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40 Cards in this Set
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The new name for the Great plans during it's dust bowl storm era?
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dust bowl
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What year did states from Taxas and Dakota sufferfrom a sever drought?
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1930
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What was thefro people who moved from place to place looking fro jobs?
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migrant workers
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waht was the name for farmers who were hit the hardest by the dust storm in
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okies
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what was the name for the farmers who were hit the hardest by the dust storms in Arkansas?
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arkies
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What is the name of the child actress who starred in many 1930's films?
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Shirley Temple.
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What was the name of the first full-length animated film?
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Snow White and the seven dwarfs
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What was the name of the film Written by Judy Garland in 1939?
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Wizard of OZ.
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What was the name of the movie that showed the civil war in a romantic light?
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Gone with the wind.
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What did comedians in the 1930's call the radio?
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"Furniture that talks".
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What was the minimum wage paid per hour?
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40 cents
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Maximum hours you were suposed to work?
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44 hours.
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A new deal critic that was a raido priest was called?
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Father Coughlin
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What act set the minimum wage and maximmum hours?
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Fair labor standards act.
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What was believed by many people to give unions excessive power?
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New Deal.
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THe process in which a union representing a group of workers negotiate with managment for an improved contract is?
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Collective Bargaining.
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What is it called when government spends more than they bring in from income taxes?
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Deficit Spending.
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Work stoppage in which all workers would stop all production and refuse to work until their demands are met is called?
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Sit Down Strike.
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What is the name of the act that helped elderly and unemployed people?
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Social Security act.
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Law that protected workers from unfair managment practice is?
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Wagner act.
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What disease was FDR struck with?
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Polio.
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In 1928 FDR was elected govenor of what state?
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New York.
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Group of people that helped FDR create plans and programs?
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Brain Trust.
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Radio speeches given over the radio by FDR?
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Fireside chats.
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CCC stands for what?
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Civilian Conservation Corp.
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FERA stands for what?
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
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WPA represents what?
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Work Progress Administration
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NRA is what?
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National Recovery Administartion.
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Which act setup the FDIC?
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Banking Act of 1933.
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One of the most daring programs during the depression?
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TVA or Tennesse Valley Administration.
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The economic hard times that latsed from 1929 until 1941 are known as?
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Great Depression.
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Giving help to the needy is called?
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Relief.
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Hoover setup _________ to provide jobs to help people earn money?
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Public Work Programs.
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The _______ _______ Corporation loaned money to banks, railroads,and insurance companies to help keep them in buisness?
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Reconstruction Finance.
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The shacks where homeless lived were called________?
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Hoovervilles.
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A sum of money given to World War 1 veterans is called what?
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Bonus.
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The _____ ____ was a group of veterans who demanded their sum of money from the government?
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Bonus Army.
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Many people blamed ______ _______ for doing too little to help.
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President Herbert Hoover.
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The newspapers that the homeless covered themselves with to keep them warm were called_______ _______?
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Hoover Blankets.
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An empty pocket turned inside out was called_____ _____?
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Hoover Flag.
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