People
He was the president with the most amount of terms.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What happened on October 29, 1929, on this date, share prices in the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed.
Black Tuesday
These were areas of closely packed houses.
What are Hoovervilles?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
This program regulated the Stock Exchange.
What is the SEC?
She was the First Lady of FDR's presidency, and was known for being one of the first First Ladies to talk to the public.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
What was the new deal?
The US government creating a series of programs, public works, financial reform and regulation during 1933-1936
Where radio shows including the President were allegedly held.
What is a fireside?
What did not help the US get out of the depression?
This program insured back deposits.
What is the FDIC?
He was the 31st president, and led the US just up until the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What was the Dust Bowl?
It was known as the dirty thirties, and was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies
This is where the President lives.
What is the White House?
How did banks go out of business and that was another cause for the great depression
Banks ran out of money to give to the people and 9,000 banks happened to end up like this
This program reduced unemployment.
WHat is the CWA?
He was the 40th Governor of Louisiana until his assassination in 1935.
Who is Huey Long?
What was common among house's and farms during the 1930's?
foreclosure
What is the mid-west?
Why was business poor with other countries?
Less trading was occuring because of the Smoot-Hawley act of 1930, which scared businesses away
This program gave young men jobs.
WHat is the CCC?
He was a physician who gave the idea of a pension.
Who is Francis Townsend?
What are the 100 days?
Typically the first 100 days in the first term of a President. During FDR's terms, his first hundred days included the stock market crash, and share prices going down 85%
This is where the main Stock Market is in the US.
What is Wall Street?
Why was purchasing items across the board lower?
With the stock market crash, and the fears of more economic problems, people from all classes stopped buying items, this led to a reduction in items made and a reduction in the work force
This program helped farmers refinance their mortgages.
What is the FCA?