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- How did FDR connect with the American people and reassure them that the government was working to fix the economy?
- What was it called when people went to the banks and withdrew all of their money which resulted in banks failing all across the country?
- Who took the photograph called Migrant Mother?
- Which New Deal program was created to give the elderly a monthly income?
- Herbert Hoovers belief that people should "pull themselves up by the bootstraps" is known as what?
- The Works Progress Administration supported the arts by hiring artists from which New Deal Program?
- Who got hurt politically to due the treatment of the Bonus Army (WWI Veterans) ?
- What was the last day of the Stock Market Crash known as?
- The GM auto workers who participated in the strike in 1936-1937 want GM to do?
- Which Act of Congress guaranteed the right for workers to unionize and collectively bargain?
- What novel did John Steinbeck write that focuses on the life of the Okies?
- Some Americans blamed the Great Depression ona. fascismb. socialismc. capitalismd. communism
- Why did many Americans want new leadership in 1932?a. Prices for farm products were rising againb. Congress passed a bill to pay World War 1 veterans their bonuses earlyc. President Hoover's economic policies had failedd. President Hoover denied responsibility for the use of federal troops against protestors
- Which of these factors helped hide economic problems in the 1920s?a. Investors lost confidence in the marketb. Farmers sold crop surpluses to pay off their debtsc. Americans purchased many consumer goods on creditd. Wages increased at the same pace as worker productivity
- Why did so many banks fail at the onset of the Great Depression?a. Too many investors tried to open new accountsb. Too many depositors tried to withdraw their money all at oncec. The stock market collapsed too slowly to collect on debtsd. The Federal Reserve put too much money into circulation
- The unemployment rate among African Americans wasa. nearly double the national rateb. slightly higher than the national ratec. about the same as the national rated. slightly lower than the national rate
- President Hoover responded cautiously to the depression because hea. thought that the business cycle would correct itselfb. was distracted by the giant dust storms in the Great Plainsc. had little experience with business methods and economic theoryd. wanted to take an aggressive approach to recovery
- President Hoover urged Congress to institute the RFC because he believed that the economy suffered froma. a lack of creditb. over-employmentc. too much regulationd. a concentration of wealth
- Local, state, and federal governments tried to coerce Mexican immigrants to return to Mexico through _______________.
- Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl bya. putting down new layers of topsoilb. moving off of the plains to find new farmlandc. damming western rivers and using irrigation techniquesd. using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses