Origins of The Great Depression
The event that is considered the starting point of the Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929
This French term was used to describe government intervention in the economy before Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Laissez-Faire
This New Deal program aimed to provide jobs through public works projects
The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This group of Americans often felt left out of New Deal programs
African Americans
What Depression-era safety net still sends out checks to retirees today?
Social Security
Which President was in office when the Great Depression began?
Herbert Hoover
This New Deal program was created to provide pensions for the elderly
Social Security
This New Deal agency focused on regulating the stock market
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
This New Deal program faced criticism for causing environmental damage through its projects
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
New Deal politics allow workers to this day to form this type of group, traditionally to advocate for their interests in the workplace
Union
What was the name given to the region experiencing severe droughts?
The Dust bowl
The Federal Government Insurance Corporation was created by this 1933 act, which separated commercial and investment banking?
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
Monumental construction project that sits on the Colorado River
Hoover Dam
Regarded as the most important "voice of protest", This Louisiana Senator proposed a Share Our Wealth program
Huey Long
This type of labor is no longer practiced thanks to the National Industry Recovery Act
Child Labor
What industry was hit the hardest initially by the Great Depression?
Banking
This agency protects bank depositors against the loss of insured deposits in the event of a bank failure
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This organization created in 1933 offered cash incentives to farmers in an effort to raise the prices of agricultural commodities
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Despite New Deal efforts, this remained stubbornly high by the end of the 1930s?
Unemployment
After the New Deal, Americans came to see the government as an ally, as opposed to being previously seen as this term
A "government out of sight"
How did market behavior affect the Great Depression? (2 words)
Overproduction;Underconsumption
The President that initiated the New Deal programs?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) built these along the Tennessee River to bring economic stability to a chronically depressed region
Hydroelectric Dams
The day that The Supreme Court ruled the NRA unconstitutional is referred to as?
Black Monday
This Bill afforded New Deal-style social benefits to veterans
G.I. Bill