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Hoovervilles

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

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2

What are shares?

Ways for businesses to earn easy money

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3

What did FDR do that saved many of the buisnesses?

His attempt to save bank systems

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4

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

Welfare Benefits

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5

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

Banking system

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6

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

Botanists

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7

Why were there fewer workers needed in agriculture and production?

Increase in machinery

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8

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

Dust bowl

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9

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

UK and france

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10

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

Welfare payments

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11

What are laws that seduce of end racial discrimination?

Civil rights

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12

What often happens after overproduction?

Loss of jobs

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13

Trade unions membership increased by 7 million because of the?

Wagner Act

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14

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

Moderate

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15

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

TVA

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16

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

Wagner Act

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17

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

FDR

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18

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

FDR

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19

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

9

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20

Who's scheme was called "Share The Wealth"

Huey Long

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21

Who did the Social Security act not provide for?

Military

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22

What was the first phase of the New Deal called?

Hundred days

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23

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

42

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24

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

42

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25

Which agency provided young men ages 18 to 25 jobs?

CCC

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26

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

Alphabet Agencies

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27

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

Fireside Chats

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28

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

Congress

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29

FDR's personal difficulty?

Polio

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30

New deal aims?

Relief, reform, recovery

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31

What percentage of the workforce was unemployed in 1933?

25%

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32

Was an attempt to help farmers?

AAA

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33

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

Congress would never allow it

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34

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

1938

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35

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

Radio sales were up

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36

What is often bought and sold in the stock market?

Shares

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37

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

Dividends

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38

What is the direct result of a business cutting production?

Unemployment

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39

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

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