homework 1.study notes #25-28 for exam 2.due tomorrow: outlines for notes #25-28 unit guide...
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HOMEWORK1. Study Notes #25-28 for Exam
2. Due tomorrow:
• Outlines for notes #25-28
• Unit Guide
• Bellringers A-J
RIGHT NOW, PLEASE1. PLEASE STAND AND THEN Form a giant line
with the TALLEST person near my desk and the SHORTEST person farthest away. Be careful of my wires!!!
2. When I give the signal, take a seat in the row that I tell you and make sure that you sign today’s ATTENDANCE sheet.
• Then pass TO YOUR LEFT the New Deal Matrix, which is due today.
• Then take out Notes #25-28
PROCEDURES FOR THE GAME
1. When music is playing, the 4 balls should be constantly passed along.
2. When music stops, Mr. Lua will call upon someone holding a ball.
3. If correct, he/she may answer another question—up to three times. If wrong, a person from the other team may attempt to answer.
4. Help is NOT ALLOWED in any way.
About Loosing Points….
1. Throwing ball or skipping people.
2. Unnecessary conversations
3. Cheating (helping out person with the ball)
4. Arguing with Mr. Lua’s decisions
5. Chastising (making fun of) people
CAN ONLY LOSE POINTS BY:--Chastising others--sharing answers--unnecessary conversations--excessive complaining
1) True or False: Herbert Hoover was President when the New Deal
was FIRST started
ANSWER:
FALSE—Franklin D. Roosevelt started the New Deal when he took office.
2) What was the one ULTIMATE goal of the New Deal?
ANSWER:
To End the Great Depression
3) What + What = The End of the Great Depression in the U.S.?
ANSWER:
New Deal + WW2 = End of Great Depression in the U.S.
4) Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt most concerned about people between the ages of 18-25?
ANSWER:
They are most likely to start a revolution or turn violent during bad economic times.
4b) Using this, the federal government supports old people,
unemployed people, and “dependent” people
ANSWER:
Social Security.
5) Explain the term “Buying On Margin”
ANSWER:
1. A popular & risky way of purchasing stocks.
2. It allowed people to purchase stocks with only 10% down.
3. Borrowers had to promise that they would pay the loan back after they gained $$$ in the stock market.
6) Explain the term “Disposable Income”
ANSWER:
Extra $$$ that a person has after paying for necessities in life.
7) October 29th, 1929 is given this nickname…
ANSWER:
Black Tuesday
8) Dingy, unsanitary, and poor communities were often given this nickname during the Great
Depression….
ANSWER:
Hoovervilles
9) Describe the story behind the Bonus Army Incident.
ANSWER:1. 15,000 poor WWI veterans marched to Washington &
demanded an early $$$ payment .
2. Congress & President Hoover Refused.
3. Veterans camped out.
4. Hoover eventually ordered the forceful removal of the veterans.
5. Americans sympathized with the veterans and made Hoover look uncaring.
10) Who created a “share our wealth” club?
ANSWER:
Huey Long
11) What method did striking General Motors workers use to force
the company to give into their demands for better working
conditions?
ANSWER:
“Sit-Down Strike”
12) Name at least 1 thing that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (F.D.I.C.) was
designed to do?
ANSWER:
1. It put the federal govt in charge of insuring all bank deposits.
2. Also designed to monitor all banks that are a member of it.
13) Name 3 of the 5 major causes of the Great Depression.
ANSWER:
1. Overproduction
2. Uneven Wealth Distribution During 1920’s
3. Millions abused credit to buy stocks
4. Stock Market Crashed
5. Tariffs on Foreign goods brought negative results.
14) What is the term given to the way President Roosevelt used
radio broadcasting?
ANSWER: “Fireside Chats”
15) Give at least 2 of 4 reasons for why a “Banking Crisis” occurred in
the early years of the Gr. Depression.
ANSWER:1. Banks ran out of $$$
2. Banks had lost customer $$$ when they had purchased risky stocks.
3. Banks had lent $$$ for people to “buy on margin.” These people couldn’t pay back $$ when stock market crashed
4. Massive #’s of customers rushed to withdraw $$$, leaving banks with nothing
16) This was a federal government project that provided
7 states with electricity, fresh water, and flood control.
