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5/25/23 Test Flashcards

1
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1929-1941

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Great Depression

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2
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unable to pay debts

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bankrupt

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a place where food is provided to the needy at little to no charge

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soup kitchens

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4
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projects set up by gov’t for public’s use

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public works

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5
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a group of shacks in which the homeless lived during the Great Depression

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Hoovervilles

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6
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a group of veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand immediate payment of a WWI bonus

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Bonus Army (Bonus Expeditionary Force)

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7
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Oct 24, 1929

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Black Thursday

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Oct 29, 1929

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Black Tuesday

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9
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a person who follows his or her own independent course in life; Hoover’s play

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rugged individualism

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10
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Young Mens Christian Assoc. set up soup kitchens

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YMCA

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11
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hired workers to build schools, courthouses, dams and highways; $500 mil was put into it; Ex: boulder dam

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PWP (public works program)

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12
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loaned $ to railroads, banks and businesses; $2 billion was put into it; Hoover’s policy

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RFC (Reconstructive Finance Corp.)

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13
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a radio speech given by FDR while in office

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fireside chats

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14
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the first hundred days of FDR’s presidency, when much New Deal legislation was enacted; 15 laws were passed

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hundred days

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15
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the program of FDR to end the Great Depression; Relief, Recovery, Reform

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New Deal

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16
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a process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract

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collective bargaining

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17
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a sum of $ paid to people on a regular basis after they retire

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pension

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18
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spending more than you take in

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deficit spending

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19
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the total amount of $ that the gov’t owes

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national debt

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20
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32nd Pres, during the Great Depression

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FDR

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21
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senator from Louisiana; “King Fish”; believed the rich should be heavily taxed

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Huey Long

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22
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from California who wanted everyone over 60 to get a pension of $200 a month

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Francis Townshend

23
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priest from Detroit who criticized FDR for not taking action against bankers and rich investors

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Charles Coughlin

24
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a group of supporters who helped FDR plan his new deal

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brain trust

25
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first woman to hold a cabinet post

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Frances Perkins

26
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this would decide what banks were safe to reopen

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emergency banking act

27
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headed by Harry Hopkins; gave jobs to single men ages 18-25

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CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp)

28
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WPA

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Works Progress Administration

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Ex: Grand Coulee Dam

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PWA (Public Works Admin.)

30
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paid farmers not to grow certain crops

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AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

31
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buyers of stocks pay 10% of the cost of the stock when they make the purchase

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On Margin

32
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loaned $ to extend electrical lines to rural areas

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REA (Rural Electrification Admin.)

33
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the region in the central and southern Great Plains that was hit by a severe drought, soil erosion and dust storms for 5 years

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Dust Bowl

34
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a person who moves from one region to another in search of work

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Migrant worker

35
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a group of black leaders who unofficially advised FDR concerning the situation of AA

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Black Cabinet

36
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the rights due to all citizens especially voting and equal treatment under the law

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civil rights

37
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a series of laws passed in the 1930s that gave American Indian nations greater control over their own affairs

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Indian New Deal

38
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wife of FDR

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Eleanor Roosevelt

39
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black educator who belonged to the Black Cabinet

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Mary McLeod Bethune

40
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singer friend of Eleanor Roosevelt who was racially neglected at the DRA

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Marion Anderson

41
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commissioner of Indian affairs

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John Collier

42
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“Grapes of Wrath”

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John Steinbeck

43
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Harvard economist member of the black cabinet

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Weaver

44
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worked for the state department

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Ralph Bunche

45
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white photographer who took pics of poor farmers

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Margaret Bourke

46
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gripping photos of migrant workers

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Dorothea Lange

47
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mine worker who broke away from the AFL and helped form CIO

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John Lewis

48
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stop all machines and refuse to leave the factory

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Sit Down Strike

49
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National Labor Relations Act

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Wagner Act

50
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head of the garment workers who helped form the CIO

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Dubinsky

51
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broke away from AFL

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CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations)

52
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head of the needle workers; helped form CIO

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Hillman

53
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set the minimum wage to 25 cents; maximum work week was 44 hours

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Fair Labor Standards Act

54
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a 4 day period when the federal gov’t ordered banks closed

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bank holiday

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