The Great Depression And The New Deal

Question 1

Stock Market Crash/black tuesday

Answer 1

the economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s. it crashed on a Tuesday

Question 2

Buying on Margin

Answer 2

Buying stock that you promise to pay back later

Question 3

Self reliance

Answer 3

written by Ralph Waldo Emerson that emphasized importance of one’s self

Question 4

Herbert Hoover

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President that was in office during depression who’s volunteer plans failed

Question 5

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

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Raised tariff on 20,000 different goods

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Farm board

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gave farmers coverage for loss of crop

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

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became U.S. loaning for banks, railroads, insurance companies, railroads, and agricultural agencies

Question 8

20th amendment

Answer 8

set restriction on political leaders terms in office

Question 9

Bonus March

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unemployed veterans marched on Washington for the bonus pay they were promised because they fought in WW1

Question 10

Franklin Roosevelt

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served 4 terms as president during the Great Depression and introduced his New Deal plan

Question 11

Eleanor Roosevelt

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FDRs wife who was a supporter of civil rights

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New Deal and 3rs

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Reform, Relief, Recovery. FDRs plans for fixing the U.S. economy

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Brain trust

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Group of advisors to FDR who helped fix economy

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Frances Perkins

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First woman appointed to work in the cabinet who was a supporter of workers rights

Question 15

100 days

Answer 15

the point where people see if the president has made any action against his promises for when he was in office

Question 16

21st amendment

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repealed prohibition

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Fireside Chats

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FDR went on radio and talked to U.S. citizens

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PWA

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Public works agency, created during New Deal

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FDIC

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, assured against loss if money if banks went under

Question 20

CCC

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Civilian Conservation Corps., public work relief programs for young men

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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority, provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development

Question 22

NRA

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National Recovery Administration, helped regions that were hit by hard times

Question 23

SEC

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Securities and Exchange Commision, protects companies

Question 24

FHA

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Federal Housing Administration, sets regulation for homes and the loan process

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WPA

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Works Progress Administration, employed millions so they could make quick cash

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NLRBA

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enforced U.S. regulations on work regulations

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Social Security Act

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a support system for elder people

Question 28

New Deal Coalition

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Alignment of voters to vote democrat

Question 29

John Meynerd Keynes

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British economist

Question 30

Charles Coughlin, Huey Long

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preacher who became popular through talking on the radio and criticized the new deal

Question 31

Court Paking Plan

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FDRs response to supreme court rejecting his plans by adding new justices

Question 32

CIO

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Chief Information Officer

Question 33

Fair Labor Standars Act

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set regulations for businesses such as a minimum wage

Question 34

Dust bowl

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Drought that caused farmers to lose their land and product

Question 35

Indian Reorganization Act

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dealt with the status of Native Americans

Question 36

A. Phillip Randolph

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Fought for civil and labor rights

Question 37

Good neighbor policy

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designed to improve relations between U.S. and Latin America

Question 38

Pan American Conference

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sought better relations with Latin America

Question 39

Causes of WW2

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Japan's hostilities with china, U.S. depression, and German power

Question 40

Nye Committee

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investigated war companies to see if they pushed for war

Question 41

Charles Lindbergh

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led to the implementation of death penalty

Question 42

Neutrality Acts

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set restriction for things citizens could do in times of war

Question 43

Quarantine Speech

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Roosevelt's speech warning Japan

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Cash and Carry

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neutrality to aid allies but stay neutral

Question 45

Selective service and Training Act

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forced men between 22 to 35 to register for military

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Destroyers for Bases deal

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U.S. and U.K. agreement for a trade

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Lend-Lease Act

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allowed president to use military to help allies cointries

Question 48

Pearl Harbor

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Japan's attack of U.S. navy base

Question 49

War Production Board

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Reassigned factories for producing war needed items

Question 50

Office of Price Administration

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in charge of stabalizing prices

Question 51

Manhattan Project

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Atomic bombs

Question 52

Braceros Program

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U.S. and Mexico agree to import workers because of a shortage

Question 53

Korematsu v. U.S. and internment

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relocated Japanese Americans

Question 54

election of 1944

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Roosevelt's 4th term with Truman as VP

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Role of Women in the War

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Women worked in factories and took over men's roles

Question 56

D-Day

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troops stormed the beach to take back France

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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islands bombed with atomic bombs to show U.S. power

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Big three

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Allied leaders of World War II: Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Conferences: Yalta, Potsdam, Casablanca, Tehran

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War meetings for post war plans

Question 60

United Nations

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Alignment of nations to vote on global problems