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9-3 Hoovers Response to Great DepressionVersion en ligne
USH.4.4 Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and its social and cultural impacts. (E)
USH.4.5 Assess the economic impact of the Great Depression on all Americans.
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The first time the federal gov supplied ____ ____ funds was with ERCA, which allocated $1.5 bil for public works & $300 mil for emergency loans.
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1922, Hoover believed America's _____ _____ would keep the economy moving and that the government should stay out, so much that he wrote a book about it.
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Hundreds of unemployed Minneapolis citizens smashed windows & stole meat & can goods, while 500 Oklahoma City residents looted a _____ _____ .
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Hoover felt European countries hindered their economic recovery after World War 1 by implemented a system called _____ .
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Creditors _____ on a million farms after World War 1, when food prices sank & farmers lost money.
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Herbert Hoover avoided _____ _____ by downplayed the public’s fears, instead of using the federal government to end the great depression.
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“Feed the hungry, tax the rich” is what a group of _____ _____ chanted in Washington, D.C., until law enforcement herded them into a cul-de-sac.
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_____ _____ means government-financed building projects, & Hoover increased these during the depression, only they employed a small fraction of the millions who were unemployed.
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A _____ of $1,000 was promised to each veteran of World War 1, but they would not receive it until 1945, and they wanted it now, due to the depression.
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Owners of banks, railroads, & labor met with Hoover & promised to keep _____ open, & to stop lowering wages, but they broke those pledges.
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Georgia farmers blocked highways and dumped their _____ , all in order to reduce supply & raise prices.
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Federal Reserve Board _____ when Hoover wanted to increase the money supply so banks could make loans to corporations & corporations could expand production and rehire workers.
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Nebraska farmers heated their homes by burning _____ , which also reduced supply & raised prices.
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The media watched W.W. 1 veterans singing war songs and wearing ragged uniforms, & they named them the _____ _____
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_____ and _____ governments had the responsibility of issuing relief, according to Hoover, who did not believe the federal government should give money to poor people.
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When marchers stayed in the camps & Hoover ordered the buildings cleared, the police fired into the crowd & _____ _____ ,
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If the government _____ _____ to fund public works, consumers would have less money to spend, hurting businesses, which is why Hoover would not increase government spending.
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Once in Washington, President Hoover acknowledged the veterans right to petition but he refused to _____ _____ , so 15,000 veterans camped in Hoovervilles & vacant buildings.
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The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) was _____ _____ , so it did not make enough loans to businesses, as Congress & Hoover intended.
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Hoover's reputation was harmed during the 1932 presidential election, due to national media coverage of military troops attacking _____ _____ .
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Congress passed the Emergency Relief & Construction Act (ERCA), signed reluctantly by Hoover, because local governments ran out of relief funds & because _____ _____ were too small.
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General Douglas MacArthur used the cavalry, infantry, and tanks to _____ _____ , even though Hoover told him clear the buildings & leave the camps alone.
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