Chapter 5 Flashcards
William Waters
Leader of the Bonus Army
Douglas MacArthur
Chief Staff of the US Army
Harry Hopkins
Said that unemployed people should not just get a check, they should get a job.
John Maynard Keynes
Said that the government needed to spend and spend to get out of the depression.
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the treasury of Theordore Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Secretary of Labor, First women in the president’s cabinet
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Chief Political advisor in the FDR cabinet
Charles Coughlin
Priest with a religious radio show that went too political and was an anti-Jewish
Francis Townsend
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
Huey Long
Was a traveling salesman, became senator of Louisiana. Wanted to garuntee thst each family makes atleast 5,000 dollars each year.
Robert F. Wagner
Senator from NY who sponsored the National Labor Relations Act
Dorothea Lange
Photographer set out across the country to document the Great Depression
John Steinbeck
Wrote grapes of wrath and of mice and men,
John Collier
Head of BIA (Bureau of Indians Affair)
Marian Anderson
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
Purchasing goods by putting small amounts of money down each month
Installment plan
Buying stock on credit
margin buying
Gave a hint that the Great Depression was going to happen
economic indicators
The day the stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
Where people could get food and coffee
breadlines
Homeless communities in the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
WW1 veterans that marched in formation to the white house because they wanted their money
Bonus Army
When they show up to work but don’t do anything
sit-down strike
When all the banks in the country was closed until further notice
bank holiday
The first three months on FDR’s administration where congress passed important pieces of legislative
Hundred Days
FDR’s radio broadcasts that caused families to sit down together and listen
fireside chats
Massive government spending with absolutely no regard of balancing the budget.
deficit spending
When the great plains received no rain and caused the soil to dry out and create dust
Dust Bowl
Congress granted Roosevelt authority to negotiate trade deals with individual countries
reciprocal trade agreements
Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act*
It prohibits certain ingredients in makeup, medicine and food.
Causes of the Great Depression (4)
- Too much credit
- Overproduction
- Over speculation in margin buying stock
- high tariffs
Economic statistics that indicated problems were coming for the American economy (4)
- Housing starts down
- Factory Orders down
- Inventories up
- Prices down
Problems faced by women during the Great Depression (4); problems faced by children (2)**
- Abandoned by husbands
- First fired, last hired
- Unions pressure employers to not hire women
- Some states prohibit hiring married women
- Quit school and work
- Malnutrition
Minorities hit harder by the Depression? Eligible for government assistance?
Yes and yes
Reaction of farmers to the drop in prices during the Depression
Farmers decided to destroy their crop that they already had
Reasons why many workers with jobs were unhappy; result of their unhappiness
Workers are asked to work longer hours for less pay which results in violence and starts strike
Actions taken by Herbert Hoover in attempting to deal with the Great Depression (3)
- Low-cost loans (farmers and homeowners)
- Gov’t $ to businesses
- Government jobs
Activities used by Americans as temporary escapes from their troubles during the Depression (6)
- Movies
- Baseball
- Radio
- Board games (Monopoly)
- Reading
- Music
Provisions of the Emergency Banking Act (2)
- Treasure department to audit every bank in the US
2. Forbids the private ownership of gold
Benefits provided by the Social Security Act (4)
- Retirement pensions
- Disability Insurance
- Unemployment Insurance
- Death Benefit
Provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (3)
- Minimum Wage
- Max Hours
- Prohibits factory work by children until 18
Provisions of the National Labor Relations Board (4)
- Guarantees right to join union of choice
- Employers must bargain “in good faith”
- NLRB to supervise the union election and investigate law violations
- NLRB fine employers
Purpose of the Revenue Acts of 1935 and 1938
Distribution of wealth from the rich to the poor
Provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act (3)
- Tribes receive self- government
- SOME Indian land restored
- Government promises funding economic development
Serious political mistake made by FDR
Redoing the membership of the supreme court by appointing someone else political favorable to a judge that is 70 of older.
Causes of the recession of 1938 (2)
- End of New Deal jobs
2. Payroll Deduction
Who is the Migrant Mother?
Florence Owens Thompson
