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Why did bank runs increase before Franklin D Roosevelt inauguration |
Because some people feared that he would abandon the gold standard and reduce the value of the dollar |
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During Franklin D Roosevelt's terms as governor of New York what did he oversee the creation of |
The first state relief agency to aid the unemployed |
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How did the prices during stock market crash of October 1929 become driven down |
Because many of the customers Sold their stocks |
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Which new deal agency insisted that contractors cannot discriminate against blacks |
Pwa |
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What is something the civilian conservation corps taught |
They taught people to read and write |
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How did Roosevelt pay for the new deal programs |
Deficit spending |
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What was one legacy of the new deal that there was much debate over? |
How much the government should intervene in the economy |
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The top 5% of all American households are in 30% of the nations income what is this an example of |
And uneven distribution of income or wealth |
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What did the glass steagall act do |
Separated commercial banking from investment banking in bard commercial banks from investing deposits or or money through stock speculators |
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A long period of rising stock prices |
Bull market |
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How did the federal reserve contribute to the weakness in the stock market |
By keeping interest rates low |
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What was one of the main goals of the agricultural adjustment administration |
They help farmers by paying them to not produce as much crops or livestock |
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Why did thousands of World War I veterans come to Washington DC in 1932 |
To get their bonus early |
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If the court packing bill was past and what would that allow President Roosevelt to do |
Increase the number of Supreme Court justices by six |
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Where did many farmers turn their farms over to during the great depression |
Landowners |
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By establishing safeguards in relief programs wat protected them against economic disaster |
Safety nets |
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Two years into Roosevelt's first term how many Americans remained unemployed |
10 million |
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What did farmers do in Georgia in the 1930s |
They blocked highways and stop milk trucks and dumped all the milk out |
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What was the homeowners loan corporation and what did it do |
It was an organization was formed to help refinance home mortgages that were in default |
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What did the civilian conservation corpse offer to unemployed men between 18 and 25 years of age |
The opportunity to work outdoors under the direction of Forstry service |
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What portion of the US workforce was unemployed by 1933 |
25% |
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What did many African-American leaders fear that new Supreme Court justives would do |
They feared they would oppose civil rights |
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What did the farm security administration do to help farmers |
They lent money to tenant farmers so they could purchase farms |
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What is it known as when President Hoover wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide money directly to impoverished families |
Relief |
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What were many farmers who were already under pressure from Depresion falling prices devastated by |
The dust bowl and the drought |
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The Wagner act set of a process whereby union members could take complaints about an employer to a neutral party who would listen to both sides inside on the issue |
Binding arbitration |
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Why did many state governors declare bank holidays |
To keep bank runs from happening |
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In 1933 most of the nations banks were closed and one and what workers were unemployed |
One and four |
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Between March 9 in June 16, 1933 became known as |
The 100 days |
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When Roosevelt sent a bill after bill to Congress and passed 15 major bills to resolve the economic crisis |
The first new deal |
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One of President Roosevelt's first challenge was to restore the American peoples confidence in the what |
Banking system |
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What weekend President Roosevelt politically |
The fight over court packing in the recession of 1937 |
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The stock market crash that led to the Great Depression occurred in the year of |
September 1929 |
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Which one of Roosevelts plans was trying to interfere with the separation of powers between the executive legislative and judicial branch of the government |
The court packing plan |
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How did President Roosevelt. View the payroll taxes imposed on the workers and employers to pay for Social Security benefits |
He believed that they were crucial element of the program |
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As a state senator in New York Franklin D Roosevelt earned. A reputation for doing what |
Promoting progressive reform |
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Roosevelts confidence that he could make things better contrasted sharply with President Hoover's what? |
Apparent failure to do anything effective about depression |
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During the depression when the banks collapsed depositors lost their what |
Savings |
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Which act gave Native Americans control over reservation lands and permitting them to elect their own government's |
The Indian reorganization act |
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What was the army of World War I veterans who are marching on DC to demand an early payment of their promised bonuses called? |
The bonus army |
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What was the main reason why Roosevelt won reelection during his second term |
Because millions of Americans owed their jobs mortgages and bank accounts to the new deal which he created |
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How did Roosevelt and most of his advisers see the social security act as |
And insurance measure |