US Quiz 7 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Hoovervilles
Cardboard boxes that people lived in
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929- market falls 40 points and prices collapse
Hoover blankets
Newspapers used as blankets
Dust bowl
Drought and dust storms of the Midwest
Exodusters
Immigration to California from drought areas
Dorthea Lange
Photographer that chronicled the depression
Bonus army
WW1 veterans that marched to Washington to lobby for early payment of veterans bonus, driven out by the navy
Scottsboro nine
Nine African American boys on trial found guilty of raping two Caucasian women amidst unfair trial
Federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)
Ensures the government will cover any money lost from the bank
Civil works administration (CWA)
Building/ improving roads and parks
National recovery administration (NRA)
Agency developed to stabilize economy
Civilian conservation corp. (CCC)
Provided jobs for young men to work on government projects
Public works administration (PWA)
Builds schools, highways, dams, hydroelectric plants and hospitals
Tennessee valley authority (TVA)
Built 20 dams at muscle shoals to prevent soil ex and generated hydroelectric power
Works progress administration (WPA)
Gave unemployed work in building construction and art programs
National labor relations board (NLRB)
Created by the nation labors act
Social security act (SSA)
Retirement plan for persons over 65 years of age, pensions, disability payments, unemployment benefits
FDR’s Supreme Court “pack plan”
Plan to appoint 6 more judges in favor of the new deal laws
21st amendment
Repeals 18th amendment in 1933, end of prohibition
Fair labor relations act
Prohibits unfair labor practices
