History of the Americas Questions
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What was also known as the CCC, employed 2 million men, worked in environmental projects, and men were paid 30 dollars a month 25 of which was sent back to their families?
What gave pensions for retired workers over the age of 65 or the disabled, gave unemploymentt insureance, the more a person earned the more they'd get when they retired, alrge parts of the population didn't get social security (casual laborers, teachers, librarians, farmers, nurses, domestic laborers)?
Who was elected in 1932, created the new deal program, was in a wheel chair but not many realized, was the governor of NY, beat Hoover because of his charisma, and beat Hoover in a landslide election?
What was an incrument that measured in a president's term and during FDR's first set of this he put many acts in place to try and help people int he depression?
What took all profits made by all comapnies in the country that measured to see how sucessful the economy was?
What act returned land taken by the Dawes Act, was also called the Wheeler-Hoawrd Act, reversed all previous policies, recognized the tribe, and limited the sale of native american land by the federal government?
What was the Plant where the workers organized a sit down strike?
Who was the democratic candidate in the election of 1928 and was the former governor of new york?
Who was a Louisiana politician who was the biggest threat to FDR's leadership, created the Share Our Wealth, over 60,000 epople wrote letters to his radio show a week, and was assasinated in 1935?
Who was the first lady during FDR's presidency, was a more active first lady than past ones, and went around the country to help FDR's presidency?
What was also known as the FDIC, created depositor insurance, guaranteed that a person's moneywouold be given back to an extent if the bank closed, put a billion dollars in deposits back into the banking system, and helps revive credit?
What day did the max amount of sale orders came through the stock market and $16 million in stock was exchanged?
Who was the leader of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?
What was formed in 1934, consised of wealthy businesselites and political figures and rallied support for the sonservative dominated supreme court?
Who was a famous photographer of the depression and captured ordinary people's struggles during the era?
Who were people that became unemployed in the depression left to find work or to escape their situation, road traincars to get around the country,a nd developed their own sign langauge?
What was run by Harry Hopkins, spent money on building projects to help people have jobs, and was similar to the public works administration?
Who were people that would buy apples for a reduced price and then resold them to try to earn money?
What was the concept that let people with little financial knowledge to borrow money from their stock broker and they could only put 10% of the share value down?
What gave pensions for retired workers over the age of 65 or the disabled?