7.3: The 1930s & the Great Depression
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Unemployment, 1929-1942
Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
Wagner Act, 1938
Unemployment, 1929-1942
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1. pockets of the country that supported President Hoover.
2. deserted towns filled with foreclosed businesses.
3. groups of makeshift homes in shantytowns.
4. poor urban immigrant communities.
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This new law guaranteed workers the right to unionize and to bargain collectively.
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Which program insures bank deposits?
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This program was designed to provide electrical power and economic recovery to impoverished farmers.
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What act of Congress launched the American welfare system?
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1. Social Security Act of 1935
2. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
3. Federal Emergency Relief Act of 1933
4. National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933
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Franklin Roosevelt's plan to heal the country’s “sick” economy was called
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1. restore the laissez-faire capitalism which had worked so well in the early 1920's.
2. eliminate the massive federal deficit which had led to the Great Depression by mandating a balanced federal budget.
3. cut down the size of government, which had become a massive drain on the nation's economy.
4. expand the role of federal government in providing jobs, relief for the unemployed, and better wages.
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