Causes of Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Depression Specifics
Alphabet Soup
Odds and Ends
100

This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it

What is the Stock Market Crash

100

What was the name of his plan he created to help improve the economy

What is the "New Deal"

100

What did Roosevelt and his efforts help restore in American people

What is confidence 

100

This the agency which helped provided electricity in the Tennessee Valley. 

What is the TVA

100

What really brought an end to the Great Depression 

What is World War Two

200

This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up

What is Herbert Hoover

200

Who did F.D.R try to help first 

What is poor and unemployed

200

How many people were unemployed during the height of the Great Depression in 1932? 

What is 12 million or 25%

200

This Agency paid farmers NOT to grow their crops in order to raise the price of crops. This doubled the prices of Crops before being declared unconstitutional in 1936.

What is AAA

200

What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?

What is a Hooverville

300

What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crash?

The banks ran out of money. (They gave out IOU's instead)

300

Upon becoming President F.D.R immediately declared this "Holiday"..and what did it do? 

Bank Holiday, cloased all banks and reopened the ones that were quality

300

What did the Fair Labor standards Act do?

Fair wage and ban child labor 

300

This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired.

What is Social Security

300

What was the final straw of Hoover's popularity among the people 

What is the Bonus Army 

400

What is overproduction

What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.

Farmers overproduce crops 

400

What was the name of his radio broadcasts were he spoke to all America like they were simply his friends

What are Fireside Chats

400

How did the New Deal change the role of Government moving forward in America? 

What is Government took a responsibility to serve and help the people 

400

This agency insures a persons money is safe in bank for up to 5,000 at the time. 

What is the FDIC

400

What was the name of the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?

What is the dust bowl

500

What is the economic policy of the Government not getting involved in business. 

What is Lassie Faire 

500

FDR's plan to save the economy included these three categories 

Relief, Recovery, and Reform 

500

This vocabulary term helps to explain why Herbert Hoover thought limited government action would work. It is because Americans have this

rugged individualism 

500

This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills t help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's. 

What is the CCC

500

Explain the concept of Court Packing 

What is when FDR wanted to add 6 judges to have a total of 15 to help ensure the New Deal Programs would pass.Did not happen, "Checks and Balances" 

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