history test

Hoovervilles

Shanty towns made up makeshift huts and tents that were constructed on the edges of towns and cities.

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What are shares?

Ways for businesses to earn easy money

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What did FDR do that saved many of the buisnesses?

His attempt to save bank systems

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A crash in shares in the stock market caused all these except?

Welfare Benefits

Much of business was saved because of FDR's speedy action to save what?

Banking system

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All of the following were forced off of the land because of government plans to produce production except?

Botanists

Why were there fewer workers needed in agriculture and production?

Increase in machinery

Large scale farmers benefited from all of the following except what?

Dust bowl

Well before the US was in WWII they have increased supplying armaments with?

UK and france

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What protected millions of Americans from the worsts effects of the Depression?

Welfare payments

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What are laws that seduce of end racial discrimination?

Civil rights

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What often happens after overproduction?

Loss of jobs

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Trade unions membership increased by 7 million because of the?

Wagner Act

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What is a politician who favors the middle ground policy, rejecting extreme solutions?

Moderate

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What considered the most exciting and eye catching project of the first hundred days?

TVA

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Which of the following gave workers the right to join trade unions?

Wagner Act

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Who wanted to add 6 additional judges to the Supreme Court?

FDR

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Who wanted to add 6 additional judges to the Supreme Court?

FDR

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In the 1930's how many judges were on the Supreme Court?

9

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Who's scheme was called "Share The Wealth"

Huey Long

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Who did the Social Security act not provide for?

Military

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What was the first phase of the New Deal called?

Hundred days

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How many states did FDR win out of 48 in the 1932 election?

42

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How many states did FDR win out of 48 in the 1932 election?

42

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Which agency provided young men ages 18 to 25 jobs?

CCC

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What was the nickname given to government agencies known for by their initials? 

Alphabet Agencies

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What was the name of FDR's national radio broadcast? 

Fireside Chats

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The American law-making assemblies, The House of Representatives , and the Senate

Congress

FDR's personal difficulty?

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Polio

New deal aims?

Relief, reform, recovery

What percentage of the workforce was unemployed in 1933?

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25%

Was an attempt to help farmers?

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AAA

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Why would FDR not have been able to have total control over the economy?

Congress would never allow it

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What year did the U.S. see a sharp rise in unemployment?

1938

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What is not a sign of economic slow down before the stock market crash?

Radio sales were up

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What is often bought and sold in the stock market?

Shares

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What was not a structural weakness that pitched the nation into the depression?

Dividends

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What is the direct result of a business cutting production?

Unemployment

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What was the name given to WW1 vets that wanted more service money given them to 1932 instead of when it was given to them in 1935?

Bonus Army

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What was payments made by the government to aid the old, sick, and unemployed called?

Welfare Benefits

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What do business sell in attempt to raise money?

Shares