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1932Election

NewDeal

What did FDR call his informal radio broadcasts to the American people?

VOCAB100

VOCAB100

Fireside Chats

VOCAB200

What was the Dust Bowl?

VOCAB200

An area which experienced extreme drought during the 1930s; it

included the states of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, and New Mexico, and

Colorado.

VOCAB300

Who made up the Bonus Army and what did they want?

VOCAB300

WWI veterans and their families made up the army, and they wanted early payment of a bonus they were promised for their service.

VOCAB400

What term was used to describe a purchase plan where some money was paid up front and the rest in payments

over time?

VOCAB400

Installment Plan or “buying on credit”

VOCAB500

What are each of the following …Hoovervilles?Hooverflags?

Hooverblankets?

VOCAB500

Hoovervilles were towns of shacks filled with people who had nowhere else to live.

Hooverflags were empty pockets pulled out.

Hooverblankets were newspapers used to keep people without real blankets warm.

FACTS & CAUSES100

What was statistically the worst year of the Great Depression?

FACTS & CAUSES100

1932

FACTS & CAUSES200

The stock market crash of 1929 was the cause of the Great Depression.

True or False?

FACTS & CAUSES200

False

FACTS & CAUSES300

At the height of the Great Depression, unemployment was about what percent?

FACTS & CAUSES300

25%

FACTS & CAUSES400

How did the Hawley-Smoot tariff actually hurt American businesses?

FACTS & CAUSES400

Foreign nations retaliated with tariffs of their own on American goods.

FACTS & CAUSES500

What were the four (4) causes of the Great Depression we discussed in class?

FACTS & CAUSES500

Uneven distribution of incomeAvailability of easy credit

High tariffsMechanization of manual labor

ELECTION OF 1932

100

Who were the two candidates for President in the election of 1932?

Who was the incumbent?

ELECTION OF 1932

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Herbert Hoover (incumbent)Franklin D. Roosevelt

ELECTION OF 1932

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Finish this quote from FDR …“The only thing we have to fear ___ ___ ___.”

ELECTION OF 1932

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“is fear itself”

ELECTION OF 1932

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Describe events involving the Bonus Army.How did these events affect Hoover’s chances in

the election of 1932?

ELECTION OF 1932

300

25,000 WWI vets arrived in Washington D.C. asking for early payment of a bonus for

their service. Hoover ordered the army to clear out the Bonus Army. Violence erupted and two people were killed.

Hoover’s handling of the Bonus Army hurt his chances to win the election of 1932.

ELECTION OF 1932

400

What two-word phrase described Hoover’s belief that people would have to “tough it

out” without help from the federal government?

ELECTION OF 1932

400

“rugged individualism”

ELECTION OF 1932

500

How did Hoover and FDR differ in the way they perceived the role of the federal

government?

ELECTION OF 1932

500

Hoover believed the federal government should be involved in citizens daily lives as little as possible;

FDR believed it was the responsibility of the federal government to look after the daily lives

and well-being of its citizens.

FDR100

FDR lost the use of his legs after being stricken with what disease as an adult?

FDR100

polio

FDR200

How many times was FDR elected President of the United States?

FDR200

four times

FDR300

What did FDR do with the country’s banks after taking office, and why did he do it?

FDR300

He declared a “bank holiday” - closing the banks - so that their health could be evaluated and so that they could be sent

additional cash reserves to keep them operating.

FDR400

What were the Hundred Days?

FDR400

The first hundred days FDR was in office, during which time FDR and Congress

passed many pieces of legislation.

FDR500

What political office did FDR hold before becoming President of the United States?

FDR500

Governor of New York

New Deal 100

What did the New Deal do to the size of the federal government?

New Deal 100

made it bigger

New Deal 200

What did the acronym CCC stand for and what did its members actually do?

New Deal 200

Civilian Conservation Corps

Young males in the CCC improved or built parks, beaches, forests, and recreational facilities.

New Deal 300

What was one agency or program of the New Deal which was declared

unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

New Deal300

NIRA or AAA

New Deal 400

Why did liberal critics dislike the New Deal? Why did conservative critics dislike the New Deal?

New Deal400

Liberal critics complained the New Deal didn’t go far enough to help people.

Conservative critics likened the New Deal to socialism or communism.

New Deal 500

What are four programs of the New Deal which still exist today?

New Deal500

FDIC – insures deposits at member banks

SEC – supervises the stock market

SSA – provides for retired and disabled people

TVA – provides cheap hydroelectric power

Final Jeopardy

Who were three popular critics of FDR’s New Deal?

Final Jeopardy

Father Charles Coughlin

Dr. Francis Townshend

Senator Huey Long