Alphabet soup
This legislation create national system of pensions for elderly and unemployed compensation for people who lost their jobs
Social Security Act (SSA)
Unlike the organization which shares the same initials, this organization had nothing to do with firearms. Instead it regulated wages and prices
National Recovery Administration (NRA)(most controversial)
This president was a self made man who believed in individualism
Herbert Hoover
The American economy at the time of Hoover's Election can best be described as this
Prosperous or Booming
Migrant farm workers who left dust bowl states to find work in California in 1930’s
Okies
This organization was created to restore faith in banks and insure deposits
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This program electrified rural America
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
During his presidency, prohibition ended
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This event sparked the time in American history known as the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
He supported subsidies and killing livestock to combat overproduction
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
This organization employed young men like Mr. Batchelor’s grandfather in outdoor work
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
This act allowed gov’t to assess the stability of banks to decide which should stay open
Emergency Banking Act (EBA)
One of two organizations Hoover believed should help the needy
Local gov’ts and charities
In early 1930’s: Inside-out pockets, shack towns, and newspapers
Hooverville, Hooverblankets, Hooverflags
A surplus of primarily these two agricultural goods (one plant, one animal) resulted in hard economic times for farmers because they drove the price of farm goods down
Wheat and Cow
This organization provided young people with job training and educational scholarships
National youth administration (NYA)
This organization paid farmers to plow under crops and destroy livestock
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
His initial response to the Great Depression was that it would be short lived
Herbert Hoover
This was the purpose of FDR’s first fireside chat
To restore faith in economy
Name two of the four causes of the Dust Bowl
Homestead Act of 1862, overproduction, drought, and geography
This act provided direct relief to the needy
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
This organization created to regulate stock market
Security and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Roosevelt promised these three “R”s during his campaign for president
Relief, recovery, and reform
During this time period of FDR’s administration congress passed 15 pieces of emergency legislation
“The First 100 Days”
Herbert Hoover believed this type of economics would aid the Depression stricken country
Trickle-Down or Supply-Side economics