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What was President Hoovers strategy to fix the Great Depression?
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* Stay confident.
* Voluntary action by Business leaders * Gov't stays out |
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A few days before the actual crash, stocks started selling way below their value, but people were told "don't worry."
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Black Thursday
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Oct 24, 1929
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Why did racial discrimination get worse during the depression
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Everyone was competing for low paying jobs that had previously been held by blacks and Hispanics.
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Who were the Scottsboro boys?
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9 African american youths caught riding the rail and not given a fair trial, and convicted by an all white jury.
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railroad
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Why didn't they want to hire women for jobs ?
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Thought working women were taking jobs away from the men.
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married men
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Name one impact on health from the depression.
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T tuberculosis increased.
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bad nutrituion
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How long did the dust bowl last?
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7 years
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The combination of terrible ______ and low ______ for crops caused about 60% of farmers to loose their farms.
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weather
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drought
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The hardest hit group during the depression were___.
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those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
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Hoovervilles
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Baseball legend who retired in 1935.
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babe Ruth
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American hero who's son was kidnapped and murdered>
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Charles Lindberg
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How did Hoover try to take a more active approach to unemployment?
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Boulder dam, new public buildings, and parks were built.
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What was the effect of Hoover's Agricultural Farm Act?
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made prices drop and worsened conditions for farmers.
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Who believed in minimal gov't action and though 'less gov't is better"
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Herbert Hoover
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Who was willing to experiment with gov't roles and anted to broaden the role of government?
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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