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| What is a defining characteristic of the Great Depression |
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| Increased number of new government relief programs. Role of government becomes more involved in the economy = STONGER GOV. |
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| What government agency still protects consumer savings today? |
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| FDIC = Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
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| How does the Social Security Act passed in 1935 still affect the lives of citizens today? |
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| Provides retirement income |
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| What constitutional issue concerned opponets of President Roosevelt's "court packing" efforts? |
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| it would weaken the separation of powers between the 3 branches of government |
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| Causes of the Great Depression |
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| stock market crashed, banks failed, overproduction, foriegn countries stopped trading because of increased tariffs. Federal Reserve lowered interest rates. |
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| Effects of the Great Depression |
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| businesses failed, unemployment, hoovervilles, Bonus Army, hobos |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority |
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| Built a hydroelectric dam to provide cheap electricity to people in the Tennessee Valley. |
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| What problems were the CCC, WPA, and the PWA developed to address? |
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| How did the Great Depression impact employment? |
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| The percentage of people unemplyed increased sharply. |
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| Which American novel depicts the difficulties individuals faced during the Great Depression? |
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| John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath |
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| What challenge of the Roosevelt administration prompted FDR to try to increase the number of justices on the SC? |
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| They kept ruling that his New Deal Programs were unconstitutional. |
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| How did the U.S. adoption of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff contribut to the Great Depression? |
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| Other nations raised tariffs that cut U.S. exports and reduced trade. |
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| As a response to job shortages during the Great Depression, the federal government ... |
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| repatriated many U.S. citizens of Mexican Decent |
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| Why did many people believe FDR was trying to become too powerful with his court-packing scheme? |
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| His new programs and legislation over-stepped his constitutional boundries |
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| What conditions contributed to the Dust Bowl? |
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| years of drought and poor farming techniques |
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| What aspect of the New Deal was a continuation of Progressive Era Policies? |
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| Government regulation of business activities |
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| What did most conservatives believe in regards to the New Deal? |
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| it endangered the free enterprise system |
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| Which event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression? |
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| Crash of the New York Stock Exchange in 1929 |
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| What factor caused the westward migration of farmers from the Great Plains? |
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| The first female to become a member of the President's cabinet. She was the Secretary of Labor |
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| Why was Eleanor Roosevelt significant? |
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| She was the first First Lady to become involved in politics. She worked for human rights. |
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