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3. | this New Deal program created a government-owned public utility and brough cheap electricity to the Tennessee Valley region |
5. | critic of F.D.R.; an elderly doctor who advocated for for the federal government to pay $200 per month to unemployed people over 60 |
6. | migrants from the Dust Bowl that made their way West were given this nickname |
7. | this New Deal program set up minimum wage and maximum hours worked per week |
8. | refers to the day the Stock Market crashed in 1929 |
9. | Conservative critics of F.D.R.'s New Deal thought the programs were putting the U.S. on the path to ______ |
12. | refers to F.D.R.'s proposed legislation to increase the number of justices on the Supreme Court |
13. | during the Great Depression, a name given to shanty towns for the homeless made up of whatever was available |
14. | this New Deal program employed young men, most aged 17-29, to work outdoors on various projects across the country |
16. | economic policy usually supported by Republicans; "government hands off" approach |
19. | this New Deal program oversees brokerage firms and the New York Stock Exchange |
22. | Hoover's belief that government should not be involved in direct relief and that Americans would perservere through their own efforts |
23. | made up of WWI veterans who wanted their promised bonuses for 1945 paid early |
24. | this New Deal program eliminated crop surpluses by paying subsidies to farmers to stop growing staple crops |
25. | critic of F.D.R.; advocated for nationalization of the banking system and for a "living wage" |
26. | critic of F.D.R.; advocated for a "share the wealth" program |
27. | Allowed Native Americans to re-establish their tribal organizations on Federal Reservations |
28. | this reached 25% in 1931, the year before the next presidential election |
29. | cause of the Great Depression - too much surplus crops led to fall in prices |
30. | created by Hoover to provide government loans to businesses, banks, and state/local governments to keep economic institutions afloat |