Which group benefitted least from the economic boom of the 1920s?
What are farmers
Which best explains the reason for bank failures after Black Tuesday in 1929?
Who are Frightened depositors ?
believed in the importance of government intervention in the economy.
who is John Maynard Keynes ?
Worst Region affected by the Great Depression
What is the Midwest
People moved from the Dust Bawl region in Western Texas towards this region
What is Eastern Texas?
U.S. president tried using a hands-off policy to end the Great Depression
Who is Herbert Hoover ?
This act allowed workers to join labor unions.
What is the Wagner Act?
FDR attempted to appointed justices who agree with him
What is Court-Packing?
the first woman to be appointed to a presidential Cabinet position, was known for working to protect workers.
Who is Francis Perkins ?
gave Native Americans more control over their affairs.
What is The Indian Reorganization Act ?
FDR united voters from different backgrounds into a coalition and expanded government's role in the economy.
What is New Deal Coalition?
The reason for the growth of the movie industry during the Great Depression?
Why did Americans resort to Escapism ?
The New Deal programs put artists to work
What is the Federal Art Project ?
Unlike President Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt believed that the Great Depression required strong action and leadership by
What is the Federal Government?
A Government Agency that rebuilt roads and replanted forests
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps ?
provided pensions for retirees
What is the Social Security Administration ?
A Program that built dams, in order to control floods and generate electricity
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
A Federal Program that provided funds for the unemployed
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Act?
people who believed that the new deal promoted socialism, while others believed it didn't go enough
who are critics of the New Deal ?
Their wages were often reduced. Their workweek was also reduced.
What happened to Americans who managed to keep their jobs during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl and drought in the Great Plains caused farmers to migrate. As a result, the population of the West Coast increased.
How did the Dust Bowl affect population in the American West?
was a key new deal agency, that provided work relief via working on various public work projects
What is the Works Progress Administration?
This novel told of The dust bowl. Like many novels written during the Depression, it focused on America's poor and working class.
What is the Grapes of Wrath ?