Hoover-Roosevelt Flashcards

(34 cards)

0
Q

Stock Market Crash

A

Oct 28 1929; margin calls is to borrow to stock the lose

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1
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Election of 1928

A

First Roman Catholic to run Al Smith

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2
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Hoover policies

A

Called for congress to cut taxes

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3
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Hoovervilles

A

Shanty towns made of cartons and word scrapes

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4
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Bonus March

A

Vets came back from war waiting for payment of their duty. MacArtur broke them up

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5
Q

Election if 1932

A

Roosevelt vs Hoover Roosevelt won

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6
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Glass-Steagull Act

A

Formed banking systems

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7
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Dust Bowl

A

Midwest was destroyed by a dust storm

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8
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Keynesian

A

Spend money to make money

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9
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Civilian conservation corps

A

Largest program by Roosevelt

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10
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Type of strikes

A

Sit down strike

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11
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Neutrality acts

A

Replaced by “cash and carry” policy

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12
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Japan’s aggression

A

Led to US embargo all oil exports

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13
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Cash and carry policy

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Allowed the sale if material to other countries

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14
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Operation of Barbarossa

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Code name for attack on the Soviet Union

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15
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Stinson Doctrine

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Said we will not recognize countries taken over in war

16
Q

Social security act

A

Most lasting program provided income insurance to many including the elderly

17
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Lame duck

A

An elected official who can’t return

18
Q

Incumbent

A

A person who holds the place he’s running for

19
Q

Jesse Owens

A

US black Olympian

20
Q

Gang of eight

A

Brain trust; only people Roosevelt trust

21
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Lend lease

A

Us sent arms to allies to fight against Germany n Japan

22
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Battle of Britain

A

Germany bombed Britain for 6 mons

23
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Hindenburg disaster

A

German passenger air ship crash

24
Douglas MacArthur
Broke up the bonus marches
25
J Edgar Hoover
FBI director
26
St Valentines Massacre
9 men killed
27
First hundred days
Roosevelt's slogan. What the pres does in the first 100 days
28
Crime of the century
Limburg son killed
29
Court packing
Roosevelt picked 15 new justices to favor him
30
Bruno Hauptmann
Killed for kidnapping baby
31
Roosevelt unemployment
Went up stayed high
32
Stock market drop
40%
33
Empire State Building
Completed during the depression