ANSWER:
Tennessee Valley Authority
17) After the First New Deal, which person played a major role in pressuring FDR to do more for
old people?
ANSWER:
Dr. Francis Townsend.
18) This was a relief program in which young, unemployed men
were hired by the federal govt. to work on environmental projects.
ANSWER: Civilian Conservation Corps
(CCC)
19) Why did the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act ultimately fail?
ANSWER:
1. Other countries retaliated by creating their own tariffs against U.S. goods.
2. It prevented other countries from raising $$$ by selling their products to Americans. Without $$$, they couldn’t buy U.S. products.
20) This was a political organization that criticized FDR
for making the federal government too active. They
were especially concerned that he was spending too much $$$ and threatening businesses, private
property, etc.ANSWER:
American Liberty League
21) Explain 2 of the 4 causes of the Dust Bowl
ANSWER:
1. Farmers overused soil during 1920’s
2. Record breaking lack of rain (drought)
3. Throughout 1920’s, natural tall grasses were removed to grow wheat crops
4. Strong winds carried off soil.
22) With this agency, the federal government spent 11 billion $$ on the construction of projects that created close to 8.5 million
jobs.
ANSWER:
Works Progress Administration, or W.P.A.
(of the Second New Deal)
23) Which New Deal agency was created to stop overproduction of farm crops AND raise the prices
of crops?ANSWER:
1. Agricultural Adjustment Administration
24) What happened on Black Tuesday?
ANSWER:
The Stock Market Crashed
Stock Values hit all time lows
Record 16.4 million stocks were sold.
25) Explain 1 out of 3 parts to President Hoover’s Volunteerism
Solution for ending the Great Depression
ANSWER:
1. Direct $$$ aid should not be given to suffering Americans.
2. Instead, led private charities assist the needy.
3. Business owners should also offer to assist.
26) This reform agency put the federal government in charge of being a watchdog over the stock
market.
ANSWER:
Securities & Exchange Commission
27) Huey P. Long was in favor of doing WHAT as a solution to the
Great Depression?
ANSWER:
1. Overtax the rich & give this $$$ to the poor.
2. Establish a certain degree of socialism.
28) What was the most important EFFECT of the Bonus Army
Incident?
ANSWER:
1. President Hoover got negative press coverage for how he handled the incident.
2. It led many Americans to want a different president.
29) What did the Emergency Banking Act do after the “Bank
Holiday” was declared?ANSWER:1. Created a system for immediately
inspecting all banks2. It gave out bank licenses to strong
banks.3. Only banks that received such licenses
could reopen.
30) Name at least one thing that the Glass-Steagall Act did?
ANSWER: 1. Made it illegal for banks to invest
customer $$$ in the stock market.2. created the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
31) President Hoover did not favor giving DIRECT aid to
suffering Americans. Instead, he created this solution for helping
struggling Americans
ANSWER:
Volunteerism
32) What was the Wagner Act’s effect on unions?
ANSWER: 1. gave workers the right to bargain
collectively with employers. 2. Created the NLRB to oversee such
relations
33) What 3 categories of people did the Social Security Act try to
assist?
ANSWER: 1. those over 65, 2. the unemployed, 3. the “dependent”
34) During the worst year of the Great Depression, unemployment
reached WHAT percentage?
ANSWER:
25%, or 1 out of every 4 people
35) Define Gross National Product (G.N.P.)
ANSWER:
The value of all goods and services made in a country during a year.
36) What did the Federal Emergency Relief Agency
(F.E.R.A.) do?
ANSWER:
1. Federal Govt. gave $$$ to each state.
2. Why: to help them provide relief to their own suffering people.
37) What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff designed to do?
ANSWER:1. To encourage Americans to buy U.S. made products
2. Was designed to protect U.S. farmers & factories from foreign competition.
3. Designed to improve the economy.
38) True or False: The New Deal led more Americans to expect
more from the federal government.
