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history ch 24-5test
study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | president |
| John Steinbeck | writer (classic literature) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | first lady (eyes and ears of FDR) |
| Frances Perkins | first woman appointed to the US cabinet |
| Dorthea Lange | photographer |
| the great depression | economic crisis for 2 years from 1929 |
| default | to fail to meet and obligation |
| migrant workers | a person who moves to harvest fruits and vegetables |
| fireside chat | informal address over radio cast by a political leader |
| Black Thursday | Stock market crash |
| CCC | provided jobs for young men to plant trees and build bridges |
| AAA | paid farmers not to grow certain crops |
| FDIC | insured savings accounts in banks approved by the government |
| SEC | punish dishonest stockbrokers and speculators |
| SSA | set up a system of pensions for the elderly, unemployed and disabled |
| PWA | employed men and woman to build hospitals, schools, parks and airports |
| TVA | build dams to provide cheep electric power to seen southern states |
| FERA | Gave relief to unemployed and needy |
| Hooverville | town were homeless people built during the great depression know as shanty towns. It was called Hoover ville because of Hoovers failure to act |
| The bonus army | group of veterans who went on strike to earn their bonus money |
| dust bowl | major dust storm caused by a major drought, the drought was caused by tractors and disc plows |
| where did the dust bowl hit? | Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, teas, new Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming |
| how were African Americans affected by the great depression? | African Americans lost their jobs and farm prices crushed African American farmers |
| how did FDR attempt to prevent the supreme court from undoing the new deal? | FDR attempt to prevent the supreme court from undoing the New deal by wanting to elect six more justices to support him |
| why did the supreme court rule some new deal programs unconstitutional? | ruled new deal programs unconstitutionally because congress exceeded its lawful power to regulate interstate converse |
| who were FDR's main supporters in the 1936 election? what group of people would most likely NOT vote for him? | his main supporters are democrats republicans would not vote for him |
| what was the new deal? | the name given to the new laws aimed at relieving the depression, which were passed by congress during the hundred days that followed |
| what were the four major factors that led to the great depression? | stock market crash, banking crisis, unemployment, borrowing/debt. |
| what areas, and groups of people , were hit the hardest by the great depression? why? | millionaires and investors lost most because of the stock market crash. people who had to work for a living lost their jobs |
| how did Hoover handle the depression? | Hoover thought the depression was temporary and thought that people should help the poor on their own |
| How did FDR handle the depression | set up different administrations known as the new deal to help the economy |
| why did the stock market crash? | because people had trouble borrowing and paying back debt |
| how did talkies change the roles of actors? | |
| how did sound change some silent stars' popularity? | |
| what were two aviation inventions in the great depression? |
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Jessica Schneider
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