Vocabulary
In economics, making more of a product than can be sold.
What is overproduction?
So many of FDR's new programs were known by initials that they became known as this.
What is alphabet soup?
Name 2 states that were affected by the Dust Bowl.
What are Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico?
Many banks had to shut down because people took all of their money out. This was referred to as _______.
What are bank runs?
This occurred in October 1929.
What is the stock market crash?
When you don't have enough money to pay back what you owe.
What is bankrupt?
This alphabet soup program planted trees, fought forest fires, built bridges, built roads, etc.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
The Dust Bowl was caused by poor farming and a severe ____________.
What is drought?
This rose to about 25% during the Great Depression which caused families to become even more poor.
What is unemployment?
People bought things that they couldn't afford using ___________.
What is credit?
An economic system based on private ownership of property.
What is capitalism?
FDR set the standard for accomplishing things in the beginning of the presidency within this amount of time.
What is the first 100 days?
Giant dust storms were called this.
What are black blizzards?
Shanty towns were also called ____________.
What are Hoovervilles?
Products were produced quickly and faster than consumers could buy them.
What is overproduction?
A government's strategy in dealing with other nations.
What is foreign policy?
This alphabet soup program helps people that are unemployed, disabled, and elderly.
What is social security?
Many farmers migrated to this state during the Dust Bowl.
What is California?
This President did not believe that it was the government's responsibility to help people recover from the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This was placed on American goods and made things too expensive for foreign countries.
What are tariffs?
Name given to FDR's program to end the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
FDR discussed his New Deal programs during these radio events.
What are fireside chats?
Poor farmers who moved from the Dust Bowl to California were often referred to as _________.
What are Okies?
This famous photographer took hundreds of pictures that showed people's emotions during the Great Depression.
Who is Dorothea Lange?
People tried to sell their stocks, but there were no buyers when this happened.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?