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Depressioncards
Great Depression
Question | Answer |
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British economist who believed that the government could pull the economy out of a depression by increasing government spending, thus creating jobs and increasing consumer buying power | John Maynard Keynes |
Advanced the Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, which proposed that every retired person over 60 receive a pension o $200 a month | Francis Townshend |
Originally formed by leaders within the AFL who wanted to expand its principles to include workers in mass production industries | CIO |
Created to insure long-term, low-interest mortgages for home construction and repair | Federal Housing Authority |
Created the Share the Wealth Society calling for the confiscation of all fortunes over $5 million | Huey Long |
Religious broadcaster who promoted inflationary currency and anti-Semitism | Charles Coughlin |
Famous novel about Okies migrating from the Dust Bowl to California in the midst of the Depression | The Grapes of Wrath |
First woman cabinet member | Frances Perkins |
Led the United Mine Workers of America | John L. Lewis |
Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and outlawed banks investing in the stock market | Glass-Steagall banking Reform Act |
Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development | Indian Reorganization Act |