Roosevelt Flashcards

1
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Which year did Roosevelt win the election

A

1932

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2
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Why didn’t people like Hoover

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He believed in rugged individualism and only helped people a few years after the depression had started

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3
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What were the 3 Rs

A

Relief, recovery, reform

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4
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What was the new deal

A

Roosevelt’s ideas to fix America by helping the unemployed and disadvantaged, creating jobs, and ensuring another depression couldn’t happen

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5
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How much did Roosevelt spend helping the unemployed as governor of New York

A

20millipn

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6
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How many states voted FDR

A

42/48

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7
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When did Roosevelt get into office

A

4th march 1933

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8
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How did Roosevelt spread his ideas

A

Travelling around campaigning, and fireside chats on the radio

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9
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How did Roosevelt get money to help the unemployed

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He cut the pay of government workers and people in the armed forces by 15% saving nearly 1billion

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11
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What was unemployment between 1929 and 1945

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29-2.5% 31- 15% 33-25% 35-20% 37-14% 39-16.5% 41-10% 43-2% 45-1%

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12
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What was the WPA

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Works progress administration which set up work for unemployed artists of all kinds

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