election

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Blacks who were previously Lincoln party voted in large numbers for FDR

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18
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Hewey Long

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Ran against FDR and was killed

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19
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FDR on banks

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Bank holiday
Emergency Bank relief
Glass Steagall Banking reform act
Paper money no gold standard

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EBRA

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Emergency banking relief act to make it safe to keep money in the bank

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FDIC

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Glass Steagall Banking reform act;federal deposit insurance corp; to back up banks

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps; Employed about 3 million people

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FERA

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Federal Emergency Relied Act ; created the FERA which gave out 3 billion to the states for unemployment

24
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AAA

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  • Agricultural adjustment act/administration
  • bailed out millions of farmers
  • HOLC saved a lot of middle class families from losing their homes and bought these votes for the democratic party
    Killed millions of pigs
    overproduction and declared unconstitutional
25
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WPA

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  • Work welfare
    • We provide alms
    • charity to the poor
26
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Eleanor Roosevelt

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Strong visible 1st lady; Slides of her with FDR

27
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Frances Perkins

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  • 1st female cabinet member
  • sec of labor
28
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Mary McLeod Bethune

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  • Director of Minority affairs
  • highest ranking black member of FDR
29
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NRA

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  • National Recovery Administration
  • Protects Labor Unions
  • Blue Eagle symbol
  • Philadelphia Eagles named after them
  • failed in the end when Sup Ct declared parts unconstitutional
30
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PWA

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  • Public Works Admin
  • built Grand Coulee Dam on Colombia river in Washington state
31
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Beer and Wine Revenue Act

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Law passed allowing sale of light alcohol content 3.2 percent before repealed prohibition

32
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Dust Bowl

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350,000 people fled to California Farmers Blues

33
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Steinbeck

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subject of Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath

34
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Dorthea Lange

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  • Photographed hundreds of migrant workers going into Cali
  • Lewis Hines for farmers
35
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CCC work after dust bowl

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Planted 200 million trees to prevent wind erosion

36
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Indian reorganization act of 1934

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  • Reverses Dawes act
  • Preserves Indian culture by allowing the tribes to set up tribal govt
37
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Truth in Securities act

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sworn statements about stocks real value

38
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SEC

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policy watch dog of wall street

39
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TVA

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  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • built thousands of dams
  • provide power to underprivileged
  • Called Socialistic since the govt was competing with private industry
40
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FHA

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  • Federal housing Adm
  • provided loans to house builders
  • Led to the USHA
  • loaned money to states for low cost
41
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Social security act

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  • provided unemployment insurance
  • federal payments to retired workers
  • payroll tax on employers and employees
42
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Wagner Act of 1835

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created National labor relation board to help workers organize

43
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John L Lewis

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organized the CIO

44
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Fair Labor standards

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provided minimum wadge

45
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King FDR attacks sup. Ct.

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goes to congress and ask to appoint a new justice for everyone above 70; very bad and leads to him being called double crossing; bribed them to leave

46
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Hugo Black

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Appointed by FDR to be a liberal new dealer

47
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1937

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mini depression caused by social security

48
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Who does Fdr turn to for advice after 1937

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keynes and he says print more money

49
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Why did Republicans get more votes in 1938

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depression was going

50
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Why did FDR win in 1940

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saved by WWII

51
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Did FDR help with Union

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Yes, 1936 36 percent were unionized

52
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Movies

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  • Mr smith goes to Washington
    • first to make fun of politics
  • Wizard of OZ
  • Snow White and the 7 dwarfs
53
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Limits and Women and African Americans

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NRA permitted lower wadges for women

54
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second greatest boxing in the century

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Joe Lewis Vs Max Schmeling

55
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Jesse Owens

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  • 1936 Olympics and dominates
  • 100 200 400 relay and long jump

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