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808 Q2 Flashcards

1
Q

What law increased the tariffs on imported goods?

A

Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

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2
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Clusters of shacks built by homeless people were called

A

Hoovervilles

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3
Q

Built or improved roads, schools, and hospitals

A

WPA

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4
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What law repealed prohibition?

A

The Twenty-first Amendment

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5
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Raised wages, set production limits, and established prices

A

NRA

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6
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The area in Oklahoma where wind stripped off the topsoil and buried buildings and livestock

A

The Dust Bowl

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7
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helped the unemployed, elderly, and disabled persons

A

SSA

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8
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The day the stock market fell was called

A

Black Thursday

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9
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What did the most to end the Great Depression?

A

The buildup toward another war

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10
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Improved rural areas with electricity and phone lines

A

REA

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11
Q

Blacks gained more rights under what plan?

A

The New Deal

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12
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worked with farmers to raise the price of produce

A

AAA

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13
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Insured bank deposits

A

FDIC

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14
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Oklahoma farmers who moved west to escape their ravaged state were called what?

A

Okies

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15
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Gave young men work in environmental projects

A

CCC

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16
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What law lessened the time between a President’s election and inauguration?

A

Twentieth Amendment

17
Q

What law set money aside to be used for public works?

A

Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Act

18
Q

Three points included in Roosevelt’s New Deal

A

to give relief to poor; to help the economy recover; to reform bad business practices

19
Q

What about Roosevelt inspired Americans?

A

His confidence in spite of physical problems

20
Q

What were the causes of the Great Depression?

A

Overproduction forced factories to dismiss employees; stock market crashed; common people became poorer as businessmen became richer; people borrowed too much money

21
Q

All banks closed while the government examined their financial condition, was called

A

Banking Holiday

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