usa crash - new deal

Question 1

who was the president at the time of the crash

Answer 1

hoover - a republican

Question 2

what did hoover do to counter the crash

Answer 2

harvey smoot act 1930 - inceased tariffs by 50%, made 300$ million available to businesses but only gave out 30$ million

Question 3

what and when was the bonus army march

Answer 3

20k veterans marched on washington demanding their bonus for fighting in ww1

Question 4

breadlines what

Answer 4

where unemplyed people waited in lines for free food, in nyc ymca sold 12000 in one day

Question 5

who made the new deal

Answer 5

roosevelt

Question 6

what was roosevelts slogan

Answer 6

action and action now

Question 7

what did hoover believe

Answer 7

crash was short term
rugged indivisualism
laissez faire

Question 8

the new deal when

Answer 8

1933-44

Question 9

new deal change 1

Answer 9

emergency banking act - clsoed banks for 4 days and were inspected , when reopened, people put their money back in

Question 10

new deal change 1 ==

Answer 10

more banks lent more money to expanding businesses which made more jobs

Question 11

change 2

Answer 11

cut the pay of everyone working in the government by 15%,

Question 12

change 2 ==

Answer 12

saved nearly 1 billio $

Question 13

change 3

Answer 13

prohibition ended!

beer act

Question 14

change three ==

Answer 14

the gov could now tac alcohol

Question 15

wjay did the new deal make

Answer 15

alphabet agencies

Question 16

what was the agricultural adjsutment act

Answer 16

farmers were paid to destroy their crops
demand went up, prices went up

Question 17

nra national recovery administration

Answer 17

encouraged fair working conditions and pau
workers should have the right to join a trade union
2.5 million firms , 22 million workers joined

Question 18

how many firms joined the nra

Answer 18

2.5 million

Question 19

how many people joined the nra

Answer 19

22 million

Question 20

name three alphabet agenies

Answer 20

AAA, NRA,CWA

Question 21

what was the cwa

Answer 21

civil works administration
created jobs for hte uneplyoed like architects builders and even artists
== 4 million men

Question 22

how many men employed in cwa

Answer 22

4 million

Question 23

successes of the new deal for farmers

Answer 23

rose the proce of crops and lent money to farmers

Question 24

successes of the new deal for african americans

Answer 24

200,000 foudn jobs at the ccc

Question 25

what was the ccc

Answer 25

civiilain conservation corps - emplyed 18-25 year olds to plant trees dig canals ended malaria by eradicating mosquitoesq

Question 26

idnian reserce act 1934

Answer 26

allowed native americans to anage their own affairs such as law courts incrwased the land avaailbe and gave laons so they could buy land and farming equipment

Question 27

failures of the new deal for african americans

Answer 27

the ccc continued to discriminate and campsites were segreagted

Question 28

why did fdr not counter racism

Answer 28

HE WAS AFRIAD OF LOSING SOUTHERN SUPPORT

Question 29

what happedned in 1936 to the aa funding

Answer 29

he cut the funding and this meant 3 million jobs were lost

Question 30

failures of the new deal for unions

Answer 30

3 million days were lsot due to strieks , by 1932, this rose to 15 million

Question 31

what was unemployemt at 1938

Answer 31

10.5 million

Question 32

1930 one in whatr were unemplyed

Answer 32

1 in 10 people were still unempliyed after the new deal

Question 33

failures of the new deal for nra wages

Answer 33

set mens wage sto 1000$ adn women to 565$

Question 34

failures of the new deal dust bowl

Answer 34

where a storm of dust wnet over the usa and caused the soil to become infertile

Question 35

who opposed the new deal republicans

Answer 35

believed in rugged individualsim and that fdr was becoming a dictator

Question 36

who opposed the new deal the rich

Answer 36

didnt like the higher taxes

Question 37

who opposed the new deal BUSINESSE

Answer 37

didnt like the union encouragement or minimum wages or th einvolvement

Question 38

who opposed the new deal father coughlin

Answer 38

broadcast ideas on radio- 40 million listneners and proposed to nationalise all banks

Question 39

who opposed the new deal huey long

Answer 39

share our wealth- all persoanl fortunes of over 5 million should be shared to the public - membership reached 7.5 million people

Question 40

who opposed the new deal dr francis townsend

Answer 40

said evryone over the age of 60 shoul fget a pension of 200 $ so that htyed give up their jobs and young people could get them - 5 million mmebers in 1935

Question 41

who opposed the new deal supreme court

Answer 41

11/16 of alpabet agencies were decreed as unconsitituoubal as they were seen as imposing federal power on state governments

Question 42

how much did shareholders lose in the crash on black thursday

Answer 42

$8 billion

Question 43

how many banks went bankrupt in 1929 alone

Answer 43

659

Question 44

how many shares were lost on black thursday

Answer 44

16 million

Question 45

how many stocks were sold daily on the stock exchange before the crash

Answer 45

13 million

Question 46

how was the crash bad for factory owners

Answer 46

in 1927, 4.5 million bought cars, by 1930, they couldnt sell a quarter of that

Question 47

who were the losers of the boom

Answer 47

ordinary shareholders who lost money factor workers who lost jobs factory owners who went out of business bank managers who went out of business the rich as they lost their wealth but still had things to go back on