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Ch 22 Flashcards

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1
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What industries made little profits in the 20s?

A

Coal, framing, and steel

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2
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What happened when farmers defaulted?

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They lost their property and rural banks failed

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This is a bill that would maintain a price at a certain level by the government

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Price supports

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4
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What happened because of credit?

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People lived beyond their means… Buy now and pay later

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5
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How was the wealth distribution uneven?

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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer

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This man was the 1928 D candidate

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Alfred E. Smith

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This man was the 1928 R candidate who won

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Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)

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8
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How did Hoover win the office?

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The republican success of the 20s (the stock market)

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This is a measure of 30 large firms trading in the NYSE

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

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10
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This is a period of rising stock price

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Bull market

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This is a risky transaction to try and make a quick profit

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Speculation

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12
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This is paying a small percent of a stock price as a down payment and borrowing the rest

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Buying on a margin

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13
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This was the day the stock prices fell drastically and lowered confidence

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Black Tuesday oct. 29, 1929

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This was a period when the economy worsened and unemployment rose

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Great Depression 1929-1940

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15
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What was the unemployment rate during the depression?

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25%

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16
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This was the highest tariff in US history

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Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

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17
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What factors cut down the market for US goods?

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The tariff, war debt, and politics

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18
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This is a neighborhood of makeshift shacks

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Shantytown

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19
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This is where free or low cost food is served to the needy

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Soup kitchen

20
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This is a line of people waiting for free food

A

Bread line

21
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This is a region of the Midwest that was worthless to farming during the 30s

A

Dust bowl

22
Q

What mad dust bowl land useless?

A

The drought and dust storms

23
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What states composed the dust bowl?

A

KS, OK, TX, NM, CO

24
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This is a direct payment for food by the government not provided in the depression

A

Direct relief

25
Q

What caused malnutrition in kids?

A

Poor diets and lack of healthcare

26
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Why did children return to sweatshops?

A

The schools closed

27
Q

These are children who toured the country for free on boxcars

A

Hoover tourists

28
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How much did the suicide rate rise between 1928 and 1932?

A

30%

29
Q

What were people forced to do during the depression?

A

Accept compromises and make sacrifices

30
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What did the focus of that generation shift to?

A

Financial security

31
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This is a dam built on the Colorado river, authorized in 1929, finished in 1936

A

Boulder dam

32
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What did boulder dam get renamed to?

A

Hoover dam

33
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What did Hoover dam do for the economy?

A

Stimulate business and provide jobs

34
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What purposes does hover dam serve?

A

Provide electricity, flood control, and water for drinking and agriculture

35
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How did hovers image change as the depression worsened?

A

People did not like him

36
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This is an alias for a shantytown

A

Hooverville

37
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These were a name for the newspapers that homeless people used

A

Hoover blankets

38
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These are empty pockets flipped inside out

A

Hoover flags

39
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What were hoover’s 2 public assistance programs?

A

Federal home loan bank act and the reconstruction finance corporation

40
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What did the federal home loan bank act do?

A

Lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance loans

41
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What did the reconstruction finance corporation do?

A

Provided emergency money for banks, railroads, and large businesses. The money was intended to trickle down to average citizens through job growth

42
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These were 10k-20k WWI vets and their families who marched to DC demanding an early payment for a promised 1945 bonus

A

Bonus army

43
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What happened with the bonus army?

A

The early payment was voted down and most left

44
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What happened to the remaining bonus army vets?

A

1k were gasses and burned in their Hooverville

45
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How did farming fail>

A

Food surplus, dropping prices, lowered demand, and farmers mortgaging land to make more food

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