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Great Depression
Test over the Great Depression
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History
11th Grade
04/29/2013

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______________, _______________, _____________ were the 3 Rs for FDR's plan for the Great Depression
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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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