Great Depression 1
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming made up this region of America that was hit particularly hard during the Great Depression
Dust Bowl
Shantytowns for the homeless during the Depression were called
Hoovervilles
In 1933, ____________ workers were out of a job, which was about 25% of the workforce
10 million
This New Deal program gave immediate help to those that needed it in the form of cash payments.
Federal Emergency (Relief) Act
FDR refused to sign anti Civil Rights bills into law during his Presidency because he feared losing support from this group of Congressmen
Southern White Democrats
What does California symbolize for the “Oakies”?
A land of hope and opportunity for a better life
John Steinbeck won Pulitzer and Nobel Peace Prizes for his depiction of poor working people in America during the Depression in his seminal novel titled
The Grapes of Wrath
While the New Deal quelled the Depression somewhat, the Depression truly came to an end as a result of this major worldwide event
World War II
FDR signed the this law to build dams along the Tennessee River to control flooding and create cheap electricity for the people in the Southeast region of the United States
Tennessee Valley Authority
Despite FDR’s civil rights track record, majority of black Americans continued to support this political party due to the New Deals efforts to end the Depression
Democrat
Perhaps the biggest cause of the Great Depression was America’s weak _________ system
Banking
The Depression didn't start when the stock market crashed on Black Tuesday 1929 but rather following a wave of ____ _______ and surging __________ later on in 1930
Bank failures, unemployment
Guaranteed pensions to Americans, unemployment insurance, and provided care for dependent children and the disabled were three effects of this New Deal Program
Social Security Administration
The Wagner Act allowed American workers the right to
Form a union
How did the Federal Housing Authority discriminate against black people?
Refused to offer mortgages to black people in white neighborhoods
Which economic sector suffered throughout the 1920s prior to the Depression?
Agriculture (Farmers)
What were the primary drivers of the large-scale consumption of consumer products in the 1920s? (There are 2)
Credit spending and installment buying
Why did FDR need to implement even more government programs in a ‘Second New Deal?’
The First New Deal programs did not do enough to end the Depression
This is a Permanent Agency designed to insure depositors money in savings banks. Originally insured up to $5,000 per depositor today it has increased to $100,000.
Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC)
The acreage policy of the Agricultural Adjustment Act lead to over 100 thousand unemployed black workers because 40% of black Americans worked as _______________ during the Depression
Sharecroppers
One of the reasons the Dust Bowl region was so poor during the Depression was that all of the crops in the region were killed when it suffered a ___________ in 1933
Drought
How does The Grapes of Wrath offer an insight on the ways people from the Dust Bowl were adjusting to life during the Great Depression?
It showed the continuous struggles Dust Bowl farmers faced from losing their homes to foreclosure, packing all of their belongings in their car and setting out to California only to be met with more poverty
Conservative Supreme Court Justices started supporting New Deal programs after FDR threatened to do what?
Pack the court with judges that would support New Deal programs
This program is a Permanent Agency set up to monitor stock market activity and ensure that no fraud or insider trading was taking place
Security and Exchange Commission
How did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) discriminate against black people?
Maintained segregated camps