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Potpourri Category
FDR Category
New Deal
100
the massive stock market collapse on October 29th 1929
Black Tuesday
100
the theory that money invested in business will also reach and help workers
trickle-down economics
100
the periodic growth and contraction of the economy
business cycle
100
Programs and legislation during the Great Depression that promoted economic recovery
"New Deal"
100
Key new deal agency that provided work relief through various public works projects
Works Progress Administration
200
President of the United States when the stock market crashed
Herbert Hoover
200
During the Great Depression many urban Americans were forced to live in areas called
Hoovervilles
200
What was the score of the UCF vs. SMU football game on Saturday?
53 to 7
200
FDR was a member of which political party?
Democratic
200
1935 law that set up a pension system for retirees and established unemployment insurance
Social Security Act
300
One way that Americans escaped their concerns during the 1930s was to
go to movie theaters
300
Why did volunteerism fail?
people acted in the best interest of themselves
300
Why did the Bonus Army march on Washington, D.C.?
Congress passed a bill promising to pay veterans their bonuses in 1945 but due to the depression many vets demanded immediate payment.
300
What did Roosevelt and Congress pass the day after FDR’s inauguration?
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
300
Roosevelt created the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to
regulate the activity and operation of the stock market
400
Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl by
using intensive farming techniques that destroyed topsoil and protective grasses
400
The chief complaint of conservatives like Hoover against the New Deal was that it
made the government too powerful
400
Why did Americans enjoy films in the 1930s?
Movies provided relief from the everyday problems of the Great Depression
400
FDR's believed the road to economic recovery must go through which level of the government?
The Federal Government
400
Some opponents of the New Deal believed that it
gave too much power to the government and threatened individual freedom
500
Why did commodity prices continue to decrease during the Great Depression at a time when so many people were going hungry?
Overproduction continued when people had no money to buy products
500
In 1929, the stock market crashed because
investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their shares.
500
European countries reacted to the Hawley-Smoot Tariff by
What is implementing their own high tariffs
500
advised the president and promoted racial equality.
Mary McLeod Bethune
500
The New Deal Coalition was a strong political force that
gave Democrats a majority in both houses of Congress for many years
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