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Chapter 10 Flashcards

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Hawley-Smoot Tariff

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taxed good imported to U.S.; raised prices

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Bonus Army situation

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WWI vets came to ask for bonus in 1934 rather than 1945 when it was promised; Congress said no; 2 dead in conflict; troops burned camp

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Dust Bowl causes

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farmers & new methods left soil loose; drought; windstorms

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TVA outcomes

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dams to control spring floods; generated electricity; successful

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration build airports, roads, bridges; hire writers, artists, musicians

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fascism

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stresses glory of the nation over individual needs; dictatorships

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Huey Long

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LA governor then senator; threatened Roosevelt’s popularity; assassinated

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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member of Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet”

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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work relief program; employed 3 million young people; planting trees, building levees, improving national parks

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Federal Emergency Relief Admin.

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gave money to states to help the needy; food & assistance

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buying on margin

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borrowing money to buy stock

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Francis Townsend

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called for monthly pension for retired people

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Frances Perkins

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Secretary of Labor under FDR; first woman in a presidential Cabinet

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Election of 1932

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first year FDR elected; FDR vs. Herbert Hoover; FDR won in a landslide

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stock market decline

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Sept.-Oct. 1929; more & more people sold stock so prices fell

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Reconstruction Finance Corp.

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Hoover asked Congress to start it in 1932; lent money to businesses; unwilling to make risky loans so money not spent; didn’t do much to help

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

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New Deal program; guaranteed up to $2500 in insured bank; tried to regain confidence in banks

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Dust Bowl migrants

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moved to CA; became migrant farm workers

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Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

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restored traditional tribal govt.; provided $ to enlarge reservations; let Native Americans be Native Americans and deal with their own affairs

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ESSAY: How did the Great Depression change the role of women?
*include several ways

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  • got jobs to help families; earned less than men
  • some thought women shouldn’t work if men were unemployed
  • more work at home; sew own clothes, bake own bread, can own veggies–all to save money
  • started home businesses like laundries & boardinghouses to make extra $
  • more women in public life b/c of New Deal & Eleanor Roosevelt’s influence

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