Great Depression(12/17)
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1) What was the practice of purchasing stocks at a percentage of their
cost and paying the remainder later called?
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2) What is the day that the stock market crashed referred to as?
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3) What was President Hoover's initial response and philosophy for
getting out of the great depression called that relied on each
person to look for themselves?
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4) What is the term for buying stocks at great risk with the
anticipation that the price will rise?
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5) What type of purchasing became popular during the twenties in which
one could purchase items now and pay for them as they go? This led
to many people being in debt.
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6) What were the little towns of hobos, unemployed and homeless called
during the Great Depression?
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7) What were indicative of the great depression in which people stood
in long lines for free food?
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8) What did President Roosevelt use to help bolster the confidence and
morale of the people throughout the depression and WWII?
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9) What was passed in 1930 as an attempt to protect American
manufacturers from foreign competition but in fact deepened the
Great Depression?
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10) One idea that President Roosevelt had to assist the country during
the Great Depression involved the government spending more money
than it raised in taxes. What philosophy is this called?
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11) What was the group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington to
demand the payment of bunuses that Congress promised?
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12) What was President Roosevelt's program for ending the Great
Depression called?
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13) Many banks experienced this in which their depositors demanded their
money at the same time thereby bankrupting many banks?
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14) The time between March 9 and June 16, 1933 in which Congress passed
15 laws to deal tieh the nation's economy following President
Roosevelt's inauguration>
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15) The government agency set up to regulate the stock market and
prevent fraud is called what?
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16) The nickname given to the many programs created by Roosevelt's New
Deal progrma is called what?
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17) This provided government insurance for bank depositors up to
$100,000 per bank per customer and was a response to the number of
individuals that lost everything in the bank during the depression?
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18) This agency administered Roosevelt's farm program and actually
subsidized farmers income by asking them not to produce more crops?
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19) This relief program put young men to work planting trees, fighting
fires, and building resevoirs for our interior.
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20) This New Deal program provided security for the elderly and the
unemployed and may be the most lasting program of the New Deal?
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21) This federal agency provided jobs for the building of roads,
buildings, parks and provided jobs to artists and writers as well.
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22) What was Roosevelt's plan for dealing with the unfavorable decisions
being handed down by the judicial branch in dealing with his New
Deal programs?Was it successful?why not?
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23) This agency controlled industrial production and prices with
industry and created codes of fair competition? Businesses
supporting it displayed a blue eagle in their windows.
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24) This was passed guaranteeing workers the right to organize unions
without interference from employers and to bargain collectively?
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25) The first female cabinet member was the Secretary of Labor during
Roosevelt's administration.
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26) An opponent of the New Deal saying it didn't go far enough and
pushed for the "Share Our Wealth" program.
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27) Another opponent of Roosevelt's moderate reform program calling for
more drastic action and creating the National Union for Social
Justice was who?
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28) What was passed in 1938 which provided more protection for workers,
abolished child labor, and established a 40 hour work week to come
into effect within 3 years?
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29) What had President Roosevelt said the nation had to fear in his
first inaugural address?
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30) What is the lasting legacy of the New Deal?
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31) What are the four main causes of the Great Depression?
32) What are the three R's of Roosevelt's New Deal and provide examples
for each?