Causes of the Great Depression
Factories made too many consumer goods and farmers grew too many crops.
What is overproduction?
This ecological disaster was happening across the Great Plains, adding to the misery of the Depression for many.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This president had a plan called the New Deal to help get America out of the Great Depression.
Who is FDR?
This president was not seen as doing enough to end the depression and people named shanty towns after him.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This one of the 3 R's tried to keep another depression from ever happening again.
What is Reform?
To make risky investments in the hope of making big profits.
What is speculation?
The talks that Roosevelt had with the American people over the radio, speaking directly to them.
What are fireside chats?
These were the "3 R's" of the New Deal.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
This president went on to be elected to a record setting four terms.
Who is FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)?
This large public works project in the Southwest helped bring electricity to Las Vegas.
What is the Hoover Dam?
People were able to buy expensive products by putting a small amount of money down and paying it off over time.
What is an installment plan?
At the peak of the Depression, what percentage of people were unemployed?
What is 25%?
This new deal agency protects and insures peoples' money that is deposited in banks.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Act)?
This first lady was one of the first presidential spouses to play a role in their husband's presidency.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This time period was when FDR wanted to accomplish as much as he could and many future presidents would be judged by what they could accomplish in this time period.
What is the first 100 days?
What is the stock market crash/"Black Tuesday"?
This was a conservative criticism of the New Deal.
What are:
1. Debt
2. Too much Gov. Power
3. Regulations hurt business
This new deal agency employed Americans to build public works projects and improve national parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This critic of the New Deal was governor of Louisianna and thought everyone should get a guaranteed income from the government.
Who is Huey Long?
After FDR's presidency, this amendment limited future presidents to 2 terms, or 10 years in office.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
The thing that makes buying stocks on margin risky.
What is if the price of the stock goes down, you owe more money than what the stock is worth?
This group of down on their luck veterans marched on Washington, and Hoover used military to make them disperse.
What is the Bonus Army?
This new deal law offered money to farmers so they could reduce their output and raise prices.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
This critic of the new deal was a priest with a popular radio show.
Who is Father Coughlin?
What was FDR's Court packing plan and why did he seek to do this?
He wanted to add 6 judges to the supreme court. The court ruled some new deal programs unconstitutional so he wanted to add judges that would be loyal to him.