Causes of the Great Depression
This term describes producing more goods than consumers can afford to purchase.
These makeshift communities housed Americans who had lost their homes during the Depression.
Hoovervilles
This president was elected in 1932 and introduced the New Deal
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Civilian Conservation Corps
This practice involved purchasing goods with a small down payment and paying the remaining cost over time.
Buying on credit (installment plan)
These organizations or facilities provided free meals to Americans struggling with hunger.
Soup Kitchens
This New Deal goal focused on providing immediate help to people suffering from poverty and unemployment (relief, recovery, reform)
Relief
Program built dams, controlled flooding, and brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Investors engaged in this risky practice when they bought stocks expecting prices to keep rising.
Stock market speculation
By 1933, approximately this fraction of the American workforce was unemployed.
1/4 (25%)
New Deal goal focused on restarting economic growth and restoring employment and business activity (relief, recovery, reform)
Recovery
This agency employed Americans on public improvement projects and also supported artists, writers, and musicians
Works Progress Administration
When too many depositors tried to withdraw their money at the same time, banks could experience this
This environmental disaster involved drought, dust storms, and damaged farmland in the Great Plains.
Dust Bowl
New Deal goal focused on changing economic systems and preventing similar crises from happening in the future (relief, recovery, reform)
Reform
New Deal Law that established a system of retirement benefits and unemployment insurance
Social Security
This crashed in 1929 and triggered the Great Depression (but was not the only cause)
What was the name of the group of WW1 veterans who marched to Washington, D.C. to demand their bonus payments early?
Bonus Army
Roosevelt used these radio broadcasts to communicate directly with Americans and restore public confidence
Fireside chats
True / False The New Deal expanded the role of the federal government and created a safety net for the Average American
True