Great Depression 1
Who was the US President when the GD hit?
Herbert Hoover
Peak unemployment percentage during the Great Depression
25%
Year Roosevelt was first elected President of the US
1932
The environmental disaster felt by farmers in the southwestern US was known as
the Dust Bowl
Theme song of FDR's first campaign for the presidency
Happy Days Are Here Again
The event often seen as the spark that started the GD
Crash of the stock market
True or False: Up to the Great Depression, the federal government had little impact in the public's daily life.
True
Term for empty pockets displayed by the poor or unemployed
Hoover flags
FDR's first inaugural address began to instill a feeling of ________________ for the American public.
confidence
FDR's method of communicating directly to the public, used sparingly in order to maintain their importance
fireside chats
This practice helped lead to the crash of the stock market
Buying on margin
This group of WWI veterans went to Washington DC to demand an early payment due to them for their service.
Bonus Army
Song that became the anthem for the hardships of the Great Depression
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?
First measure taken by FDR to address the problems of the depression was to declare a four day ____________________
bank holiday
Nickname for the flurry of activity in getting New Deal programs passed early in FDR's first term
100 Days
Hoover's approach to pulling out of the GD based on self help and determination
Rugged individualism
Hoover's response to the Bonus Army was to
Deny their request and destroy their encampment.
Slang term for farm families who went to California looking for work after losing their farms to the dust bowl and depression
Okies
New Deal program that provided conservation jobs to unemployed young men, and sent money home to their families
Civilan Conservation Corps
Secretary of Labor, first female cabinet member, resident of Maine.
Frances Perkins
This event added to the global economic downturn that brought on the Great Depression.
World War One
This European leader came to power the same year Franklin Roosevelt was sworn into the Presidency
Adolf Hitler
This well known cartoonist created "Steamboat Willie"
Walt Disney
New Deal program designed to restore confidence the nations banks by insuring the deposits of the American people
Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
New Deal program that provides retirement pensions, unemployment pay, benefits for the disabled with money raised through a national income tax
Social Security Administration