Great Depression
During the 1920s, people looked to the ______________________ as the most visible symbol of a prosperous American economy.
Stock Market
The people who lost their homes in the Great Depressions sometimes lived in
The New Deal was the title President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to the series of programs initiated between 1933–1938 with the goal of _________, ___________ and ____________ of the United States economy during the Great Depression.
relief
recovery
reform
Which president wanted American to "Return to a state of normalcy"?
What did he mean by this statement?
Warren Harding
stability and prosperity
5 (Italy)
Florence
____________________________ occurred on October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence (start) of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
_______________ were lines of people waiting to receive food provided by charitable organizations or public agencies.
breadlines
On taking office, the Roosevelt administration launched a period of intense activity known as the ____________________________, lasting from March 9 to June 16, 1933. During this period, Congress passed more than _____________________ major pieces of legislation.
100 days
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What was Hoover’s response to the Bonus Army marchers who came to Washington, D.C.?
A. He ordered them to be paid their bonuses.
B. He had the army remove them.
C. He visited them and listened to them.
D. He set up soup kitchens to feed them.
B. He had the army remove them.
6 (Italy)
Sardinia
_____________ was the period from 1929 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed.
Great Depression
_______________ were radio talks about issues of public concern, explaining in clear, simple language his New Deal measures.
Fireside Chats
FDR used government programs, or Alphabet Soup Agencies to combat the Depression. Name one and explain what it does.
Name a new deal program that was declared unconstitutional.
What is one New Deal Program still in use today.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) ... AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)...
SSA (Social Security Act).
10 (Europe Physical Features)
Scandanavian Peninsula
Although many Americans appeared prosperous during the 1920s, they often bought goods by _______________— paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.
buying on margin
The _________________ was an area of Oklahoma, Kansas, and northern Texas affected by severe soil erosion (caused by windstorms) in the early 1930s, which obliged many people to migrate west toward California.
dust bowl
The _______________________ founded in 1933 was a New Deal program that put 2.5 million unmarried men to work maintaining and restoring forests, beaches, and parks. The __________ taught the men and women to be independent from the government.
Civilian Conservation Corp
____________ said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
8 (Physical Features)
Danube River
A major difference between the philosophies of President Herbert Hoover and President Franklin D. Roosevelt in responding to the Great Depression is that Roosevelt:
1. wanted to rely on private charities to provide assistance.
2. stressed the need for individual self-reliance.
3. supported direct relief to people out of work.
4. thought the government should not be involved in economic reform.
3. supported direct relief to people out of work.
What is the title of this photograph?
Who is the Artist?
Migrant Mother
Florence Owens Thompson
When the supreme court declared some of the New Deal programs unconstitutional, FDR proposed the _____________________________________, which would allow him to appoint ___________ number of new Supreme Court justices.
Court Packing Bill
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______________ said, “We in America are nearer to the final triumph
over poverty than ever before.”
Herbert Hooover
2 (Physical Features)
Iberian Peninsula