Exam 3 review Flashcards
Stock markets completely collapsed on Black ________________ on October ___, 1929, heralding the start of the Great Depression
Tuesday; 29
By 1932 one out of every ____ Americans were unemployed.
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Shanty towns that popped up on the edge of cities were known as __________________.
Hoovervilles
In spring 1932 the Bonus Army marched on Washington D.C. demanding ________________________________
Payment for WWII services
President Hoover believed the best way to help the needy during the Great Depression was through __________________________
voluntary cooperation
Hoover was President of the __________________ Party
Republican
On March 9, 1933, the _______________________ Act was passed, allowing only the strongest banks to reopen with federal support
Emergency Banking Act
Fireside chats were
Chats by President Roosevelt by radio to give the public hope
The ________________ was designed to bring electricity and jobs to the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority
The purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corp was to __________________________________
Guarantee a wage of $30 a month for working outside the city
The ______________________ Act of May 1933 was designed to alleviate the suffering of farmers
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Louisiana native known as “Kingfish” who criticized President Roosevelt was ________________
Huey Long
Francis Townsend, another demagogue of the era, sought to alleviate the suffering of ______________ with his plan
old people
The Wagner Act of 1935 allowed _____________________________________
Unions to organize
The ____________________________ Act of 1935 sought to protect the elderly and disabled
Social Security act
FDR’s “court packing” plan involved _________________________________________ to make it easier for him to pass his New Deal legislation
Retiring Judges over 70; 15 judges instead of 9
The ___________________________ Act of 1938 set a minimum wage and abolished child labor
Fair Labor Standards Act
The English economist ______________________ wrote “The General Theory of Employment” in 1936, in which he spoke of the importance of government deficit spending during tough economic times
John Maynard Keynes
The _______________________ Pact of 1928 called for the elimination of war as a tool of foreign policy
Kellogg Briand Pact
On the eve of World War Two the European countries of ______________ and ______________ embraced fascism
Germany and Italy
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931 because ___________________________
they wanted access to new materials
World War Two started when _____________________________
Hitler invaded Poland
The ____________________ Committee suggested money helped to influence the outbreak of World War One
NYE
In 1937 FDR announced that if a nation wanted to purchase weaponry from the United States it would have to do so on a ________ and _______ basis
cash and carry
The United States officially entered the war a day after the Japanese attack at ________________
Pearl Harbor
The _____________________ was responsible for the conversion of U.S. industries to wartime production
War Production Board
The number of federal workers during the war rose from 1 million to ____ million
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FDR signed Executive Order 9066 to ______________________________
expel all Japanese from West Coast
Korematsu vs U.S. was a Supreme Court case that ruled ____________________ was justified during wartime
Japanese internment camps
The Allied invasion of Europe across the English Channel was known as Operation ____________________
overlord/ D-Day