Chapter 26 Flashcards

1
Q

What were the causes of the Great Crash?

A

Each year after 1924, the rate of increase in the sale of cars and refrigerators and ranges slowed, a natural consequences as more and more people already owned these durable goods

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2
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Fireside Chats

A

Presidents started radio broadcasts

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3
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FDIC

A

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

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4
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Harold Ickies

A

Secretary of Interior

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5
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What were the causes of the Great Depression?

A

The US factories produced more goods than the American people could consume

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6
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What were the social effects of the Great Depression on the population?

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Americans suffered through poverty, unemployment was high, and farmers weren’t doing well

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7
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Who was the most prominent victim of the Great Depression?

A

Herbert Hoover

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8
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What was Franklin Roosevelts background?

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He was born into the old Dutch colonial aristocracy of New York. He was extremely wealthy

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9
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What was Franklin Roosevelt’s first New Deal legislation?

A

He saved the nations banks

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10
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What was the New Deal program designed to use public funds to develop mechanisms for flood control and electricity creation in the South?

A

The Tennessee Valley Authority

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11
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National Recovery Act

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This New Deal agency was created in 1933 to promote economic recovery and revive industry during the Great Depression

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Agricultural Adjustment Administration

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Created by Congress in 1933 as part of the New Deal, this agency attempted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies to take land out of production

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13
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New Deal

A

President Franklin D Roosevelts program to combat the Great Depression

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14
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Bonus Army

A

In June 1932, a group of 20000 WW1 veterans marched on Washington DC to demand immediate payment of their “adjusted compensation” bonuses voted by congress in 1924

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15
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Civilian Conservation Corps

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One of the most popular New Deal Programs, the CCC provided 300000 young men between the ages of 18 and 25 with government jobs in reforestation and other conservation projects

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16
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Works Progress Administration

A

New Deal agency to provide work relief for the unemployed

17
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Social Security Act

A

The 1935 Social Security Act established a system of old age, unemployment, and survivors’ insurance funded by wage and payroll taxes

18
Q

Wagner Act

A

Established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector

19
Q

Industrial Recovery Act

A

Key measure in 1933 to set wages and prices in industry via the NRA

20
Q

Who were the 3 demagogues?

A
  1. Father Charles Caughlin
  2. Francis Townsend
  3. Senator Huey Long “The King Fish”
21
Q

Court Packing

A

Roosevelt wanted to remove the conservative justices from the court

22
Q

How many times did FDR get elected to office?

A

4

23
Q

Keynes vs Hayek

A

Often pitted against each other because they differed in views on how the economy should run

24
Q

Dirty Thirties

A

Brought drought and misery

25
Q

How did the Democrats suffer in the 1938 elections?

A

The New Deal came to a halt

26
Q

Why did FDRs court-packing scheme fail?

A

It was controversial to the New Deal

27
Q

Why did black leaders call the NRA the “Negro Run Around”?

A

NRA codes permitted lower wage scales for blacks, while the AAA led to the eviction of thousands of Negro tenants and sharecroppers

28
Q

John Lewis

A

Head of the United Mine Workers

29
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CIO

A

Committee on Industrial Organization

30
Q

What was the Townsend Act?

A

Proposed giving everyone over the age of 60 monthly pension of $200 with the proviso that it mist be spent within thirty days