Ch 14 Flashcards
what was hoovers image towards the public ?
didn’t help people suffering
said people needed to pick themselves up
lost election to Roosevelt
Roosevelt gave direct relief
direct relief
cash payments or food provided by the gov to the poor
how did the great depression effect farmers and city dwellers ?
city dwellers - shantytowns, soup kitchens, bread lines, picking out of garbage cans, used newspaper as blankets
farmers - moved to west coast bc of going bankrupt, no help, & low prices
Dust bowl
drought & severe winds
over mid west
made farms useless
Black Tuesday
banks ran out of money & closed, stocks crashed
people lost their entire savings
Bonus Army
WW1 veterans and families were promised bonus for service
protested for the money
hoover asked national guard to break them up - by gassing them which made hoover look bad
what were the causes of the great depression
crisis in farm sector
unequal distribution of income (rich richer poor poorer, majority poor with little to spend)
availability of credit
high tariffs & war debts
women struggle
men thought women shouldn’t work because they took jobs from men
especially if women were married
what were cultural changes in the 1930s ?
role of women went from old fashioned to getting jobs and changing their appearance & etc (flappers) then to changing back
Hawley smoot tariff
high tariff that raised tax on imports
so high other countries stopped buying our products in protest
protect foreign competition & did the opposite
inventions that increased communication and growth of suburbs
radio and automobiles
boulder dam
called hoover dam, to supply power and transport
shantytowns
little towns of shacks for the poor
credit
buy now and pay later
