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This is essentially buying stocks on credit because the investor only puts down a small percentage of the actual price What is margin buying?
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When the Great Depression began, he believed that it would be short so he didn’t do much Who is Herbert Hoover?
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FDR was afraid that the Great Depression would lead to this sort of government in the U.S. What is a dictatorship?
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These are FDR’s “Three Rs” What are relief, recovery, and reform?
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Overproduction + Underconsumption = _________ What is unemployment?
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This woman first introduced FDR to the inner city poor Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
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The name given to the day the stock market crashed What is Black Tuesday?
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This best describes the economic situation when Hoover was elected What is booming/prosperous?
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This was the subject of FDR’s first Fireside Chat What is banking?
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This time period at the beginning of FDR’s administration was important because many laws were passed to help the country What is the First 100 Days?
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The name for the region plagued by dust storms in the 1930s and 40s What is the Dust Bowl?
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These people fled the Midwest for California, where they were faced with discrimination and hatred Who are Okies?
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Americans of this national heritage were rounded up and deported in California because of the labor surplus What is Mexicans?
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Hoover believed that the establishment of these would best aid struggling farmers What are cooperatives (co-ops)?
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This Lincoln era act was partially responsible for the widespread destruction of land in the Midwest What is the Homestead Act (1862)?
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This insured bank deposits (now up to $100,000) What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
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This established a pension system for retired workers What is the Social Security Act (SSA)?
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This was passed during the First 100 Days to ensure the stability of banks What is the Emergency Banking Act (EBA)?
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This was the first legislation designed to provide direct relief to the needy What is the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)?
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Hoover actually created this organization to give money to big businesses early on in the Great Depression What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)?
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This helped electrify the rural south and built electrical dams What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
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This gave young men jobs doing environmental work What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
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What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)? This controversial act paid farmers to plow under crops and kill livestock to raise prices…even though people were starving across the U.S.
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This organization controlled wages and prices… unfortunately it also forced small business owners out What is the National Recovery Administration (NRA)?
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This provided young people with job training and educational scholarships What is the National Youth Administration (NYA)?
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