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Unit 2 Lecture 5 Flashcards

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What was Hoover campaign for the election in 1928?

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“Food would win the war” during WW1

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How was the economy like in the 1920s?

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The economy was prospering & booming

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Buying on credit

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Lead people to spend more money than they had & they ran out of credit (They had a hard time paying back debts which made them stoping spending money)

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Buying stock on margin

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People borrowing money to pay for stocks & when the stock market crashed they owed more than the stocks was worth

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Since people werent buying/ spending money too much there was ________ & _______ where companines having too much products & people are not spending much money

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Decrease in consumption & production stockpiles

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The decreased in consumption & production stockpiles led to what?

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Resulted in people being fired & people stopped spending money even more which was bad for the economy since it was a consumer nation

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October 24

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Black thursday

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October 29

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Black tuesday, the stock market crashed because too many people were buying & selling shares in stocks

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There was an ___________ where if there was better distribution of wealth people would have more money & be able to live better lives to support the economy

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Undistrubtion of wealth

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Business-government parternship

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Republicans party didnt stop bad things happening & didnt help the working class during the depression & farmers got hit very hard during the great depression

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Progressive tax system

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The more wealth you have the more will be taxed & it was used to help disturbed wealth in america

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When the stock market crashed (The great Depression) what happened?

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People lost their life savings since banks failed & when the banks closed their money dissapeard with it, unemploymenet jumped by 25%, people living in horrible conditions, etc

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Hobo Army

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Men leaving & roaming in towns trying to find places to stay

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Hooverville & Hoover blankets

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Towns with houses made out of straps & hoover blankets were newspapers people sleeping on benches used to cover themsleves

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Civil disorder

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Unemployed people demanded jobs, food, went on strikes, etc & the year 1932 was the rock bottom of the great depression

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Native whites began to attack ________ saying that they are taking their jobs

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immigrants

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American Individualism (Herbert Hoover)

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Belief that if you work hard & given opporutnies would work harder

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Hoover vilfied

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Believed that the government had to get people to come together & decided living wage, etc to keep one group from hurting another

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Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

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Was a democratic, Governor of New york, created the New Deal program & came from progressive era roots where he belived in helping others & that the rich should help the poor

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What was the New Deal program ?

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It was a relief program to help american people

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What was the public’s view on FDR?

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The public loved him but the rich did not & people sent him many letters showing their love for him & his wife, where his wife cared for all american whether african american, women, etc

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Firechats

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Radio chats FDR had on the radio where he talked to america about issues which made americans feel closer to him

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Brain trust

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Groups of professors that served as FDR advisors for certain issues (Gave their lives for public services)

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What were Bank Holidays?

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Shut down all banks for a certain time

25
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Emergency Banking Act

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Allow banks to be shut down for awhile to help stabilze banks

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Glass-Stegall Act of 1913

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FDIC (Federal deposit insurance) insured people deposits which helped people trust banks again

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Civil Conservation Corps

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Put 250,000 men to do work in parks, in communities, etc

28
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Tennesse Valley Authority

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Government owned corporation & produced cheat eletric power

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Argicultural Adjustment Act

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Brought governemnt more involved in farmers lives & help control over production

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What were the 4 problems FDR wanted to take care of in his frist 100 days?

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  1. Bank Failure
  2. Agricultural over prodcution
  3. Business slump
  4. Unemployment
31
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During this time period what was also happening with alcohol?

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The repeal of prohibtion (Alcohol was brought back)

32
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National Recovery Act (NRA)

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Helped businesses recover & it strengthened governemnt -business parternship

33
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Section 7 A

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Gave workers rights & ability to join unions again

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Federal emergency relief Act (FERA)

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Gave funds to states so they can fund their relief programs

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Public works adminstration (PWA)

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Put people into jobs

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FDR didnt belived in _______ which is government welfare payment, he believed if the government gave free people money it would ruin people independence & character

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Dole

37
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Civil Works Adminstration (CWA)

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Helped rebuild communties, built highways, got people into jobs, etc

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Criticism from the right

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Conservatives seen FDR getting to involved in businesses

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NRA

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Dealt with business conflicts, resovled business problems with one another in an industry

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Businesses hate ______ becuase they feared working class defiance & becuse it gave worker collective bargins where they could demand better wages, etc

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Section 7A

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Criticism from the left Side

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Felt that the New Deal program was not enough

42
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Heuy Long “Share our wealth” plan

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Was a plan that taxed large businesses & the rich where the governemnt would give back the money to the average man to help them make ends meet

43
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Seocnd New Deal

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Helped workers organize unions, helped people get into work, & helped people retire

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1935 emergency relief appropriation act

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Created new agency that made new programs to employ people (There was the national youth program, resettlement adminstration, & the works progress adminstration)

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Work progress adminstration (WPA)

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Built hospitals, schools, etc & helped people see themselves as citizen & not labor workers

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Social Security Act

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Helped people retire & brough about unemployment compensation which was handled by the states & the checks were higher in the north

47
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Francis Prekins

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1st women cabin member in the U.S.

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