vocabulary
National Recovery Administration; government agency that developed codes of fair competition in industry, including minimum wages and prices....
NRA
young men put to work improving national parks, forests, and wilderness areas
(CCC)
Oct. 29, 1929
What is the day the stock market crashed.
the four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen.
What is the banking holiday
The person who came up with the "Share The Wealth" plan.
Who is Huey Long.
A legislative activity begun by FDR in 1935 to solve problems created by the Great Depression.
second new deal
An informal radio broadcast in which FDR communicated with the American people.
Fireside Chats
High winds and drought hit the country's farm belt.
What is the Dust Bowl.
This group of people thought the New Deal went too far.
Who are the conservatives
The President at the start of the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
Hoover's strategy battling the Great Depression in which the money is given to the big corporations and eventually they will pay their workers more, and then the workers will spend their money and save the economy.
Trickle Down Economics
john Steinbeck wrote _________ to demostrate the plight of migrant farmers
"The grapes of Wrath"
The person who was blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
This group was created by business leaders in protest of the New Deal.
What is the American Liberty League.
hoover's opponent in the election was democrat?
Franklin D. roosevelt.
Programs and legislation enacted by FDR during the Great Depression to promote economic recovery.
The new deal
This was FDR's campaign song.
What is "Happy Days Are Here Again.
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised bonus.
What is the Bonus Army.
The person who said "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is FDR.
The person who came up with a plan to give all citizens over 60 $200 a month
Who is Francis Townsend
A 1935 law that created a pension system for retirees, established unemployment insurance, created insurance for victims of work-related accidents and provided aid for poverty-stricken mothers and children, the blind, and the disabled.
Social Security Act
The Dust Bowl affected this group of people the most.
Who are farmers.
Americans did not earn enough money to buy goods and services.
What is poor purchasing power.
All of FDR's programs to deal with the Great Depression.
What is The New Deal!
A Catholic priest from Detroit, MI who had his own radio show where he blasted bankers, capitalism, and Jews.
Who is Charles Coughlin.