APUSH Period 7: Chapter 23 - Statistics

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32nd president, saved U.S. during Great Depression, enacted dozens of new financial aid organizations Franklin D. Roosevelt
86%
FDRs use of the radio to connect with America, set up to give ideas of change Fireside Chats
71%
31st president, increased severity of Great Depression by his adherence to the gold standard, caused billions to be lost Herbert Hoover
71%
FDRs wife, worked to expand female positions in politics, unions, education Eleanor Roosevelt
64%
15,000 unemployed WW1 veterans hitchhike to Washington, demand payment of pension awards Bonus Army
57%
Old age pensions for workers, system for compensation of unemployed workers, payments to widowed mothers and disabled Social Security Act
57%
Severe drought causes wind to blow tons of unrooted dirt across the Great Plains, mass migration out of central U.S. due to unlivable conditions Dust Bowl
43%
250k employed for reforestation and conservation work, bolstered national infrastructure Civilian Conservation Corps
29%
Created Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, prohibits bank from making risky investments with people's money Glass-Steagall Act
21%
Political threat to FDR, Louisiana Senator, popular through his laws which greatly benefited the common person Huey Long
21%
Congress enacts 15 major bills focused on 4 problems, banking failure, agricultural overproduction, the business slump, soaring unemployment Hundred Days
21%
"Indian New Deal", reversed 1887 Dawes Act, promoted Indian self-goverence Indian Reorganization Act
21%
1930, triggered retaliatory tariffs in other countries, hindering global trade + greater economic contraction Smoot-Hawley Tariff
21%
Direct government regulation of a farm economy, gave cash to those who cut production of the 7 major commodities Agricultural Adjustment Act
14%
Modernized the Southern States, integrated flood control, reforestation, and electricity Tennessee Valley Authority
14%
Upheld rights of workers to join unions Wagner Act
14%
First woman named to a cabinet post, Secretary of Labor, opened opportunities for women Frances Perkins
7%
Founded Bethune-Cookman college, president of National Association for Colored Women, pushed for New Deal Acts to support African-Americans Mary McLeod Bethune
7%
Attacked declining production, set up self-governing associations in 600 industries, regulated prices National Recovery Administration
7%
Regulated stock market, determined how stocks and bonds were sold to the public Securities and Exchange Commission
7%
Held individual liberty to be the foundation of a democratic society Classical Liberalism
0%
Permanently changed mortgage system, set foundation for home ownership expansion post WW2 Federal Housing Administration
0%
Commissioner of BIA, pushed for Indian Reorganization Act John Collier
0%
Created by ______, British economist, argued government could and should intervene in the economy Keynesian Economics
0%
Construction program, gave the unemployed jobs by repairing bridges, highways, and buildings Public Works Administration
0%
Roosevelt believes Great Depression is over, cuts relief, unemployment spikes again Roosevelt Recession
0%
1/10 of farms had electricity, promotes loans to farmers to install power lines Rural Electrification Administration
0%
This plan supported old-age pensions, elderly retirement who would receive 200 dollars a month Townsend Plan
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Industrial democracies that adopted government-guarenteed social welfare programs Welfare State
0%
Employed 8.5 million between 1935-1943, repaired/constructed roads, bridges, buildings, parks, airports Work Progress Administration
0%
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