Causes
Event that happened in October of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash
Homeless communities named after the president.
Hoovervilles
Candidate that won the 1932 presidential election.
FDR
The Three Rs.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Programs designed to combat the Great Depression.
The New Deal
Reason why people were in debt.
Spending on credit.
Drought that plagued the Great Plains.
The Dust Bowl
Technology FDR used for his fireside chats.
The radio
Importance of the FDIC.
Insures money in the bank - don't lose all money in case of bank failure.
AAA stands for
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Reason why farmers struggled financially during the Great Depression.
Overproducing crops led to a decrease in profits.
California
Reason why Hoover was slow to react to the Depression.
Rugged individualism
Young men ages 18-25.
Protects workers and ensures the right to unionize.
Wagner Act
Two reasons why banks failed.
1) Banks had invested in stock market lost money
2) People panicked and withdrew money from the banks
The Bonus Army was made up of these people.
WWI veterans
Reason why the 20th amendment was passed.
To shorten the time a lame duck president was in office.
Three parts to the Social Security Act
Old age pension
Unemployment compensation
Aid to families with dependent children and aid to disabled.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY (2x pts): Choose one New Deal program and provide an argument for which of the 3 R's it falls under.
teacher's decision
The tariff that dropped world trade by 40% and led to the worsening of the Great Depression worldwide.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Two reasons for the Dust Bowl.
Bad farming practices led to dried up soil, drought.
By being straightforward about the problems facing the United States.
Reasons why both liberals and conservatives criticized the New Deal.
Liberals: programs don't do enough
Conservatives: too much gov't intervention
Importance of the emergency banking act.
Revives confidence in the banking system.