Economic facctors
This economic issue occurred when factories and farms produced more goods than consumers could afford to buy
What is overproduction
This New Deal program brought electricity and flood control to a poor rural region
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
The day of the stock market crash on October 29, 1929
What is Black Tuesday?
Makeshift communities of homeless people during the Great Depression
What are Hoovervilles/Shantytowns?
This president implemented the New Deal
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This term describes when Americans couldn't afford to purchase the goods being produced
What is underconsumption
This program employed millions in public works projects including art, writing, and construction
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
The environmental disaster that struck the Great Plains during the 1930s, causing desertification
What is the Dust Bowl?
This concept of government assistance expanded dramatically during this period
What is Social Welfare?
This president's economic policies focused on 'rugged individualism' and voluntary cooperation
Who is Herbert Hoover?
A stock market characterized by rising prices and optimism
What is a bull market
This program employed young men to work on environmental conservation projects
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Roosevelt declared this to prevent bank runs at the start of his presidency
What is a Bank Holiday?
These government-funded construction projects provided jobs during the Depression
What are Public Works?
This group of programs, including the Wagner Act and Social Security, is known as this phase of Roosevelt's relief efforts
What is the Second New Deal?
A stock market characterized by fallin prices and pessimism
What is a bear market
This landmark legislation created a safety net for elderly Americans
What is the Social Security Act?
This election represented a major shift in American politics and brought FDR to power
What is the Election of 1932?
This group faced unemployment rates that were significantly higher than those of white Americans
Who are African Americans?
Roosevelt's landslide victory in this election confirmed public support for New Deal policies
What is the Election of 1936?
This trade policy implemented by Hoover worsened international trade during the Depression
What are Tariffs
This law guaranteed workers the right to unionize and collectively bargain
What is the Wagner Act?
The name of the WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their service bonuses
What is the Bonus Army?
Although many lost jobs to men, this group saw increased employment in government positions
Who are women?
These types of regulations helped farmers by limiting production and raising prices
What are Farmer Regulations/Agricultural Adjustment Act?