What was the name given to the day the stock market crashed in 1929?
Black Tuesday
100
What was the name of the environmental disaster that occurred on the great plains during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl
100
What were the speeches FDR gave on the radio called?
Fireside Chats
100
The group who thought FDR had gone too far with his reforms and were often called right wing were part of this political party.
Republicans
100
Second New Deal legislation created this agency that created 3 million new jobs?
WPA - Works Progress Administration
200
What is the term given to the concept of borrowing money to invest in the stock market called?
buying on margin
200
What was the nickname given to the shack towns that popped up all over the US during the Great Depression in which many of those who lost their homes were forced to live?
Hoovervilles
200
This Act attempted to fix business, labor unions and unemployement during the New Deal - probably the most important act during the New Deal.
NIRA - National Industrial Recovery Act
200
The group who thought FDR was not doing enough and were often called left wing were part of this political party?
Democrat
200
After the Supreme Court declared the NIRA unconstitutional Congress passed this bill to help protect workers?
The Wagner Act - Labor Relations Act
300
The cause that centered around businesses creating too much inventory and a lack of consumer spending on that good is called?
Overproduction and Underconsumption
300
One of the effects of the Great Depression was those who were lending money to investors where unable to pay back the banks. What were these lenders called?
Broker
300
This act attempted to raise farming revenue by paying farmers not to plant crops - scarcity.
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Administration
300
This man was a left wing enthusiast who was viewed as champion of the poor and accused Roosevelt on not doing enough to help the common man?
Huey Long
300
This helped to bring electricity to many houses outside of cities?
REA - Rural Electrification Administration
400
When you put your money in the bank what actually happens to most of it while it is in there?
It is loaned out to someone else.
400
What is the name of the government organization the controls the flow of money in and out of the US economy?
The Federal Reserve
400
This organization attempted to create jobs dealing with the environment?
CCC - Civilian Conservation Corps
400
This religious man used his radio show to drum up hatred for Wall Street.
Father Charles Coughlin
400
This act helped the elderly and unemployed in 1935?
The Social Security Act
500
What was the name of the tariff (tax) imposed on foreign goods that was meant to help the US economy but actually caused more harm?
Hawley Smoot Tariff Act
500
This is what the US government uses to move money into and out of the US economy.
Interest Rate
500
The TVA helped to create jobs and stabilize the environment in which state?
Tennessee
500
Large group of critics who joined forces to oppose the New Deal in 1934.
American Liberty League
500
This minority group was effected by the AAA more then others?