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USA Topic 1 - Economic downturn and recovery Flashcards

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What were the events on the 19th of October 1929

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  1. 5 million shares were brought and sold due to panic selling
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What happened on the 24th of October 1929

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Commonly known as Black Thursday nearly 13,000,000 shares were traded and share prices collapse

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What figure did unemployment rise to in 1932

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13.5 million

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How are black Americans discriminated during the great depression

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Black Americans were sacked first

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What percent of black Americans were employed by 1933

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50%

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What percent of white Americans are unemployed by 1933

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20%

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How did the Great depression impact farmers

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They couldn’t sell their produce

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What states are worst affected by the 1933 drought

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Oklahoma Colorado New Mexico and Kansas

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9
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What was the effect of the drought

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Soil turned into dust causing 20 million hectares became known as the dust bowl

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How did the Great depression affect family life

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The number of marriages fell
Schools were closed
Suicide rates increased

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What were Hoovervilles

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They were homes made of tin wood and cardboard for Americans who had lost their homes during the depression

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Who are bonus marchers

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World War I veterans who had been promised a bonus for serving in the war however they wanted it to be given in 1932

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How many unemployed veterans marched for early payment

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12,000

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How many bonus marchers died during their protest

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Two veterans

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What is rugged individualism

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The Republican belief that individuals are responsible For their own lives without help from anyone else especially the government

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What is the Laissez - faire

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Republican belief that people should help themselves rather than be helped by the state

17
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How much did Hoover cut taxes by

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US$130 million

18
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Give an example of a 1932 policy

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The emergency relief act

19
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What was the emergency relief act

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US$300 million to state government to help unemployed

20
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Why were Hoovers policies uneffective

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They were too late and failed to counter the effects of the depression

21
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What were the results of the 1932 presidential election

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Roosevelt won by a landslide as Hoover only won six of the 48 states

22
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Why was Hoover unpopular by 1932

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Hoover had been blamed for the depression
The treatment of bonus marchers
Blamed for the effects of the depression

23
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What was Roosevelt’s appeal

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Roosevelt created a mood of optimism to break cycle of despondency
The new deal would create jobs
Roosevelt had overcome polio

24
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What was the new deal based on

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The three R’s
Relief recovery reform

25
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What was the aim of the new deal

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Restore the shattered economy

26
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What problem did Roosevelt tackle first

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Banking

27
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How did Roosevelt make people trust the bank

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Roosevelt use the Fireside chat to explain his plan to people and reassuring money was safe in the bank

28
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What was the public works administration

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One of the alphabet agencies that used US$3.3billion On large-scale public works

29
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How many were unemployed by 1934

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10 million

30
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What was the second New deal aimed at

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Farmers workers and unemployed

31
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What was the works progress administration

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A $4.8 billion relief program

32
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What was the fair labour standards act

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It set the minimum wage and maximum hours.
Child labour was not permitted only on farms

33
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Which two individuals oppose the new deal

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Huey long and Charles Coughlin

34
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Why did Huey Long oppose The new deal

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It didn’t share the country’s Wealth

35
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Why did Charles Coughlin oppose the new deal

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He was a catholic priest who labelled Roosevelt ‘anti-God’ As the new deal didn’t help the needy

36
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Why was the Supreme Court opposed to Roosevelt

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Due to the lack of democratic judges

37
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How many rulings found Roosevelt acting unconstitutionally

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11 out of 16

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