The End of Prosperity
The economic downturn that began in 1929 that was long and severe.
What was the Great Depression?
The name of the programs Roosevelt made to help aid economic recovery.
What was the New Deal?
massive dust storms swept the region, turning parts of the Great Plains into this
What is the Dust Bowl?
The President that led the United States through the Great Depression and World War 2. Was president for 12 years, longer than any other president in office.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The U.S. super market crashed in 1929
False: The U.S. stock market crashed in 1929
The up-and-down pattern among the economy.
What is the business cycle?
What were fireside chats?
music that helped people forget their troubles
What is swing music?
An Author during the Great Depression that was highly affected.
Who was John Steinbeck?
Roosevelt clashed with the Supreme Court over the Square Deal
False: Roosevelt clashed with the Supreme Court over the New Deal
One if the only programs Hoover created to try too help aid the victims of the depression. This program loaned $1.2 billion to 5,000 different financial institutions.
What was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)?
What was established to help maintain stability in the United States financial system.
What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corperation (FDIC)?
a cause of the New Deal (state any cause)
What was the stock market crash, the banking crisis, soaring unemployment, farmers' troubles, or widespread poverty?
movies of this person were among Hollywood's top moneymakers in the late 1930s
Who is Shirley Temple?
Many Americans were dissatisfied with Hoover's reaction to economic conditions.
True:
The day the stock market crashed. ( month, year, and day.)
When was Black Tuesday, October, 1929?
The Administration that employed over 4 million Americans to build roads, buildings, and airports.
What was the Civil Works Administration?
an effect of the New Deal (state any effect)
What was the expanded role of federal government, the creation of major programs such as Social Security and the FDIC, or providing hope and relief to many Americans but didn't end the Great Depression?
The Photographer that was well known for her documentations of the conditions of the poor during the Great Depression.
Who was Dorothea Lange?
Depression-era culture helped lift peoples spirits.
True:
A stock market that is very healthy and prosperous.
What is a Bull Market?
The Dam in Washington that was built during the second New Deal under the Works Progress Administration.
What was the Grand Coulee Dam?
where many people drove to look for work
What is California?
The critic that disliked the New Deal and proposed the idea of giving a pension to anybody over the age of 60.
Who was Dr. Francis Townsend?
False: For American farmers, hard times began well before the Great Depression