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History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| who was Harding's Secretary of Treasury? | Andrew Mellon |
| Who was the Secretary of Interior who was the first cabinet member to be convicted of a crime? | Albert Fall |
| What was the name of the Scandal where he sold the rights to public oil deposits in return for bribes? | Teapot Dome Scandal |
| Which president died in 1923? | Warren Harding |
| Who took over as president? | Calvin Coolidge |
| What is the French term that means "hands off the economy"? | Laissez Faire |
| Who is the first catholic to run for president? | Alfred Smith-D |
| when people can't afford to pay for the products they're making is referred to? | Under Consuption |
| Who is Credited as being the first to use and assembly line in manufacturing? | Henry Ford |
| The day stocks begin to slip is known as? | October 24,1929 |
| The day the stock market crashed is known as? | October 29,1929 |
| The type of market when stocks are being purchased and the economy is expanding is known as? | Bull Market |
| The type of market when stocks are being sold and the economy is expanding is known as? | Bear market |
| People who buy and sell stocks quickly? | Speculators |
| People who are in for the long haul? | Investors |
| When you need to borrow a large portion of the money for an investment? | Buying on Margin |
| Business cycle | The ups and downs of the ecconomy |
| Hoover's plan to get the economy going which relies on hard work and public charities for assistance | Rugged individualism |
| what is Hooverville? | small shanties made out of scrap wood |
| What is the Hoover Flag? | Turned out pockets |
| What are Hoover blankets? | Newspapers |
| The only thing Hoover does that works in combating unemployment during the Great Depression | The Boulder Dam |
| Hoover's program that was designed to give loans to large businesses to keep them open and keep people working | Reconstruction Finance Corp. |
| Veterans who lobbied in Washington, D.C. to receive their war bonuses early | Bonus army |
| Who was elected to four terms in office? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| What disease did FDR have that left him paralyzed? | Polio |
| who was the first female cabinet member? | France Perkins |
| What was her position? | Secretary of Labor |
| What was the nickname of FDR's cabinet? | The brain trust |
| What was the name of FDR's radio chats? | Fireside Chats |
| Which new deal program was used to insure bank accounts? | FDIC |
| What was the nickname of the CCC? | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Which two New Deal program banned the insider trading and created margin calls? | Securities Exchange Commission |
| Which New Deal program created hydroelectric dams in the Southeast? | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Which New Deal program built the Phillipsburg Post Office? | WPA |
| which New Deal critic blamed the banks and the Jews? He also wanted the government to nationalize the banks | Fathers Charles Coughlin |
| Which New Deal critic wanted to tax the rich and give the money to the poor? | Huey P. Long |
| Which New Deal critic wanted to create a pension system for the elderly? | Doctor Francis Townsend |
| What was the name of FDR's plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court? | Court packing bill |
| Who was FDR's unofficial advisor from the "Black Cabinet"? | Mary McLeod Bethune |
| Who was the commissioner of the Indian Affairs? | John Collier |
| What is the name given to the unlikely group of people who voted for FDR? | Roosevelt Coalition |
| What 3 parks were created during FDR's presidency? | Everglades NP, Great Somky MT., Olympic National Park |
| Which amendment limits a president to 2 terms or 10 years in office? | 22nd Amendment |