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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pretty boy (Charles) Floyd | Bank robber and killed a former cop |
| Downfall of agriculture | over production because there was so many farms |
| how many banks went bankrupt in 1925 | 25% |
| What was Hoovervilles also known as | shanky towns |
| FDIC | Federal deposit insurance corporation. Created by FDR. Ensures you will get your money back once its in a bank. |
| Arsenal Democracy or Roosevelt recession | 1837-38. The country was moving backwards again. People started hoarding things in fear of another depression |
| What bails the country out of Roosevelt recession | wwll |
| What started WWll | Germany invading Poland |
| Highest unemployment rate in 1932 | 25% |
| Federal home loan bank act | allowed people to refinance their loans so they don't lose their house or go bankrupt |
| man who leads march in D.C. | Walter Waters |
| what stops the contract of triborough bridge | Edwin Moses calls FDR a cripple |
| President in office in oct 1929 | Herbert Hoover |
| what book is written by John steinbeck | the grapes of wrath |
| Investors buying on margin | paying percentage upfront then basically having a loan with interest every month until a certain date |
| FERA | Federal emergency release administration. Program for economic relief. In emergency they give money to people who need it |
| Government gave money directly to people in need | direct relief |
| Tariff blamed for causing depression | hawley-smoot tariff |
| army chief. one of the highest ranked. led marching troops. | douglas Mccarthy |
| black blizzards | dust storms/ dust bowl |
| mayor of NY | LaGuardia |
| what was hoover popular for | Hoover dam |
| oct 29, 1929 | black Tuesday. start of depression |
| Main idea behind what contributes to gd | buying on credit, america living beyond their means, speculation of the stock market |
| agriculture adjustment act | part of new deal that helped farmers by raising crop prices to ones the farmers could actually profit off of |
| famous movie in 1936 | Gone with the wind, starring staring Clark Gable |
| movie I 1939 where tornado swept up a girl | wizard of oz |
| new deal program that put young boys to work | CCC boys kept $5 and parents got $20 |