808 Q2 Flashcards
What law increased the tariffs on imported goods?
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Clusters of shacks built by homeless people were called
Hoovervilles
Built or improved roads, schools, and hospitals
WPA
What law repealed prohibition?
The Twenty-first Amendment
Raised wages, set production limits, and established prices
NRA
The area in Oklahoma where wind stripped off the topsoil and buried buildings and livestock
The Dust Bowl
helped the unemployed, elderly, and disabled persons
SSA
The day the stock market fell was called
Black Thursday
What did the most to end the Great Depression?
The buildup toward another war
Improved rural areas with electricity and phone lines
REA
Blacks gained more rights under what plan?
The New Deal
worked with farmers to raise the price of produce
AAA
Insured bank deposits
FDIC
Oklahoma farmers who moved west to escape their ravaged state were called what?
Okies
Gave young men work in environmental projects
CCC
What law lessened the time between a President’s election and inauguration?
Twentieth Amendment
What law set money aside to be used for public works?
Emergency Relief and Reconstruction Act
Three points included in Roosevelt’s New Deal
to give relief to poor; to help the economy recover; to reform bad business practices
What about Roosevelt inspired Americans?
His confidence in spite of physical problems
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
Overproduction forced factories to dismiss employees; stock market crashed; common people became poorer as businessmen became richer; people borrowed too much money
All banks closed while the government examined their financial condition, was called
Banking Holiday
