Q Flashcards
Herbert Hoover
President during the Wall street crash, known for doing ‘too little, too late’.
Franklin D roosevelt
President from 1933-1945. Introduced the New deal.
Huey Long
Democratic politician who criticised the New deal for not going far enough.
Francis townsend
Wanted the new deal to focus more on pensioners.
Alphabet agency
The name given to Roosevelt’s agencies under the New deal.
Bonus army
Marched on Washington demanding pay in 1932.
Dustbowl
The name of an area that was hit by extreme weather during the depression making it impossible to grow crops.
Hoover villes
Shanty towns thrown up during the depression
lend lease
$50 billion was loaned out through lend-lease. This was where America lent out supplies to allies in world war 2.
New deal
Roosevelts policy for solving the great depression.
Relief, Reform, Recovery
The main aims of Roosevelt’s New Deal
Supreme court
The highest court in America
Fireside chats
chats Roosevelt did on the radio AFTER he was elected to give confidence to the nation
Hawley smoott tariff act
High taxes on imported goods put in place by hoover
whistle stop tours
the name given to the tours roosevelt did trying to get elected.He visited every state in America.