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FSU AMH 2020 exam #2 questions with answers rated A+
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FSU AMH 2020 exam #2 questions with answers rated A+
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fsu amh 2020 exam #2Herbert hoover - correct answer ✔✔republican president who was better educated and had fame for his
humanitarian relief; he assumes office just before the great depression
al smith - correct answer ✔✔opponent of hoover in the election; catholic democrat who opposes
(prohibition) 18th amendment
bank run - correct answer ✔✔People go to banks to make sure the cash is theirs and not the banks;
Banks don't have enough money to reimburse the people
Hoovervilles - correct answer ✔✔Slums for the homeless on outskirts of large cities; it was a way to
blame hoover for the great depression
last hired, first fired - correct answer ✔✔minority groups such as blacks, mexicans, etc are fired from
work
smoot-hawley tarriff act - correct answer ✔✔raised tariffs by hoover in efforts to allow a better
economic situation for manufacturers and farmers by protecting agricultural workers
okies - correct answer ✔✔people who left the dust bowl; slang for someone from Oklahoma
paul bonnifield - correct answer ✔✔author of the dust bowl; that argues it's the story of the people
overcoming this natural disaster who could never have predicted this disaster. They were the builders of
tomorrow and were not poor or had loss of hope; story of triumph
donald worster - correct answer ✔✔author if dust bowl; it was a terrible man-made disaster and it was
farmers own ignorance and danger of exploiting the land which caused the dust bowl; story of humans
and societies reaping a disaster for exploiting the land
, election of 1932 - correct answer ✔✔hoover is re-elected by republicans but FDR (democrat) wins by a
landslide
emergency banking relief act - correct answer ✔✔4 day holiday where banks were shut down and the
nation could stabilize
glass-steagall banking act - correct answer ✔✔guaranteed customers would always have a $250,000
minimum in their accounts; and prohibits commercial banks from participating in the same activities as
investment banks
fair labor standards act - correct answer ✔✔FDR established a federal minimum wage of 40 cents per
hour and 40 hour max work week
the civilian conversations corps - correct answer ✔✔managed by the war department and was to create
jobs in environmental work (plating trees, etc.) and provided basic classes to teach workers; 3 million
individuals
tennessee valley authority - correct answer ✔✔construction work such as building dams and bringing
power to those with no electricity; they brought 1.5 million farms electricity
works progress administration - correct answer ✔✔helps over 9 million people and were the worlds
largest employer; public work jobs & they hire people to do projects for the federal government
revenue act of 1935 - correct answer ✔✔raised taxes on annual income; anyone who makes about
$15,000 has to pay a higher rate
agricultural adjustment administration - correct answer ✔✔paying farmers to destroy their products and
not work so the price of goods can increase; the goal was to raise the price of crops produced by farmers
social security act of 1935 - correct answer ✔✔self financed retirement fund, payroll tax, pension
payments, single tax rate (affects the poor more than the rich)
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