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Who were in the 1928 election

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Hoover and Al Smith

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What did hoover believe in for his election

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self help and tax reforms for farmers

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Why was Al smith not that successful

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against prohibition

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What did Hoover do to help farmers

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Agricultural Marketing Act and Raised Tariffs

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Argicultral Marketing Act

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set up federal farm board to oversee farmers cooperative to buy sell and store surpluses by hoover

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Hawley Smoot

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highest peace time tariff

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When was the Stock Market Crash

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Black Tuesday October 29 1929

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How much money was lost in stock market

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40 bil

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4 causes of the stock market crash

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  • Overproduction in agricultural and industrial market
  • too much credit buying
  • Europe was too weak to help us and tariffs hurt
  • Dust bowl in Midwest added to economic misery for farmers
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Response to the market

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Gov did not help much
Public works
Trickle down
RFC
Anti Junction act of 1932

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RFC

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  • Reconstruction Finance Corporation
  • Lending bank but to companies
    Under Hoover
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Norris- La Guardia Anti-Injunction Act of 1932

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outlawed yellow dog contracts and forbid federal ct. injunctions against strikes

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Bonus Army

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20,000 out of work, hungry veterans of WW1 demanded repayment of differed bonus of 1945

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The Paper tiger

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1931 Japanese militarist in the army seixe Manchuria from China and Leauge has no response, encouraged by weak response, The Jap bomb Shanghai in 1932

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Hoovers Good Neighbor Policy

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  • Hoover didn’t agree with TR interventionist take on Monroe doctrine
  • Pulled US marines out of Haiti and Nicaragua
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FDR

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  • 5th cousin of TR
  • Gov of New York
  • Married to Eleanor
    • TR’s niece
  • Pledges o a new deal for american people
  • FDR promise balanced budget
    • Just does not
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What happened to the voting in the 1932 election

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Blacks who were previously Lincoln party voted in large numbers for FDR

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Hewey Long

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Ran against FDR and was killed

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FDR on banks

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Bank holiday
Emergency Bank relief
Glass Steagall Banking reform act
Paper money no gold standard

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EBRA

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Emergency banking relief act to make it safe to keep money in the bank

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FDIC

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Glass Steagall Banking reform act;federal deposit insurance corp; to back up banks

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CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps; Employed about 3 million people

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FERA

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Federal Emergency Relied Act ; created the FERA which gave out 3 billion to the states for unemployment

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AAA

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  • Agricultural adjustment act/administration
  • bailed out millions of farmers
  • HOLC saved a lot of middle class families from losing their homes and bought these votes for the democratic party
    Killed millions of pigs
    overproduction and declared unconstitutional
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WPA
- Work welfare - We provide alms - charity to the poor
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Strong visible 1st lady; Slides of her with FDR
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Frances Perkins
- 1st female cabinet member - sec of labor
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Mary McLeod Bethune
- Director of Minority affairs - highest ranking black member of FDR
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NRA
- National Recovery Administration - Protects Labor Unions - Blue Eagle symbol - Philadelphia Eagles named after them - failed in the end when Sup Ct declared parts unconstitutional
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PWA
- Public Works Admin - built Grand Coulee Dam on Colombia river in Washington state
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Beer and Wine Revenue Act
Law passed allowing sale of light alcohol content 3.2 percent before repealed prohibition
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Dust Bowl
350,000 people fled to California Farmers Blues
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Steinbeck
subject of Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath
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Dorthea Lange
- Photographed hundreds of migrant workers going into Cali - Lewis Hines for farmers
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CCC work after dust bowl
Planted 200 million trees to prevent wind erosion
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Indian reorganization act of 1934
- Reverses Dawes act - Preserves Indian culture by allowing the tribes to set up tribal govt
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Truth in Securities act
sworn statements about stocks real value
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SEC
policy watch dog of wall street
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TVA
- Tennessee Valley Authority - built thousands of dams - provide power to underprivileged - Called Socialistic since the govt was competing with private industry
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FHA
- Federal housing Adm - provided loans to house builders - Led to the USHA - loaned money to states for low cost
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Social security act
- provided unemployment insurance - federal payments to retired workers - payroll tax on employers and employees
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Wagner Act of 1835
created National labor relation board to help workers organize
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John L Lewis
organized the CIO
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Fair Labor standards
provided minimum wadge
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King FDR attacks sup. Ct.
goes to congress and ask to appoint a new justice for everyone above 70; very bad and leads to him being called double crossing; bribed them to leave
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Hugo Black
Appointed by FDR to be a liberal new dealer
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1937
mini depression caused by social security
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Who does Fdr turn to for advice after 1937
keynes and he says print more money
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Why did Republicans get more votes in 1938
depression was going
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Why did FDR win in 1940
saved by WWII
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Did FDR help with Union
Yes, 1936 36 percent were unionized
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Movies
- Mr smith goes to Washington - first to make fun of politics - Wizard of OZ - Snow White and the 7 dwarfs
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Limits and Women and African Americans
NRA permitted lower wadges for women
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second greatest boxing in the century
Joe Lewis Vs Max Schmeling
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Jesse Owens
- 1936 Olympics and dominates - 100 200 400 relay and long jump

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