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Ch 15/16 perons
Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Herbert Hoover | US President at Great Depression's begining, accused of not doing enough, shantytowns named after him called "Hoovervilles." |
| Josefina F. de Bright | organized against discrimination, urged selkf-reliance, member of El Congresso |
| James Hilton | author of "Lost Horizon" novel of Utopia, form of escapism during the Depression |
| James T Farrell | author of Studs Lonigan series, about the grim life of Irish immigrants |
| William Faulkner | southern author, works centered around the southern tragedies |
| Andrew Mellon | Secretary of the Treasury, pro Laizze Faire, let business fix itself. |
| Bonus Army | WWI veterans, marched on DC requesting early pension, 1st ok, later driven off by force |
| Franklin D Roosevelt | former NY governor, creater of New Deal program, elected due to peoples frustration with Hoover |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | wife of FDR, social reformer |
| Frances Perkins | Secretary of Labor, veteran reformer, director of direct relief to unemployed |
| Harry L Hopkins | head of Federal Emergency Relief Act, distributed aid to state and local agencies |
| Jonh Maynard Keyenes | British economist, pro government spending to encourage investment/consumerism, inluenced FDR |
| Robert C Weaver | advisor of NAACP, and Department of Interior on Racial matters |