Great Depression

Question 1

One example of how the Depression affected the lives of URBAN white working-class Americans.

Answer 1

People were laid off in factories, had to look for migrant work, wait in bread lines

Question 2

One example of how the Depression affected the lives of RURAL African-Americans.

Answer 2

Tenant farmers were stuck in a cycle of debt, lost farms as agricultural prices dropped, lynchings increased

Question 3

The “repatriation” program and who it affected.

Answer 3

The repatriation program essentially deported Mexicans to create jobs for Americans

Question 4

Social Security Act

Answer 4

Applied to people over 65, mentally or physically disabled. Provided benefits to leave the workforce which created jobs for people who were more able to work, while also giving these people money that they could put back into the economy

Question 5

Indian New Deal

Answer 5

Reversed the Dawes Act, gave Indian tribes more autonomy and sovereignty over their land

Question 6

The Three R’s

Answer 6

Relief, Recovery, Reform

Question 7

First action of the first 100 days

Answer 7

Bank holiday, to reduce bank panics and failures, get every bank on the same page

Question 8

Two agencies or pieces of legislation from the first 100 days

Answer 8

Bank holiday, AAA, CCC, FERA, TVA, NRA, PWA, EBRA

Question 9

The blue eagle…what it stood for and how it was obtained.

Answer 9

The blue eagle meant that a business followed codes set by the NRA, obtained it by following the rules of no child labor, minimum wage, and maximum work hours

Question 10

Groups or people that opposed FDR or the right and left.

Answer 10

Right: Republicans, Liberty League
Left: Communist Party, Huey Long, Father Coughlin, Francis Townsend

Question 11

Huey Long’s plan to end the Depression

Answer 11

“Share the Wealth” - limited personal wealth to a certain amount and redistribute it to the general population

Question 12

Francis Townsend’s plan to end the Depression.

Answer 12

$200 a month for every person over the age of 60, but it was mandatory that they spent the money every month

Question 13

Supreme Court action on May 27, 1935…brief summary.

Answer 13

The Supreme Court found the NIRA unconstitutional because it had no right to prosecute sick chicken sellers in New York because it was inside state lines (sick chicken case)

Question 14

FDR’s plans for the judicial branch after May 27, 1935

Answer 14

Court Packing Scheme, FDR wanted to appoint a new justice for each one over the age of 70, which would have added 6 new justices to the court.

Question 15

The agency that expanded the definition of public works to include art, literature, and theater.

Answer 15

WPA (Works Progress Administration)

Question 16

Name the rights guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), or Wagner Act.

Answer 16

Right to form a union, engage in collective bargaining, and strike, did not cover industries like domestic service which were minority based

Question 17

The third major piece of legislation that made up the Second New Deal.

Answer 17

Social Security

Question 18

“Roosevelt Recession.” Summary.

Answer 18

Economy faltered in May 1937, Roosevelt had cut spending on certain programs because he feared that people would become dependent on public works projects, but this hurt the economy.

Question 19

Name one group of workers that was excluded from the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Answer 19

Minorities, domestic service

Question 20

List standards that were set by the FLSA.

Answer 20

Minimum wage (25 cents/hr), maximum work week (44 hours), overtime for certain industries, ended child labor

Question 21

The novel by John Steinbeck, later made into a movie by John Ford, is considered one of the most powerful cinematic representations of the Depression.

Answer 21

Grapes of Wrath

Question 22

The popularity of movies and other pastimes during the Depression.

Answer 22

Became more popular because people wanted to forget about the Depression.

Question 23

Give one example of the widespread influence of radio during the Depression.

Answer 23

Fireside chats

Question 24

The Prime Minister of Canada when the Great Depression began.

Answer 24

Mackenzie King

Question 25

List one similarity and difference in the causes of the Depression in the United States and Canada.

Answer 25

Similarities: overproduction, dust bowl
Difference: stock market crash, dependence on foreign countries

Question 26

The political party which took control of the Canadian government in the 1930 election.

Answer 26

Conservative

Question 27

Workers who went on strike in 1935 and planned to take their grievances to Ottawa.

Answer 27

On to Ottawa Trek, led by Slim Evans

Question 28

The provincial political party, which gained power in Alberta in 1935, advocated an economic policy that included giving $25 credits to all citizens.

Answer 28

Social Credit Party

Question 29

The leader of the Radical Party in 1930 in Argentina.

Answer 29

Hipolito Yrigoyen

Question 30

How the Concordancia maintained power.

Answer 30

Electoral fraud, gerrymandering, voter intimidation

Question 31

The time frame the Concordancia ruled Argentina.

Answer 31

1931-1934

Question 32

Glass Steagall Act - Banking Act of 1933

Answer 32

prevents banks from investing, creating bank reforms

Question 33

TVA

Answer 33

most socialist act because it owned the electric company