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The Great Depression Movies Flashcards

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1
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Who was a living symbol of power and prosperity?

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Ford

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How much did a person earn a day at Fords?

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$5

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3
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Were there a lot of immigrants in the Ford factory?

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yes

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4
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What city was the heart of industrial America?

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Detroit

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5
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What was the most widely used vehicle in human history?

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Model T

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What religious group did Ford’s newspaper, Dearborn Independent, attack?

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Jewish

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7
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What person in Munich had a picture of Ford?

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Hitler

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8
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Could you talk or whistle while working the assembly line?

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no

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9
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What new card did Ford introduce?

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Model A

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10
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In the 1920s, were people living beyond their means?

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yes

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11
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In what year did the stock exchange experience its worst loss?

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1929

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12
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What was there a flood of in the 1930s?

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layoffs

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13
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Did the govt have programs for the unemployed?

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no

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14
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Was there social security for the aged?

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no

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15
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Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?

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Hoover

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16
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What political party marched for food, relief, shelter, and jobs?

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Communist

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17
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What did Hoover say was just around the corner? In every pot?

A

prosperitychicken

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18
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How much did Ford make in 1930?

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$30 million

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19
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What was the unemployment rate in Toledo?

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80%

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20
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How many employees lost their job when the factory closed?

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60000

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21
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What did people call the shantytowns that sprung up?

A

Hoovervilles

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22
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In Detroit, how many evictions were there a day?

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150

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23
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What did a doctor say killed one person in Detroit every 7 hours?

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starvation

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24
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Where did Hoover put money to stimulate jobs?

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People at the top and Reconstruction Finance Corp

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25
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Did Hoover give any direct money to the unemployed?

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no

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26
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Where did people march to on March 7, 1932?

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Rouge Ford Factory

27
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How many people were shot? Where were most of them shot? How many died?

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26In the back4

28
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What was Ford’s home fortified with?

A

machine guns

29
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From what war were the Veterans that would shake the nation?

A

WWI

30
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What did Veterans want now?

A

Bonus money

31
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What army was going to Washington DC?

A

Bonus army

32
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Did the veterans plan on staying until they got what they wanted?

A

yes

33
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Who ordered tanks closer to the camps?

A

MacArthur

34
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What did Hoover give to camps?

A

blankets and medicinal supplies

35
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Who was in charge of the camps?

A

Walter Waters

36
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How many were in the camps?

A

3000

37
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What did Hoover want the budget to be?

A

balanced

38
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Did the House pass the Bonus Bill? Did it pass the Senate?

A

yesno

39
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If there were a revolution in America, what would the sides be?

A

Rich vs Poor

40
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How large did the Hooverville on the Anacostia River grow to?

A

20000 people

41
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How did members of Congress leave after the legislation session was over?

A

through underground tunnels

42
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Did the veterans resist when the police began evicting them?

A

yes

43
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What was called once the police could not evict everyone?

A

US military

44
Q

Who commanded the US Army? Who assisted?

A

MacArthurEisenhower and Patton

45
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What did the soldiers do to the shacks?

A

set them on fire

46
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Did General MacArthur ignore the Presidential order to not cross the bridge?

A

yes

47
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Did Hoover take responsibility for the army’s actions?

A

yes

48
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What is Hoover synonymous with?

A

depression

49
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What number president was Hoover? Political Party? From when?

A

31Republican1929-1933

50
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Hoover was the first president born west of the

A

Mississippi

51
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What game did the govt workers play in the morning for not only exercise but to talk to one another

A

Hooverball

52
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What did Hoover say was wrong with capitalism?

A

capitalists

53
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Was Hoover a workaholic?

A

yes

54
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Was Hoover charismatic?

A

no

55
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Did Hoover believe in direct govt relief?

A

no

56
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What did Hoover believe would fix the depression?

A

voluntarism

57
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What was a Hoover hotel?

A

cardboard shack

58
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What was a Hooverville?

A

collection of cardboard shacks

59
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What was a Hoover flag?

A

empty pocket turned inside out

60
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What was everywhere Hoover campaigned?

A

specter of hunger

61
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What was the name of the marchers who came to Washington DC?

A

bonus marchers

62
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What did Roosevelt offer?

A

sense of hope

63
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What did Hoover have on his desk?

A

telephone

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