Great Depression Review Flashcard

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Who was the President during the start of the Great Depression?

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Herbert Hoover

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A Louisiana governor and senator who criticized the New Deal and proposed a 'Share Our Wealth' program.

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Huey Long

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A Catholic priest who used his popular radio show to criticize Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal.

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Charles Coughlin

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the 32nd president of the United States, who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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The wife and First Lady of the 32nd president of the United States, helped him lead the country during the Great Depression and World War II.

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Eleanor Roosevelt

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A time when many people lost their jobs, homes, and savings, making life very hard.

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Great Depression

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the process of sending someone back to their own country

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repatriation

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A tax on goods coming into the country, meant to help American businesses

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Hawley-Smoot Tarriff

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the idea that tax breaks and benefits for corporations and the wealthy will eventually benefit everyone else

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trickle-down economics

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A group of World War I veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. in 1932 to ask for the money the government had promised them, but were told they had to wait until later

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Bonus Army