Great Depression
What crashed setting off the Great Depression?
Stock Market
Which program provided financial assistance to the elderly, disabled, and single mothers?
Social Security
True or false: The New Deal was equal for everyone.
False
Who was the architect of the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the height of the Great Depression?
33%
What did the Public Works Program provide?
Jobs
True or false: Unemployment decreased as a result of New Deal programs.
True
What created drought/ruined farming soil which led to a scarcity of crops?
The Dust Bowl
***Daily Double***
Buying on ______ led to stores going out of business and people going into debt.
Credit
What is the name for the collective New Deal Programs (AAA, FDIC, TVA, ect.)?
Alphabet soup
What was built as a result of New Deal job programs?
Parks, dams, post offices, bridges, airports
The three "Rs" are relief, recovery, and...
Reform
How did people lose their savings?
Banks went out of business/lost their money in the stock market
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
How much does the FDIC insure bank accounts today?
Up to $750,000
What was the main concern from Americans regarding the New Deal?
The government increasing power/becoming too involved in their lives
Which president failed to address the Great Depression adequately?
Herbert Hoover
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
The New Deal transformed America from a _____ market economy to a regulated one.
Free
What truly got America out of the Great Depression?
WWII