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Impact of Policies 1920-1945

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P1) 1920 reps, WH , CC & HH
P2) 1930 dems; FDR
3) WW2

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Reasons for depression 1920-1945

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P1) pro big business rep policies
P2) economic - mass production long term structural
P3) economical 2- short term stock market crash

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Who was the laissez faire secretary of Treasury

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Warren Harding

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What was the 1922 to 1923 Teapot Dome scandal

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High officials in Republican administration accused of corruption in leasing oil reserves

tarnished Harding

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When was Warren Harding president

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1921-1923

Republican

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When was Calvin Coolidge president

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1923 to 1929

Republican

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What did Calvin Coolidge want

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Low taxes

Cut income taxes

Small government

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Why did America not want to go to war again

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Has lost over 100,000 Americans in World War I

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How did the league of Nations link to USA isolationism

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Did not join us did not want to become the worlds policeman

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How did Harding win the 1920 election

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Promising to return to normalcy

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What was the USA’s policy in 1920

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Isolationism

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What were the causes of the boom regarding the Republicans

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Fordney McCumber tariff 1922

low taxes so people had more money to spend

Rugged individualism - people looking after themselves

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Where is the red scare

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Following the Russian Revolution in 1917 communism terrified Americans

Workers were involved in strakes in trade unions were accused of being Communist’s

Americans believed communism went against the ideas of the American dream which celebrated and encouraged capitalism and the pursuit of wealth

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Where did the red fair affect courts on the crimes by immigrants

Example of a case

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The court clamped down partially on political crimes by immigrants

Name trail with the Trail of Sacco and Vanzetti

These were to immigrants from Italy you were anarchists who were in 1920 and where found guilty of armed robbery and murder and then executed in 1927

Even know the defence produced 107 witnesses that said they were elsewhere at the time they were still executed

1925 the murderer gave himself up but jury did not believe as all were Italian immigrants

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When was the demand growing to slow down immigration

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After 1890

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What was the 1917 immigration law

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Required all immigrants and they could read English

Banned all immigration from Asia

immigration fee of $8

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What was the emergency quota act 1921

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Stated that the number of immigrants from the eastern hemisphere could not be more than 3% of the number already in America in 1910

Set the maximum number of immigrants in any year at 357,000

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What was the 1924 Reed Johnson act

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Maximum number of immigrants in any year at 154,000

Quarter from eastern hemisphere registered 2% of those already in America in 1890

Europe were only allowed to send 20,000 immigrants per year nine Europeans only 4000

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What was the consequence of depression regarding shareholders

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Shareholders and businesses lost millions of dollars

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How did the depression affect industrial production

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Dropped 45%

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£20 went out of business is the cause of the depression

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5000

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By 1932 how many people were unemployed

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Over 13 million

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When did the great depression began

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August 1929

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Depression affects farmers

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Farmers lost their land and more workers were forced to leave the land defined work they became known as hobos

