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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