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Great Depression

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What hardship did more than 20% of Americans face during the Great Depression?

unemployment

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In the 1930s, shantytowns, often called “Hoovervilles” sprang up across the U.S. because of President Hoover’s...

refusal to help the homeless.

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The New Deal aimed to...

provide aid to many parts of the economy.

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The Dust Bowl during the Great Depression demonstrated the...

impact of geography on people’s lives.

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What were some criticisms of the New Deal?

Gave too much power to the government

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The main reason President FDR attempted to increase the number of Justices in the Supreme Court was to...

make the Court more supportive of the New Deal programs.

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President Hoover was cautious after the Stock Market Crash because he…

Thought that the business would fix itself.

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Why did Americans want new leadership in the year 1932?

People thought that President Hoover did not know what the American people needed.

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In the fall of 1929, a wave of panic selling hit the stock market as a result of...

sudden fall in stock prices.

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During this period of time, Congress passed 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation.

1st Hundred Days

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Factory owners and farmers lost money due to…

overproduction.

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Which was NOT a CAUSE of the Dust Bowl?

Overuse of machines

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s cabinet members were smart. They were called…

The Brain Trust.

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Order these events which happened first to which happened last. A) The Roaring 20's B) FDR's New Deal C) The Stock Market Crash D) Hoovervilles

ACDB

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The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Was a work relief program that hired over 3 million people.

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

insured bank deposits so people would not lose their money if a bank closed.

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