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How did the 1920s make the consequences of the depression even worse
Overproduction on the dustbowl from the 1920s met many areas of farmland when no longer suitable for growing crops or keeping animals
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What was put in place in result of many people losing their houses due to the depression
Hoovervilles
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How did welfare affect the depression
There was no welfare system such as benefits in please tell people in the depression
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What was the system put in place to help people I could not feed themselves
Breadlines | People could queue up to get food supplied by charities
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Why did people start to hate President Hoover
If used to recognise the problems injected Kenyanism and too much on voluntarism
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What was Keynesianism
A theory to say govt should spend in times of slump - not booming
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What were the bonus army
Ex army soldiers you went to the White House to ask to be paid their pensions early however hoover said no and turned the army on them even letting them use tear gas
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How did hoovers actions cause hatred
All across America people began protesting against the government and violence often broke out
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How did America make the depression global
America then recalled that loans to European countries from World War I this had a devastating impact causing the depression to become global
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How did the Hoovers policies make him a bad president for the depression
No government help rugged individualism Laissez faire Prosperity is just around the corner. This is because economies went through boom and bust cycles so prosperity would return
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What actions did hoover take after eventually giving in to rugged individualism
Cut taxes Reconstruction Finance corp set to help banks off at emergency loans to banks Federal farm board provided loans to Farmer cooperations ($47million) Tarrifs introduced to protect us trade (Smoot-Hawley) however strangled international trade
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By late 1931 how many people were unemployed
Nearly 7 million
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Why do people hate hoover upon the 1932 election
As he said prosperity is just around the corner However he was not doing nothing to help them
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What was a popular slogan regarding Hoover in the 1932 election
In Hoover we trusted and now we are busted
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What was the Hoover nicknamed for his ideas of rugged individualism
A Do nothing president
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What ways did hoover actually help
He tried to help the banks and persuade business leaders to improve wages In 1932 allowed Congress to spend $2.1 billion on creating new jobs
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Who won the 1932 election
Democrat Franklin D Roosevelt
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What beliefs did FDR have that opposed Hoover
He believed in a strong active government
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What was FDR election campaign That helped him win
He travelled the country by train covering 20,800 km making speeches that proposed a new deal This was the first time a presidential candidate had ever travelled the country to personally address so many people
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How many votes did FDR win the 1932 election by
7 million votes Worst Republican defeat ever suffered
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Six points why Roosevelt one in the 1932 election
1) That was president when the depression started blamed for people suffering 2) hoover was seen as uncaring 3) hoovers policy is seen as too little too late 4) Rooseveldt seen as warm and caring man of action 5) Rooseveldt was an excellent public speaker who lead to successful campaigns 6) Fdr promised American people action and a new deal which gave US hope
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What was so significant about the first 100 days of Rooseveldt presidency
He persuaded Congress to give him emergency powers By June 15th he pushed through 15 new laws
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How did Rooseveldt gain confidence in regards to prohibition
Abolished probation he said I think this would be a good time for a beer paragraph restored faith in the government because it stop the humiliation of the government law being openly ignored
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How did Rooseveldt gain confidence from his fireside chats
He described his policies in radio broadcasts paragraph he also made sure that everyone who sent him a letter and everyone who telephoned the White House got a reply and was never cut off
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On average how many letters did Rooseveldt get per day
8000
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On the bank holiday 1933 how did Rooseveldt gain confidence
By using the emergency banking act which close the banks for four days The government check that all the financially sound and then when we open the open with the backing of the federal reserve People now confident to put their money back in bank
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How did FDR prevent another crash and gain confidence
The securities and exchange commission introduced rules for the stock exchange to prevent another crash like 1929
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How did FDR budget help the economy
He did not spend more than he had gathered in taxes He could pay of government employees Government borrows huge amount of money to finance a new deal but spent it on projects out of plan to pay back eventually
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How much did FDR cut government wages by
15%
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How did the AAA act help prices
Paid farmers to take field out of production to stop all the production and drive prices up
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How did the NRA help wages
Business men made to join roll of honour (blue eagle) promised to cut production and pay good wages 2.5 million firms employing 22 million people
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How did FDR help the currency regarding gold
Stopped people owning gold and had to put it in the banks Made banks give all gold to govt Increased price of gold from $20-$35 per ounce
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What was the CCC
Civilian conservation corp Provided paid construction work to give unemployed young man jobs by 1941 2.5 million and taking part plus millions of trees planted parks in forest areas is developed
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What was FERA
Federal emergency relief administration Provided and matched funding to help state organise payments to the unemployed and homeless
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What was the WPA
Working progress Administration And projects which provided work for the unemployed for example building airports schools hospitals bridges and in them a small wage
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What was the TVA
Built 21 dams in 10 years Stop flooding provided cheap electricity and provide work
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Which alphabet agencies were ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court
AAA | NRA
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When was Rooseveldt second new deal
1935
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Who are the two main opposition to the new deal
The Supreme Court Some businessmen who attacked and ignored NRA saying that it was expensive and wasteful
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What was the national Labour relations act of 1935
Also known as Wagner act Replace banned NRA Protect workers rights to join a trade union Set up NLRB To prevent employees from victimising workers
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What was the soil conservation act of 1935
To replace the banned AAA Allow the government to continue subsidising farmers
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The Social Security act of 1935
Provided America’s first system of social welfare Set up a national system of old age pensions Give help to people with physical disabilities Give help the children in need Set up a national system of unemployment insurance
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What was the National Housing act of 1937
Provided loans to buy houses Reduced excessive rents
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What was the fair labour standards act of 1938
Set hours and conditions of work Fixed a minimum wage
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What are the 5R’s to show success of new deal
Relief - help with mortgages and jobs from alphabet agencies Roads and buildings - made by WPA + TVA Reform - social security , minimum wage TU Roosevelt - became people’s hero elected 4 times Repercussions - democracy survives in America
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What are the weakness and failure of the new deal - 3D’s
DID NOT END DEPRESSION- DAMAGED BLACKS AND IMMIGRANTS - DETERMINED OPPOSIONS -BRASS Businesmen hates new deal (workers rights) Republican hates expenditure ‘wasteful’ Activists like Huey Long said not go far enough State govt opposed as fed was taking power Supreme Court said took away state power
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Who were the presidents 20-45
W Harding 1921-1923 REP C Coolidge 1923- 1929 REP H Hoover 1929-1933 REP FDR 1933-1945 DEM

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