For the Program
Brace for (Economic) Impact
Himothy
Social Butterflying
Straight from the Test
100

This agency provided jobs through public works projects

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

100

This 1929 event triggered the Great Depression

Stock Market Crash

100

FDR's main campaign promise

The New Deal

100

How the Depression affected marginalized communities

Higher unemployment rates

100

This "R" was the most long-term in its effects

Reform

200

This act helped provide income security for elderly Americans

Social Security Act

200

These institutions failed, causing people to lose their savings

Banks

200

These radio addresses helped build public trust

Fireside Chats

200

Labor unions experienced these changes

More power/membership

200

Huey Long's "Share Our Wealth" movement was considered this on the political spectrum

Radical

300

This program helped develop the Southeast through electricity and flood control

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

300

This environmental disaster made farming conditions worse

The Dust Bowl

300

The "Three Rs" stood for these

Relief, Recovery, and Reform

300

The media's role and type during this period

Newspapers + Radio

300

This is how the AAA dealt with low agricultural prices

Paid farmers to make less crops

400

This act regulated agricultural production to help farmers

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

400

Urban and rural areas faced these different challenges

Unemployment and/or Housing

400

FDR's first action as president regarding banks

Creating a bank holiday

400

Long-term effects on social policies created this type of state in America

Welfare State

400

This is how most Americans responded to the Dust Bowl

They moved to the American West

500

This administration created jobs through arts, writing, and construction

Federal Works Administration (FWA)
500

The government had to stop engaging in this concept in order to fix the economy

Laissez-Faire Economics

500

Conservative groups criticized the New Deal for this

Government/Presidential Power

500

The Depression influenced political ideology by increasing this type of political thought

Liberalism

500

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) is most similar to this other government agency

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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