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Exam Study Guide P2
Great Depression/New Deal PART 2/3 Semester 1 U.S. History (H)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Black Tuesday | October 29th, 1929: The Stock market bottom fell out |
| Hoovervilles | Homeless communities that sprung up by people creating houses out of scrap metals. Named in mock reference of President Hoover |
| Soup Kitchen | Bread Lines/gave out food to the unemployed and homeless |
| Bonus Army | WWI Veterans march on Washington for a promised bonus. President Hoover sends active military to get rid of Veterans. |
| New Deal | FDR's plan to get us out of the Depression |
| Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) | offered unemployed young men the opportunity to work under the forestry service |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | employed millions of job seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) | Pay farmers to not grow certain crops, raise certain livestock, and provide certain dairy products |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | To improve the navigability and provide for flood control in the Tennessee River |
| Public Works Administration (PWA) | Unemployed were put to work in the construction industry |
| FDIC | TO provide government insurance for bank deposits |
| Critics of FDR | Huey P. Long (Governor of LA) Father Coughlin (Radio show host that talked bad about FDR) |
| Fire Side Chats | FDR broadcast himself to each radio in order to inform the U.S. citizens about what was happening in the country |
| Rugged Individualism | People had to rely on themselves and not the government |
| Social Security Act | Provided compensation to the unemployed, elderly, and aid to families with dependent and disabled children |
| Dust Bowl | Windstorms scattered topsoil in the Great Plains Region |
| Dust Bowl Effects | Breathing was difficult, cattle died, dust swept from the Great Plains all the way to New York |
| 21st Amendment | Prohibition of Alcohol |
| Hawley-Smoot Tariff | Taxing other countries shipped in goods |
| Reconstruction Finance Corp | Provided financial support to state and local governments |
| Deficit Spending | Spending more money than what is coming in |
| Franklin Roosevelt | 32nd president. New Deal, Second New Deal |
| Herbert Hoover | 31st president. Blamed for the Great Depression "Rugged Individualism" |
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