History of the Americas Questions
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FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. Also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women.
Provided education jobs counseling and recreation for young people. part time positions at schools for students allowed for aid in h.s. college and grad school. part time jobs for drop outs.
Group of WWI vets. marched to D.C. in 1932 to demand the immediate payment of their government war bonuses in cash.
A series of reforms enacted by the Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
Guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health.
The 32nd US President who began New Deal programs to help the nation out of the Great Depression; as well as most of WW2.
A political leader from Louisiana who criticized the New Deal. Preached his "Share Our Wealth" programs.
Mainly improving or constructing buildings and bridges. Cost the government over $1 Billion in one year and was canceled. Hired 4 million people.
American photographer who recorded the Great Depression by taking pictures of the unemployed and rural poor.
established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.
Restricted crop production to reduce crop surplus; goal was to reduce surplus to raise value of crops; farmers paid subsidies by federal government; declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in US vs Butler on January 6, 1936.
Herbert Hoover's belief that people must be self-reliant and not depend upon the federal government for assistance.
What was a major reason why President Roosevelt said that the U.S. government was responsible for the economy?
Lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loans and avoid foreclosure
Which sector of the United States economy prospered the MOST in the 1930s?
Law that raised taxes on imports and worsened the Depression because no more exporting jobs, so more unemployment, and made world trade fall 40%
A pseudo-science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed
WW I veterans who wanted the Patman Bill passed so they would get their bonuses, it was denied, so the veterans marched on Washington, D.C., and Hoover called in the army to disband them but it got violent, and more than 1000 citizens died
established by Hoover to provide emergency money to large businesses, insurance companies, railroads, and banks
What did the Tennessee Valley Authority, Civilian Conservation Corps, Public Works Administration, and Works Progress Administration all have in common?