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Stufflet Unit 16
Unit 16 APUSH
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| term that referred to the stock market collapse of 29 October 1929 | Black Tuesday |
| trying to make a profit on something in the short-term solely by guessing about price fluctuations | Speculation |
| stock market index that measures the prices of the country's 30 leading corporations | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| buying stock by paying for only a small fraction of the actual stock up front (10%) and borrowing the rest | buying on margin |
| tariff that raised taxes on agricultural and manufactured goods that deepened the Depression in 1930 | Hawley-Smoot Tariff (Tariff Act of 1930) |
| group of 20,000 WWI vets who marched on Washington to get their promised $1,000 war bonus early in 1932 | Bonus Army |
| US general who dispersed the Bonus Army | Douglas MacArthur |
| FDR’s plan to alleviate Depression | New Deal |
| term that refers to FDR's 1st 3 months in office when 15 major pieces of legislation were passed | Hundred Days |
| bank reform: insured deposits up to $5000 per account (1933) | FDIC (Federal Depositor's Insurance Corporation) |
| relief to poor: $500 million in relief to poor | Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
| relief to poor: Put 2 million young men to work in various beautification projects (improving environment) | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| relief to poor: Put 4 million unemployed to work in various projects ($15 per week) | Civil Works Administration |
| agricultural problems: Paid farmers subsidies to reduce land cultivation and herds (to drive up prices) | Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
| industrial problems: tried to persuade industrial leaders to reduce hours of production and raise wages to at least 30-40 cents/hour | National Recovery Administration |
| infrastructure: $3.3 billion to build roads, bridges, sewers, hospitals, airports, schools (Hoover Dam!) | Public Works Administration |
| infrastructure: Controlled flooding of Tenn. River; harnessed power for electricity and developed industry | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| 2nd New Deal: $ to elderly poor, unemployed, disabled, unmarried mothers w/ children; pension for retirement | Social Security Act |
| 2nd New Deal: workers had right to join union; employers had to bargain in good faith | National Labor Relations Act |
| 2nd New Deal: Schools, playgrounds, airports, hospitals, roads, public art projects; employed 30% of unemployed | Works Progress Administration |
| Louisiana politician who called for more radical re-distribution of American wealth by guaranteeing each family a $5,000 estate and "sharing the wealth" | Huey Long |
| "radio priest" who said Depression was fault of Jews and that average workers needed more | Father Charles Coughlin |
| said senior citizens not helped enough by New Deal; sought to give every senior citizen $200 per month; forebearer of Social Security | Dr. Charles Francis Townsend |
| law that restored ancestral lands to Indian tribes, allowed them to establish self-government, and longer pushed assimilation | Indian Reorganization Act |
| FDR's unpopular attempt to load the Supreme Court with liberal justices to uphold his New Deal programs | “court packing” attempt of 1937 |
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