Chapter 18 & 19 Flashcards
William Waters
leader of the bonus army
Douglas MacArthur
Chief staff of the US army
Harry Hopkins
social worker who doesn’t believe in welfare but believes in giving them a job
John Maynard Keynes
English Columnist who said to cure depression is massive government spending
Henry Morgenthau
secretary of treasury
Frances Perkins
secretary of labor first women to serve in presidents cabin
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
chief political advisor in FDR cabinet
Charles Coughlin
a priest who had a sunday radio show that was heard all over the nation and he claimed FDR was getting too close to wealthy bankers “Jews”
Francis Townsend
retired dentist who said elders 60+ should be given 200 a month
Huey Long
Governor who became senate of Louisiana and started “Share Our Wealth” stated each family have 5,000 income a year
Robert F. Wagner
Senator from NY who sponsored the National Labor Relations Act
Dorothea Lange
Photographer who set across the country to document the Great Depression
John Steinbeck
Author of the Grapes of Wrath
John Collier
Head of BIA
Marian Anderson
Black opera singer who was scheduled to sing at a white womens theatre and when her show got cancelled she preformed a free concert at Lincoln Memorial
installment plan
Pay a down payment and then a little each week/ etc.
margin buying
Buying stalks on credit
economic indicators
economic statistics that hint something bad is coming
Black Tuesday*
the day the stock market crashed
breadlines
“soup kitchen” of their time
Hoovervilles
Homeless communities during the great depression referred to by cynical inhabitants
Bonus army
WW1 veterans that marched in formation to the White House because they wanted their money
Sit-down strike
went to work but did nothing
Bank Holiday
all banks closed until further notice