Great Depression
The economic policy that did not encourage government intervention or regulation in the economy.
laissez faire
Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
The name given to towns where Americans were forced to live at the beginning of the Great Depression.
Hooverville
The three "R's" of the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
This program, created during the New Deal, remains widely popular (especially in Florida).
Social Security
This event happened after investors realized many of the companies on Wall Street were overvalued, worth less money than they claimed.
Stock Market Crash of 1929
These two factors combined to contribute to the severe dust storms.
2. Poor farming techniques
The two-word term for Hoover's belief that it was up to each person to make it through the depression.
"Rugged Individualism"
FDR engaged in a series of __________ to reassure and provide comfort to Americans.
fireside chats
The New Deal led to a shift away from this economic policy.
laissez faire
The economic conditions created fear and led many to withdraw their savings, leading to _________.
bank runs.
Prior to the arrival of Europeans, the region impacted by the Dust Bowl was primarily ___________.
grassland
Public works programs
The "four freedoms" promised by Roosevelt at the beginning of the New Deal.
Freedom of speech
Freedom of worship
Freedom from want
Freedoom from fear
The economic philosophy behind the New Deal.
Keynesian economics
This was the most significant public works project implemented by Hoover in response to the depression, designed to create jobs in the West.
This is why the Great Depression made the Dust Bowl worse.
Americans couldn't afford rising crop prices, which only added to the income loss of farmers.
Hoover's approach was slightly different from laissez faire because....
...he argued that the government should get involved but to help businesses.
During the first 100 days, Roosevelt did this to address the run on banks.
Declare a bank holiday.
The New Deal started this new trend/standard in terms of the economy.
Increased government intervention and regulation.
This photographer was known for her images of mothers, children, and families which captured the pain and loss of the Depression.
Dorthea Lange
The law passed by Congress to regulate the production and price of crops and provide relief to farmers.
Agricultural Adjustment Act
In response to the Depression, Hoover proposed this tariff to encourage domestic production but it ended up being a disaster, making matters worse.
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
This New Deal program allowed workers to unionize and granted them the right to bargain for better wages, hours, and benefits.
Wagner Act
The New Deal was (and is) often attacked as being an example of this "controversial" economic concept.
SOCIALISM!