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Amer. Hist. Ch. 22
American History Chapter 22 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act? | Lower mortgagee rates to help home owners and farmers. |
| Cash payment or food provided by the government/ | direct relief |
| The removal of the bonus army was commanded by? | Douglas MacArthur |
| What did the Patman bill call for? | Authorized the government to pay a bonus to WWI veterans. |
| Buying surplus crops and selling them abroad? | Price supports |
| Due to voter frustration with Hoover, what party won the election in 1930's? | Democrats |
| Who did Hoover believe should provide help for the needy? | Individuals, charity and local organizations |
| Thought to be the best way to battle the depression? | Let the economy fix itself |
| Hoovers project to provide many jobs? | Boulder Dam |
| the period from 1929 to 1949-41 was called? | the Great Depression |
| Years of drought in the great depression was called? | Dust bowl |
| President at the beginning of the Great Depression | Herbert Hoover |
| Hoovers most ambitious economic measure? | Redmond Finance Corporation |
| Group of WWI veterans who demanded immediate payment of war bonus? | bonus Army |
| Where to get free food during the great depression? | Soup Kitchens and bread lines |
| 3 thing that caused the dust bowl | Drought winds plowing up prairie grasses |
| 2 candidates in the election of 1932? | Hoover - republican Roosevelt - Democrat |
| Men and boys who rod rail cars and searched for work? | hobos |
| Supported direct federal relief | Roosevelt |
| Did not support direct federal relief>? | Hoover |
| Another name for shanty towns | Hoovervilles |
| Unemployment rate during the gteat depression | 25% |
| How many times was FDR elected? | 3 |
| Worst year of the great depression | 1933 |
| What disease did FDR have? | polio |
| FDR's wife? | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| What event began the great depression? | stock market crash |
| What event ended the great depression | WWII |
| How many depressions have there been through out history | 3 |
| the day the stock market crashed? | Black Tuesday |
| Republican who won the election of 1929? | Herbert Hoover |
| Democrat who lost the election of 1928? | Alfred E Smith |
| paying a small amount down an borrowing the rest to pay for stocks? | buying on margin |
| making quick, risky business decisions? | speculation |
| buy now, pay later | credit |
| FDR's plan | the new deal |
| the years FDR was elected | 1932, 1936, 1940 |
| the 2 R's of the new deal? | Relief Recovery Reform |
| 5 characteristics of the great depression | 1. unemployment rates up 2. suicide rates up by 30% 3. malnutrition and disease 4. no money for health/dental care 5. schools closed, children worked |
| the most widely used method of judging how well the stock market was doing? | Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| Reduced flow of goods into America? | Hawley-Smoot tariff |
| McNary-Haugen bill mandated what on crops? | price supports |