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New Deal

Vocab

Question: pay only of the part of the cost of the stock when they make the purchase 
Answer: on margin

Question: unable to pay their debts
Answer: bankrupt 

Question: additional sum of money
Answer: bonus

Question: the process by which a union representing a group of workers negotiates with management for a contract
Answer: collective bargaining 

Question: sum of money paid to people on a regular basis after they retire 
Answer: pension

People

Question: Many people blamed this person for doing to little. They even gave a name to the shacks where the homeless people lived called "Hoovervilles".
Answer: Herbert Hoover

Question: In 1920, he was the Democratic candidate for Vice President but lost to Harding 
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

Question: This person believed that the New Deal had not gone far enough to help the poor. Also he said "Share Our Wealth"
Answer: Senator Huey Long of Louisiana 

Question: Who said the government turned its back on the older citizens ?
Answer: Francis Townsend 

Question: The presidents "eyes and ears" ?
Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt

Agencies

Question: What did the Federal Emergency Relief Act do ?
Answer: It gave relief to unemployed and needy

Question: What did the Civilian Conservation Corps do? 
Answer: It provided jobs for young men to plant trees, build bridges and parks, and set up flood-control projects

Question: What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act do ?
Answer: It paid farmers not to grow certain crops

Question: What did the Social Security Act do? 
Answer: It set up a system of pensions for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent children, and people with disabilities

Question: What did the Public Works Administration do? 
Answer: Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers

FDR

Question: What disease did FDR struggle with that caused him to be paralyzed ?
Answer: Polio

Question: Where did he give speak 30 speeches on while in office?
Answer: Fireside chats

Question: What was a job FDR had before becoming president?
Answer: assistant secretary of the navy

Question: What did FDR declare on his second day of office? 
Answer: A bank holiday 

Question: What was FDR three main goals with his New Deal ?
Answer: Relief, Recovery, and Reform

Struggles of Depression

Question: What did some jobs educated women took during the depression ?
Answer: Secretaries, school teachers, and social workers

Question: These people were the first to lose their jobs.
Answer: African Americans 

Question: The black cabinet included ?
Answer: Robert C. Weaver and Mary McLeod Bethune

Question: These people faced discrimination in education and at the polls.They were encouraged to move North and take jobs in factories or on farms.
Answer: Mexican Americans 

Question: Americans competed with these people for jobs. Violence even erupted,
Answer: Asian Americans