The Depression, New Deal and Society Flashcards
what were the benefits of having a car?
more people could travel to cinemas, sports venues and shopping centre
how many homes had a radio by 1939?
28million
name two radio shows
Comedian - Jack Benny
Soap - Our Gal Sunday
name a famous baseball team
the Harlem Globetrotters
What type of film replaced silent ones?
talkies
give an example of a famous film and its stars
Swing Time
starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
which book - adapted to a film - replicated the lives of Americans during The Depression?
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
how many banks collapsed by 1932?
5,000
what did the collapse of banks lead to?
millions lost their savings leading to a loss of confidence so people wouldn’t trust the banks
how many cars sold in 1932 comparing to 1932?
1929: 4.5million
1932: 1million
how many Americans were unemployed?
14million (25% of the adult population)
by how much did wages fall by?
60%
how many Americans had their home repossessed?
250,000
what were Hoovervilles?
shanty towns named after the President
how many farmers lost their farms?
1/5
evidence that Hoover was a “do-nothing” president
Believed in Laissez-faire so did not interfere
Didn’t think the government should pay unemployment money
Introduced the Hawley Smoot Tariff which placed even higher taxes on imports which countries replied with higher taxes on their own exports
blocked the Garner-Wagner Relief Bill which would have let confessions spend $2.1billion to create jobs
Hoovervilles
The Bonus Marchers
give an account of the Bonus Marchers
250,000 veterans demanded their bonus of $500 in 1932 rather than 1945
Hoover refused to see them so sent the army to attack their camps
Hoover claimed the marchers were communist of criminals - public disagreed and we’re annoyed by the President
evidence Hoover DID help out
cut taxes by $160million
asked congress to give $423million for public work programme
set up Reconstruction Finance Comission to make loans for businesses in trouble
how many votes did Roosevelt win by in the 1932 election?
7million
when was the second new deal?
1935
name the four aspects of the second new deal
Wagner Act - forced employers to allow trade unions to work in their companies
Social Security Act - provided state pensions for the elderly and widows.
Set up unemployment insurance which paid a fund each week to receive benefit of unemployed
Works Progress Administration - created jobs did unemployed office workers, artists, actors and photographers
Resettlement Administration - helped small-scale farmers with loans and moved 500,000 families to better homes
