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How was Hoover responsible for the Depression? Defend your answer. |
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Compare the efforts of Hoover and Roosevelt to end the Depression. |
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What was the Smoot-Hawley Tarriff's impact on the economies of America and Europe? |
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Why did Hoover oppose most forms of federal relief? |
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What were the "three Rs" of the New Deal? Name on agency that functioned in the area covered by each R. |
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Give two reasons why the political right opposed Roosevelt and two reasons why the left opposed him. |
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Name three demagogic leaders during the 1930s. What proposals did each man offer to counter the New Deal? |
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Why were Democrats alarmed by Roosevelt's plans to "pack the court"? |
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Explain why President Hoover opposed the use of unearned government handouts to meet the needs of impoverished Americans. |
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Explain the foundational problem inherent in the Social Security System. |
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Whom or what did American's blame for the Great Depression? |
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Herbert Hoover refused to... |
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offer a dole to the unemployed |
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One of Hoover's actions that was most harmful to the economy was the... |
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What was the Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF)? |
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World War I veterans who demanded an early payment of their promised bonus. |
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Why did Hoover fail to take action in the final months of his administration? |
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Roosevelt refused to cooperate with Hoover's proposed actions. |
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Roosevelt's first action to end the banking crisis was... |
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to declare a bank holiday |
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The "three Rs" of the New Deal included all of the following except
-recovery
-reform
-relief
-repair |
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Which of the following agencies focused on relief?
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-National Recovery Administration
-Public Works Administration
-Social Security Administration |
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Public Works Administration |
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Which of the following agencies was a government attempt to regulate American businesses?
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-National Recovery Administration
-Public Works Administration
-Social Security Administration
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National Recovery Adminstration |
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Which of the following introduced government ownership and control of utilities?
-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-National Recovery Administration
-Tennessee Valley Authority
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Tennessee Valley Authority |
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Which of the following agencies focused on reform?
-Civilian Conservation Corps
-National Recovery Administration
-Public Works Administration
-Social Security Administration |
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Social Security Administration |
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The political right opposed Roosevelt because of his failure to... |
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The U.S. Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the National Industrial Recovery Act and the... |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act |
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How did Roosevelt make the Supreme Court support his New Deal policies? |
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He replaced retiring justices with his own supporters. |
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What tactic did the CIO introduce to gain concessions for industrial workers? |
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Which state was hit the hardest by drought in the 1930s? |
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Whose son was tragically kidnapped and murdered during the 1930s? |
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What was the theme of the New York World's Fair? |
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What was the least significant contributor to the Great Depression? |
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One of Hoover's first responses to the Depression was to... |
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A major difference between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Rooseelt was Hoover's sincere support of... |
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Which of Roosevelt's efforts did the political left oppose? |
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The Republican who lost to FDR by a landslide in the 1936 presidential election was... |
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Unskilled workers in large industries were organized by... |
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Roosevelt's informal talks broadcast over radio to inspire public confidence were called... |
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What name was given to the economic "crises" of the 1930s? |
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What is the term for government-financed construction of public facilities? |
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What type of government aid pays impoverished Americans to work in government jobs created for them? |
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What tariff, passed in 1930, was the highest in U.S. history? |
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What was the name attached to Roosevelt's efforts to conquer the Depression? |
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What crisis swept the nation at the very end of Hoover's administration, threatening economic chaos? |
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What name was given to the group of advisors who helped Roosevelt formulate a plan to overcome the Depression? |
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What informal talks did Roosevelt broadcast over the radio to inspire public confidence? |
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What was the term for Roosevelt's controversial plan to get his New Deal policies approved by the Supreme Court? |
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What is the term for lines of people seeking food at soup kitchens? |
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What was the southern Great Plains called during the devastating drought of the 1930s? |
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What was the most popular means of home entertainment during the 1930s? |
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What spectacular two-year fair attracted 45 million visitors? |
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the New York World's Fair |
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Hoover called the economic downturn a depression because he wanted to avoid more alarming descriptions. |
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Other than encouraging optimism, Herbert Hoover made no effort to alleviate the Depression. |
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Hoover asked the states to buy farmers' surplus crops to prop up prices. |
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By the end of Hoover's administration, America's Gross National Product had falled to less than half its level before the stock market crash. |
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Hoover's treatment of the Bonus Army temporarily increased his popularity. |
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the theme of Franklin Roosevelt's first campaign was to honor tradition. |
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In his first address, Roosevelt said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." |
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Roosevelt faced stiff opposition to his New Deal legislation during the first one hundred days. |
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The Agricultural Adjustment Act paid farmers to plow up their cotton and slaughter their pigs. |
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The political right said Roosevelt did not go far enough, and the left said he went too far. |
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The Roosevelt administration's policies greatly improved the lives of sharecroppers. |
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New Deal programs brought a quick recovery to the Great Depression. |
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The Democrats strongly supported Roosevelt's court-packing plan. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed the sit-down strike. |
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Malnutrition and homelessness were serious problems during the Depression. |
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Blacks suffered less than the general population during the Depression. |
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The first time that a majority of blacks voted for the Democrats was during the presidential election of 1936. |
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Comic strips were one popular form of escape from the Depression's pressures. |
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The number of criminal gangs fell dramatically with the end of the Roaring Twenties and the end of Prohibition. |
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The causes of the Great Depression are easy to explain. |
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Hoover's efforts to fight the Depression using a combination of voluntary cooperation and government interference in the free market ended in humiliating failure. |
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The Great Depression brought a revival of biblical Christianity as Americans turned to God for help. |
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