effects of WSC+ presidential election 1932

Question 1

what were Voluntary Acts

Answer 1

Hoover requested from business leaders to not reduce their wages/ not sack them

Question 2

how many people unemployed in Detroit

Answer 2

50%

Question 3

what did the tax cuts do

Answer 3

reduced govt. spending from 10 billion to 8.7 billion

Question 4

how much were tax cuts

Answer 4

160 million

Question 5

how many people unemployed nationwide

Answer 5

14 million unemployed- 25%

Question 6

what was a hooverville

Answer 6

shanty town, large settlements consisting of poor quality housing, built during G. Depression named after Herbert Hoover

Question 7

why were public work schemes a fail

Answer 7

insufficient funding low wages

Question 8

how much were public work schemes

Answer 8

423 million

Question 9

what happened at the Bonus Marchers

Answer 9

• Soldiers and veterans wanted war bonus of 500 earlier
• H. Hoover didn’t want to meet with them so he sent G. Macarthur who used tear gas, guns, tanks- killing 2 children. Hoover later publicly thanked god that the US knew how to deal w/ mobs. McArthur called them anarchists and Hoover failed to criticise that

Question 10

why was the farmers board a fail

Answer 10

didn’t do much as there as insufficient funding

Question 11

who were the bonus marchers

Answer 11

15,000 soldiers and veterans with wives and children

Question 12

where was the bonus march

Answer 12

peaceful march to Washington D.C

Question 13

how much did Average farm production drop by

Answer 13

40%

Question 14

when was the federal home loan bank act

Answer 14

1931

Question 15

when was the Dust Bowl

Answer 15

1930 onwards

Question 16

when was the bonus marches

Answer 16

1932

Question 17

what did tariffs cause

Answer 17

tariff war- ppl not able to sell their products abroads- profits fell- international trade fell- lengthened and deepened Great Depression

Question 18

give a name of a tariff

Answer 18

Hawley- Smoot Tariff in 1930

Question 19

how much was the tariff placed on american products

Answer 19

60%

Question 20

who were affected by the Dust Bowl

Answer 20

farmers

Question 21

how many banks were bankrupt in 1933

Answer 21

5000

Question 22

what was a soup kitchen

Answer 22

set up to feed hungry men, woman and children. Served soup and bread

Question 23

what did teh RFC do

Answer 23

helped big businesses and banks and helped keep money circulating in the system

Question 24

what happened at the Dust Bowl

Answer 24

series of severe droughts and unsafe methods of farming bc of overproduction meant soil was eroded and ppl couldnt grow crops. Farmers lost profits and became bankrupt. Became hobos- migrated to California- lived in Hoovervilles

Question 25

wages of American families

Answer 25

50% of families have an income of less than 2000 a year

Question 26

where was the dust bowl

Answer 26

Texas Oaklahoma Arkansas New Mexico Cororado

Question 27

describe FDR's campaign

Answer 27

20,800 km - 16 speeches - 60 speeches

Question 28

how much did govt. spending drop by

Answer 28

10 billion to 8.7 billion

Question 29

how much did USA's trade drop by

Answer 29

10 billion to 3 billion

Question 30

what were public work schemes

Answer 30

set up to provide immediate, short term jobs in construction eg. Hoover Dam

Question 31

how much did average farm wages drop by

Answer 31

60%

Question 32

what was the federal home loan bank act

Answer 32

reduced mortgages and provided money in bank

Question 33

what happened as a result of the treatment of the Bonus Marchers

Answer 33

1. Hoover was regarded as uncaring 2. destroyed his reputation 3. didn't want to help his ppl 4. unsympathetic

Question 34

what did the farmers board do

Answer 34

bought a surplus amount of produce to help stabilize prices and to help keep farmers in farms

Question 35

what was blocking the garner- wagner bill

Answer 35

2.1 billion to creation of jobs

Question 36

when was the garner- wagner bill

Answer 36

1932

Question 37

what were Hoover's beliefs

Answer 37

- 'prosperity around the corner' - rugged individualism therefore didnt believe that the govt. should provide much help to ppl - denial that there isn't anything wrong w/ American economy 4. Laissez- faire- tarriffs

Question 38

why did FDR win presidential election

Answer 38

- New Deal - Excellent speaker and persuasive - excellent campaign - successful governor of NY- introduced public work schemes - repeal Volstead Act - secretary of the naval in the govt so knew about politics - govt, played a more active role economy -media used effectively -

Question 39

what did Hoover set up

Answer 39

1. RFC 2. farmers board 3. public work schemes 4. tax cuts 5. tarriffs 6. voluntary acts 7. federal home loan bank act 8. blocked garner. wagner bill

Question 40

why did Hoover lose the presidential election

Answer 40

- refused to acknowledge there was a problem - tariffs - public work schemes were short-term/ low wages - blocked Garner- Wagner - not enough funds to farmers - rugged individualism - treatment of bonus marchers - tax cuts - RFC - poor skills of speech and no campaigning