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How was the U.S. affected by the stock market crash of October 29, 1929?
Explain President Hoover's approach to curing the problems of the Depression.
Explain how credit contributed to the Depression.
Why do you think Midwestern farmers might have been reluctant to convert to new methods of farming introduced by the Soil Conservation Service?
Why did the Hoover administration think tariffs would help American business?
What effect did the Smoot-Hawley Tariff actually have on U.S. business? Why?
Name and explain the three general goals of Roosevelt's New Deal.
Describe the "bank holiday" ordered by President Roosevelt.
Name and describe two New Deal laws passed during the "Hundred Days."
Why was New Deal legislation often referred to as "alphabet soup"?
Explain the function of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
What was the Trade Agreement Act, and how did it affect U.S. business?
Describe a hobo jungle.
What are the AFL and the CIO, and how are they related?
List two provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Several groups proposed radical solutions to the economic problems of the Depression. Name two and explain their ideas.
Outline the provisions of the Social Security Act.
Name and explain two New Deal job creation programs.
Why did the Judiciary Reorganization Bill become known as the "court-packing plan"?
Describe conditions in a typical Hooverville.
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!" Who said this, and on what occasion?
How did Roosevelt's approach change the Presidency?
Describe the things that were happening to farmers in the Dust Bowl.
Explain how polio affected Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Explain Harry Truman's statement that Eleanor Roosevelt was the "First Lady of the World."
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