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| Cause of the great depression (starts with O) |
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| Cause of the great depression (starts with B) |
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| Cause of the great depression (starts with S) |
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| Effect of the great depression (starts with Ba) |
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| Effect of the great depression (starts with Bu) |
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| Effect of the great depression (starts with N) |
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| Effect of the great depression (starts with H) |
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| Effect of the great depression (starts with F) |
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| A small piece of a business |
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| A payment for owning stock |
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| Buy low sell high; scared money doesn't win |
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| Name the three US Presidents of the 1920's, their political party, and their political philosophy (last name starts with Ha) |
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| Warren G. Harding, Republican, "Return to Normalcy" removing restrictions on businesses |
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| Name the three US Presidents of the 1920's, their political party, and their political philosophy (last name starts with C) |
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| Calvin Coolidge, Republican, "Keep Cool with Coolidge", "The Business of America is Business", helping businesses |
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| Name the three US Presidents of the 1920's, their political party, and their political philosophy (last name starts with Ho) |
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| Herbert Hoover, Republican, helping businesses using "trickle down" economics |
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| How did Herbert Hoover try to help the county? |
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| Who did people blame for the depression and how did they express their dissatisfaction? |
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| They blame Hoover by naming "Hoover Blankets", "Hoover Bread", "Hoover Soup", etc. |
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| How was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's method to fix the depression different from Hoover's? What did he call his plan? |
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| He helped the people directly. He called it the "New Deal". |
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| What was special about the first one hundred days of FDR's presidency? |
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| He passed a record 15 major laws. |
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| What amendment was passed in 1933 and what did it do? |
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| 20th amendment set the dates for of president leaving office, Congress assembling, and provided a procedure for death of a President. 21st amendment repealed Prohibition. |
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| FDR's plan was based around the three "R's". What are they and what do they mean? |
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| "Relief", aiding the poor, "Recovery", aiding businesses, "Reform", preventing another depression |
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| Name one relief, recovery, and one reform law passed in the New Deal. |
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| Relief - Civilian Conservation Corps. Recovery - National Bank Holiday. Relief - National Industrial Recovery Act |
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| Which New Deal law set up pension funds for America's retired people? |
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| What were some of the problems with the New Deal? |
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| Some say it made the government interfere too much into people's lives, others say it didn't do enough. |
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| How were some of the New Deal laws overturned? What is this process called? |
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| The Supreme Court declared them unconstitutional. |
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| How did Roosevelt try to overcome this process? Did the American people agree with Roosevelt? |
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| He tried to add more justices, allowing him to appoint new ones favorable to his views. Americans do not like this, saying it upsets the balance of power |
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| Dry, overused farmland did not let any grass grow, dirt was stirred up and people had to move out of the Great Plains. |
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| What famous novel described people escaping the Dust Bowl and who wrote it? |
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| The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck |
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| From the movie how did the life of the Joad family reflect the conditions of the Great Depression? (IE.. ..what happened to them)? |
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| They were lucky to get work and had to send their kids away. |
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