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Great Depression & New Deal Content Flashcards

1
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Americas first female cabinet member

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Frances Perkins

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educator who dedicated herself to promising opportunities for young African Americas

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Mary McLeod Bethune

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actor, director, producer, writer, created one of the most renewed radio broadcasts, “The War of the Worlds

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Orson Welles

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African- American author who wrote the novel “Native son”

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Richard Wright

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5
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barometer of the stock market’s health

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Dow Jones Industrial Average

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buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit while ignoring the risks

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speculation

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paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest

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buying on margin

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8
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buying and selling stocks

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New York stock exchange

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bottom fell out of the market and the nations confidence

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Black Tuesday

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10
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the period from 1929 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed

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Great Depression

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little towns consisting of shacks

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shantytown

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12
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offered free or low-cost food

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Soup Kitchen

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13
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lines of people waiting to receive food provided by charitable organizations or public agencies

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bread ;lines

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14
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windstorm in 1934 that picked up millions of tons of dust from the plains and carried it to East coast cities

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dust bowl

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15
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WWl vets (the bonus expeditionary force)

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Bonus Army

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16
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Roosevelt promised a new deal for the American people

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New Deal

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17
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spending more money than the government receives in revenue

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deficit spending

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set maximum hours at 44 hrs per week, decreasing to 40 hrs after two years

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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organize industrial unions

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Congress of Industrial Organizations

20
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regulate banking and investment activities

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

21
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regulate banking and investment activities

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The Securities and Exchange Comission

22
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acts as a mediator in labor disputes between unions and employers

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National Labor and Relations Board

23
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What event led to the great Depression

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Black Tuesday (stock market crash)

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When did black Tuesday take place?

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October 29 1929

25
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4 major causes of the Great Depression

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  • tariffs and policies reduce market for American goals
  • farmers in trouble
  • avaliability of credit
  • unequal distribution of income
26
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buy now pay later

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credit

27
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What were peoples response to Black Tuesday?

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people panicked and pulled their money from banks

28
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Who was elected as president during the Great Depression?

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Herbert Hoover

29
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Hoovers major weaknesses?

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unable to handle Congress, the press, and the public

30
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Was Hoover a successful president?

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no

31
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lowered mortgage rates and allowed farmers to refinance

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Federal Home Loan Bank Act

31
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What caused the dust bowl?

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  • over farming
  • tearing up of protective grasslands
32
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$2 billion in emergency financing for large businesses

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

33
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help people and banks (short term)

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relief

34
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temporary programs to restart flow of consumer demand (temporary long term)

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recovery

35
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permanent programs to prevent depression (permanent long term)

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reform

36
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people that left the dust bowl and moved to CA

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Okies

37
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social reformer who used her humanitarian impulses and political skills

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Elenor Roosevelt

38
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FDR’s biggest critic

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Huey Long

39
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direct relief program

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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

40
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aid to the elderly

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Social Security Act (SSA)

41
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job programs (WPA)

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works progress administration

42
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insured bank deposits

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Federal Deposit Insurance coporation (FDIC)

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rural electrification

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Tennessee valley authority (TVA)

44
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job programs (CCC)

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civillian conservation corps

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