History of the Americas Questions
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When business started to fail, the government created the Smoot-Hawley Tariff (tax on exported goods) in 1930 to protect American companies. This caused global economic instability
People stopped spending money, so many lost their jobs because the people they worked for were not getting any money.
Established during 1933 (reform)Ensures money in the bank just incase the bank fails (money deposited in the bank is now ensured)
Relief because it only lasted 4 daysIf the bank is good, it gets reopenedGave confidence to the people to put their money in banks
Building highways, schools, and roadsRecoveryProvide short term jobsMostly men work (construction)
Created thousands of jobs during the great depression
A deep economic depressionBanks and business failures; high unemployment (25%)DroughtDust BowlFranklin Delano RooseveltSocial Security, FDIC"New Deal" programs
how many children the migrant mother had
The "cotton diplomacy" advanced by Confederate President Jefferson Davis was based on the belief that
how many pictures Ms. Lange took
the long-term economic state in the 1930s characterized by unemployment, low prices, and low levels of trade and investment
the name of the agency that hired Ms. Lange to take photos of migrant workers
the program established to help get the US out of the depression
What was the main problem for the Confederate and Union armies when preparing for war
In 1864 how did Lincoln propose rewarding African American soldiers who had served for the Union Army?
how Ms. Lange described her encounter with the migrant mother
During the Great Depression homeless people built shelters called
Why did the Union find it difficult to maintain the blockade it set up to control southern ports
the person who took the "Migrant Mother" photos
The goal of the Union army in the West was to gain control of the