US History 2nd Semester Final

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During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed, what happened?

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depositors lost their savings.

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The original purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

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make loans to businesses.

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President Hoover wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide ____, or money given directly to impoverished families.

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relief

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The group of World War I veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 was called the

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Bonus Army.

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To fight the Depression, the first thing Roosevelt set out to do was to

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restore confidence in the banks.

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To regulate the stock market, Congress created the

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Securities and Exchange Commission.

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In the case Schechter Poultry Company v. United States, the Supreme Court struck down

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the authority of the NRA.

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The Nazi-Soviet nonaggression treaty contained a secret deal to

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divide Poland between them.

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The Lend-Lease Act was Roosevelt’s way of getting arms to Britain without Britain having to

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pay cash.

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Liberty ships could be produced quickly because they were assembled from prefabricated parts.

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assembled from prefabricated parts.