Truth or False
The Great Depression is defined as a money problem that only happend in the US.
False, A deep economic downturn that was from 1929 - 1940s
Another name for shantytowns
Why did FDR want to change the Supreme Court?
Said they were old fashioned, stuck in horse & buggy thinking
The act employed young men in conversation projects like planting trees or creating parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
What is Bull Market
An upward trend in the stock market
Shantytowns are makesift homes built from junk built during the Depression.
True
Author of the book "Gone With the Wind" about the Old South
Margaret Mitchell
Types of strike where workers refuse to leave a factory.
sit down strike
This act encouraged pride in America by hiring artists and writers to create positive art.
Federal Project #1
What was October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday, the day the stock market crashed.
Margin buying is buying stocks with borrowed money.
True
Hoover's beleif that sucess comes from hard work and individual effort.
Rugged individualism
How did FDR communicate with the American people?
Radio broadcasts called "Fireside chats"
This act gaurenteed labors right to form unions and bargain collectiviley
Wagner-Connery Act
Gross National Product?
Total of all goods and services made in a country in a year.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act is smallest tariff in US history.
False, Highest tariff in US history
This act guarenteed labors right to form unions and bargain collectively
Wagner-Connery Act
Which of these things IS NOT something provided by the Social Security Act.
- pensions for retirees
- promise of a job when you lose yours
- death/disabilitly insurance
- promise of a job when you lose yours
Which act provided jobs for high school/college aged kids IF THEY STAY IN SCHOOL?
National Youth Administration (NYA)
Author of "The Grapes of Wrath"
John Steinbeck
The business cycle is the cycle between when you start your career and you retire.
False, The regular ups and downs of business.
This is Hoover's beleif that sucess comes from hard work and individual effort.
Rugged individualism
How did FDR want to reform the Supreme Court?
Add 1 new judge for each one 70 or older
This act employed young men in conversavtion projects like planting trees or creating parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Name of photographer who took pictures of people during the Depression named "Migrant Mother"
Dotothea Lange