ANSWER:
TRUE
39) True or false: The Wagner Act forced employers to
recognize unions and it also made “unfair labor practices” illegal.
ANSWER:
TRUE
40) Name one way that Mexican Americans were affected by the
New Deal.
ANSWER: 1. It only helped citizens.2. Illegal immigrants were not allowed to
enjoy New Deal programs.3. 40,000 were deported.
41) This person was a pioneer of photography & took snapshots of the Great Depression’s misery for
other Americans to see.
ANSWER:
Dorothea Lange
42) Who was the first women to become a member of an executive
(presidential) cabinet?
ANSWER:
Frances Perkins
43) Many people during the Great Depression blamed themselves for
their suffering, not the government. Name one of the two popular values that encouraged this way of thinking.
ANSWER:
1. Value of Individualism
2. Value of “Self-Reliance”
44) This was created during the early years of the Great
Depression and is known as the highest tariff in U.S. history.
ANSWER:
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
45) What was the goal of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration?
ANSWER:
To help farmers by using strategies for raising the prices of what they were selling
2 Questions left
46) Which president created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as a way of
improving the economy AND help struggling banks?
ANSWER:
President Herbert Hoover
47) What was the name of the Great Depression movie shown by Mr. Lua to demonstrate the
migration of the “Oakies?”ANSWER:
The Grapes of Wrath
End: Who is the winner?
) T
ANSWER:
) T
ANSWER:
) T
ANSWER:
) T
ANSWER:
) T
ANSWER:
) T
ANSWER:
PERIOD 3Sit in the INSIDE row if your last name is A- K
Sit in the OUTSIDE row if your last name is L-Z
PERIOD 4Sit in the INSIDE row if your last name is A-J
Sit in the OUTSIDE row if your last name is K-Z
PERIOD 5Sit in the INSIDE row if your last name is A-M
Sit in the OUTSIDE row if your last name is N-Z
PERIOD 6
Sit in the INSIDE row if your last name is A-Mendoza
Sit in the OUTSIDE row if your last name is Meza - Z
9) What was the name of Franklin Roosevelt’s wife?
ANSWER: Eleanor Roosevelt
14) This agency was in charge of spending public money for
construction projects designed to provide jobs & pump $$ into
economy.HINT: It was NOT the W.P.A.
ANSWER: Public Works Administration
17) This was formed to organize unskilled factory workers into
labor unions.
ANSWER:
Congress of Industrial Organizations
20) What New Deal Agency was created to get businesses to
temporarily cooperate until the Great Depression was over?
ANSWER:
National Recovery Administration
23) This person used the radio to blame wealthy businesspeople
and Jewish bankers as the cause of the Great Depression?
ANSWER: Charles E. Coughlin
31) What value or values were did the American Liberty League
accuse the New Deal as violating?
ANSWER: They felt that PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS and PRIVATE ENTERPRISE were being threatened.
32) Who was the founder of the CIO?
ANSWER: John L. Lewis
34) In what ways did Women and African Americans benefit from
the New Deal?
ANSWER:
Hundreds of people from each group were appointed to important jobs in the government.
35) What positive things happened because of the
Tennessee Valley Authority project that was started under the
New Deal?ANSWER:
It provided 7 states with:
1. Electricity
2. Fresh water
3. Flood control
18) This British economist who believed that government deficit spending during bad economic
times wouldhelp the economy recover was…
ANSWER:John Maynard Keynes
19) What was the purpose of Roosevelt’s “Court Packing
Plan?”
ANSWER: To protect his New Deal programs from the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review
28) How did the Supreme Court create problems for Roosevelt’s
New Deal?
ANSWER: It struck down several of his New Deal laws
4) Between what years did the New Deal take place?
ANSWER: 1933-1940 (FDR was elected in 1933; new New Deal laws stopped around 1940)
5)What did the Fair Labor Standards Act establish?
ANSWER: national minimum wage AND a limit on the # of hours people could work
29) What is “price pumping,” as discussed in your book?
ANSWER: using public spending to stimulate private industry & the economy.
16) This labor union only accepted & represented skilled
workers.
ANSWER: American Federation of labor