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William Waters

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Leader of the Bonus Army

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Douglas MacArthur

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Chief Staff of the US Army

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Harry Hopkins

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Said that unemployed people should not just get a check, they should get a job.

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John Maynard Keynes

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Said that the government needed to spend and spend to get out of the depression.

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Henry Morgenthau

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Secretary of the treasury of Theordore Roosevelt

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Frances Perkins

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Secretary of Labor, First women in the president’s cabinet

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

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Chief Political advisor in the FDR cabinet

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Charles Coughlin

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Priest with a religious radio show that went too political and was an anti-Jewish

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Francis Townsend

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Was a retired Dentist, wanted every person 60 or older to get 200 dollars every month as long as they spend it in 30 days

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Huey Long

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Was a traveling salesman, became senator of Louisiana. Wanted to garuntee thst each family makes atleast 5,000 dollars each year.

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Robert F. Wagner

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Senator from NY who sponsored the National Labor Relations Act

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Dorothea Lange

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Photographer set out across the country to document the Great Depression

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John Steinbeck

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Wrote grapes of wrath and of mice and men,

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John Collier

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Head of BIA (Bureau of Indians Affair)

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Marian Anderson

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Black opera singer who was booked in D.C at a theatre owned by white women. Ended up performing a free concert at Lincoln Memorial

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Purchasing goods by putting small amounts of money down each month

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Installment plan

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Buying stock on credit

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margin buying

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Gave a hint that the Great Depression was going to happen

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economic indicators

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The day the stock market crashed

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Black Tuesday

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Where people could get food and coffee

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breadlines

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Homeless communities in the Great Depression

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Hoovervilles

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WW1 veterans that marched in formation to the white house because they wanted their money

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Bonus Army

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When they show up to work but don’t do anything

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sit-down strike

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When all the banks in the country was closed until further notice

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bank holiday

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The first three months on FDR’s administration where congress passed important pieces of legislative

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Hundred Days

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FDR’s radio broadcasts that caused families to sit down together and listen

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fireside chats

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Massive government spending with absolutely no regard of balancing the budget.

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deficit spending

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When the great plains received no rain and caused the soil to dry out and create dust

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Dust Bowl

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Congress granted Roosevelt authority to negotiate trade deals with individual countries

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reciprocal trade agreements

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Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act*

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It prohibits certain ingredients in makeup, medicine and food.

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Causes of the Great Depression (4)

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  1. Too much credit
  2. Overproduction
  3. Over speculation in margin buying stock
  4. high tariffs
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Economic statistics that indicated problems were coming for the American economy (4)

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  1. Housing starts down
  2. Factory Orders down
  3. Inventories up
  4. Prices down
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Problems faced by women during the Great Depression (4); problems faced by children (2)**

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  1. Abandoned by husbands
  2. First fired, last hired
  3. Unions pressure employers to not hire women
  4. Some states prohibit hiring married women
  5. Quit school and work
  6. Malnutrition
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Minorities hit harder by the Depression? Eligible for government assistance?

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Yes and yes

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Reaction of farmers to the drop in prices during the Depression

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Farmers decided to destroy their crop that they already had

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Reasons why many workers with jobs were unhappy; result of their unhappiness

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Workers are asked to work longer hours for less pay which results in violence and starts strike

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Actions taken by Herbert Hoover in attempting to deal with the Great Depression (3)

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  1. Low-cost loans (farmers and homeowners)
  2. Gov’t $ to businesses
  3. Government jobs
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Activities used by Americans as temporary escapes from their troubles during the Depression (6)

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  1. Movies
  2. Baseball
  3. Radio
  4. Board games (Monopoly)
  5. Reading
  6. Music
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Provisions of the Emergency Banking Act (2)

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  1. Treasure department to audit every bank in the US

2. Forbids the private ownership of gold

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Benefits provided by the Social Security Act (4)

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  1. Retirement pensions
  2. Disability Insurance
  3. Unemployment Insurance
  4. Death Benefit
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Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (3)

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  1. Minimum Wage
  2. Max Hours
  3. Prohibits factory work by children until 18
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Provisions of the National Labor Relations Board (4)

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  1. Guarantees right to join union of choice
  2. Employers must bargain “in good faith”
  3. NLRB to supervise the union election and investigate law violations
  4. NLRB fine employers
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Purpose of the Revenue Acts of 1935 and 1938

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Distribution of wealth from the rich to the poor

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Provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act (3)

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  1. Tribes receive self- government
  2. SOME Indian land restored
  3. Government promises funding economic development
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Serious political mistake made by FDR

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Redoing the membership of the supreme court by appointing someone else political favorable to a judge that is 70 of older.

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Causes of the recession of 1938 (2)

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  1. End of New Deal jobs

2. Payroll Deduction

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Who is the Migrant Mother?

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Florence Owens Thompson

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