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US Quiz 7 Flashcards

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Hoovervilles

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Cardboard boxes that people lived in

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Black Tuesday

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October 29, 1929- market falls 40 points and prices collapse

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Hoover blankets

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Newspapers used as blankets

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Dust bowl

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Drought and dust storms of the Midwest

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Exodusters

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Immigration to California from drought areas

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Dorthea Lange

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Photographer that chronicled the depression

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Bonus army

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WW1 veterans that marched to Washington to lobby for early payment of veterans bonus, driven out by the navy

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Scottsboro nine

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Nine African American boys on trial found guilty of raping two Caucasian women amidst unfair trial

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Federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)

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Ensures the government will cover any money lost from the bank

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Civil works administration (CWA)

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Building/ improving roads and parks

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National recovery administration (NRA)

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Agency developed to stabilize economy

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Civilian conservation corp. (CCC)

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Provided jobs for young men to work on government projects

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Public works administration (PWA)

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Builds schools, highways, dams, hydroelectric plants and hospitals

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Tennessee valley authority (TVA)

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Built 20 dams at muscle shoals to prevent soil ex and generated hydroelectric power

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Works progress administration (WPA)

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Gave unemployed work in building construction and art programs

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National labor relations board (NLRB)

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Created by the nation labors act

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Social security act (SSA)

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Retirement plan for persons over 65 years of age, pensions, disability payments, unemployment benefits

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FDR’s Supreme Court “pack plan”

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Plan to appoint 6 more judges in favor of the new deal laws

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21st amendment

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Repeals 18th amendment in 1933, end of prohibition

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Fair labor relations act

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Prohibits unfair labor practices

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