Chapter 22 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Hoovervilles
Evicted families unable to pay rent were sent here
Mexican deportation 1931
Workers claimed immigrants stealing jobs; even children born in US (citizens) were deported
POUR
Hoover made this to mkae private contributeions to aid the destitute; became actually poor
Hoover authorized ___ but did not ____ because ____
feeding livestock, feeding people, his beilef in self reliance among the poor
Hawley Smoot Tariff 1930
Tried to support americans; hurt international trade due to protective tariffs; europeans could not pay debt, led to hoover’s moratorium on war debts
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover’s agency to loan to banks/other industries
Bonus army
wanted immediate cash payments for veterans
Emergency Banking relief bill
FDR; closed banks, federal authority to reopen stable banks, federal funds for private banks
Fireside Chats
FDR efforts to restore bank confidence
National Industiral Recovery Act
Competing industries would cooperate to set prices and wages to increase consumer spending; granted workers right to unionize
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Kill pigs
NRA
The administration that gave NIRA; blue eagle; failed because centered around the biggest businesses
Civilian Conservation Corps
gave young men 1$ per day to do physical work
Public Works Administration
New Deal relief agency that appropriated 3.3 billion for public works for jobs
Reciprocal trade agreements act
Gave president power to make special agreements to reduce tariffs by over 50%
American Soviet Agreemnt 1933
US recognize Soviet, Soviet discuss repudiated debts and confiscated American property and give Americans in SU religious freedom and legal rights
Good Neighbor
less blatant in imperialism
