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| This book written by John Steinbeck was about the thousands of people leaving the Midwest. |
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| ___________ were found everywhere due to high unemployment rate. South Dakota actually sees a lot of these people due to following the harvest, hospitality, and railroads in our region. |
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| In the video we watched about the Dust Bowl, what problems did the farmers face? What was done to help fix these problems whether they worked or not? (2 problems minimum w/ explanation) |
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| Explain the causes of the Dust Bowl both natural and artificial. |
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| Shantytowns or ____________________ were places were hobos would gather to live in makeshift homes, sometimes even out of their automobiles. |
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| The ____________ ______ was a public works that Hoover used to put men to work. It provides over 1/2 of the power to California. |
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| _________________ ____________ or newspapers were used to keep warm for many hobos during the Great Depression. |
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| This was Hoovers philosophy in how to approach the Great Depression. It consisted of people working hard and overcoming the depression on their own. |
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| _________ ____________ was developed to help retired individuals live alone after 65. |
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| This is when the government spends more than it makes. |
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| This was a plan to create pensions of $200 dollars for people 60 for when they retired. This allowed for unemployed to take their place and them to spend the $200 in the economy. |
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| List 3 of the characteristics of the Fair Labor and Standards Act |
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| ________________ economics argued the government should add money to the economy to right the depression/recession. |
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| What effects did the New Deal have on the Great Depression?(3 effects) |
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| What was FDR's presidency called after his acceptance speech for Democratic nomination for president? |
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| What did FDR use to tell people about his plans and to reassure them about the banking industry? |
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| Explain what happened to Hoover with the Bonus Army and what did it do to his political chances (please use the phrase from the notes)? |
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| What was the phrase that FDR used in his Inaugural Address to help reassure the American people? |
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| How was the AAA trying to boost agriculture? |
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| What was the Bank Holiday? |
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| What crippling disease did FDR contract that actually was used as a political tool to show happiness can be taken from unfortunate circumstances? |
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| Know what all the abbreviations stand for and what they did. Matching and fill in the blank. All of them make it onto this test in some way... |
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