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Causes of Great Depression
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Alphabet Agencies
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Hoover
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New Deal Critics
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Important People
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Hodge Podge
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Causes of Great Depression Alphabet Agencies Hoover New Deal Critics Important People Hodge Podge $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
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1% of the population controlled 40% of the nation’s wealth
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Uneven distribution of wealth
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quickly; high risk/high reward
Investing in a stock solely based on idea it will raise in value quickly; high risk/high reward
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Stock Speculation
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Created by Installment buying; “enjoy now, pay later”
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Overextension of credit
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Investors would purchase a stock for only a fraction of
its price and borrow the rest
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Buying on Margin
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The combination of unpaid loans and many bank runs led to these
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Bank Failures
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Regulates the stock market
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Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Protected bank accounts of citizens for up to $5,000
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)
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construction to the arts
Employed 9 million workers from construction to the arts
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
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Dams & flood controls built across 7 states to provide cheap hydro powered electricity
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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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prevention of soil erosion
Protected the price of crops; provided farm subsidies and the prevention of soil erosion
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
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His campaign strategy in 1932
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“Prosperity is right around the corner “FDR will make things worse”
“stay the course” “Prosperity is right around the corner “FDR will make things worse”
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Name for collection of man made shacks or shantytowns during the Depression
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Hooverville
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This created the highest import tax in history
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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and gave aid to railroad companies and insurance companies;
This was set up in 1932 and gave aid to railroad companies and insurance companies; Provided “indirect aid” to people
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Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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His “theme” song
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“Brother, can you spare a dime”
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leaders who manipulate people with half-truths,
Another name for leaders who manipulate people with half-truths, deceptive promises, and scare tactics
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Demagogues
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nations entire economic system needed reform;
Critic who believed nations entire economic system needed reform; ran for Gov. of California in 1934 under platform of “End Poverty in California”
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Upton Sinclair
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Name 2 criticisms of the New Deal
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Gave government too much power Borrowed too much money
Didn’t do enough for women, minorities and the elderly
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Louisiana who developed the “Share Our Wealth” program
Senator from Louisiana who developed the “Share Our Wealth” program
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Huey Long
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believed in nationalization of banks, praised Adolf Hitler,
This “radio priest” believed in nationalization of banks, praised Adolf Hitler, and was eventually ordered to stop broadcasting by Roman Catholic officials
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Charles Coughlin
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One of FDR’s most important colleagues; reported to FDR
on conditions in the country and effects of his programs
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Eleanor Roosevet
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First female to ever hold a Cabinet position
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Frances Perkins
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position of any African-American
Held the highest position of any African-American woman in the New Deal
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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Indian Affairs; used New Deal fund and Native workers
FDR’s commissioner of Indian Affairs; used New Deal fund and Native workers to build schools, hospitals and irrigation systems
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John Collier
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Daily Double!!
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Congress of Industrial Organizations; aimed to
First president of Congress of Industrial Organizations; aimed to challenge conditions in industry
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John L. Lewis
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A strike in which laborers stop working but refuse
to leave the building
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Sit-down Strike
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Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than
the government receives in revenue
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Deficit-spending
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Army from Washington D.C.
General sent in to remove Bonus Army from Washington D.C.
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General MacArthur
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Name of Dorothea Lang’s most famous photo
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Migrant Mother
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Act that gave workers the right to join unions and collectively bargain
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National Labor Relations Act Or Wagner Act
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Double Jeopardy!!
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Dust Bowl
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Presidential Elections
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FDR
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Effects of New Deal
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Effects of Great Depression
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Hodge Podge
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Dust Bowl Presidential Elections FDR Effects Of New Deal Effects of Great Depression Hodge Podge $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $600 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000 $1000
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Farmers believed that the storms that led to The Dust Bowl were caused by
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Severe drought
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The most severe storms of the dry years.
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Black Blizzards
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Kansas migrated to this state.
Families from Oklahoma, Texas Kansas migrated to this state.
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California
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farmers who were forced to move from Oklahoma and Kansas
Slang term used to described migrant farmers who were forced to move from Oklahoma and Kansas
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“Okies”
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written about a migrant family during the Dust Bowl Era
John Steinbeck novel written about a migrant family during the Dust Bowl Era
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The Grapes Of Wrath
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Republican candidate Election of 1928
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Herbert Hoover
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Democratic Candidate 1932; eventual winner.
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FDR
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Theme song FDR
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“Happy Days Are Here Again”
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Republican candidate 1936
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Alf Landon
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3 items on FDR political platform in 1932
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Sweeping social/economic
End prohibition Balanced budget Sweeping social/economic reform
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From inauguration speech
Most famous line From inauguration speech
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear Itself”
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Dates for his “Hundred Days”
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March 9th- June 16th
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The number of additional justices FDR wanted to add
to Supreme Court as part of “court-packing”
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6
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He used these radio addresses to communicate with American citizens
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Fireside Chats
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pass this act authorizing the government to inspect the financial
He pushed Congress to pass this act authorizing the government to inspect the financial health of all the banks
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Emergency Banking Act
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old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent, blind
This act created old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid for dependent, blind or handicapped children.
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Social Security
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sit-down strike involved this union in Flint, Michigan
The most famous sit-down strike involved this union in Flint, Michigan
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United Auto Workers
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achievement of the New Deal
Perhaps the greatest achievement of the New Deal
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Restoring a sense of hope
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continues to monitor the workings of the Stock Markets
This New Deal agency continues to monitor the workings of the Stock Markets
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Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Number of major new laws passed during first 100 days of the New Deal
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of unemployment during
The highest rate of unemployment during Great Depression
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25%
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two women while riding the rails; their story influenced
These 9 individuals were accused of raping two women while riding the rails; their story influenced “To Kill a Mockingbird”
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Scottsboro Boys
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During the Depression working women were accused of this.
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Taking jobs away from men
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The two long-term effects that children suffered the most
from as a result of The Great Depression.
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Inadequate medical care
Poor Diet; Inadequate medical care
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Daily Double!!
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The GNP fell from $103 billion (1929) to this amount in 1933
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$56 Billion
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Movies provided this for people of the Great Depression
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An escape from their problems
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The 3 R’s
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Relief Recovery Reform
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The date of “Black Tuesday”
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October 29th 1929
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of the Empire State Building
Developer of the Empire State Building
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John Raskob
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money in circulation is
The amount of money in circulation is regulated by this
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Federal Reserve System
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Write the Final Topic Here
Spanish American War Write the Final Topic Here
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List & briefly explain Three causes for American involvement
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