Ups and Downs
I am a model for economic growth
What is the business cycle?
Name for a place fon18- 24 year old to find work during the depression
What was the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
A French term meaning “hands off”
What is laissez-faire?
The letter “E” in the acronym CUTE - a cause of the depression?
What is easy credit?
A critic of President Roosevelt who also blamed the Jews for the depression
Who is Father Coughlin?
When the economy stops growing
What is the peak?
A New Deal policy to insure your money at your bank
What is the FDIC?
President Hoover’s idea of helping oneself out of the depression
What is “rugged individualism” or self reliance?
The second R of the New Deal plan
What is recovery?
First woman to serve in a presidents cabinet
Who was Francis Perkins?
An economic downturn for at least (6)months
What is a recession?
The (3) letter abbreviation for the president during the Great Depression
What was FDR?
Name given to Roosevelt’s group of New Deal Advisors
What is the brain trust?
The initials of the longest serving president of the US
What is FDR?
President Roosevelt’s “eyes and ears”?
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
A period of time from 1929 to 1939
What is the Great Depression?
A new Deal program to regulate stock market transaction
What is the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission)?
Fearful people trying frantically to get their money out of the bank during the Great Depression
What is a run on the bank?
The letters AAA, WPA and CCC are all part of this
What is the New Deal?
Roosevelt called then them”the nine old men”?
Who was the Supreme Court?
Economic term for a time of economic growth after hitting a trough
What is recovery?
The New Deal policy designed to help the elderly and short term unemployed
What is Social Security?
President Roosevelt’s plan to spend more money than the government had to try and get the US out of the Depression
What is deficit spending?
The New Deal program that created the largest amount of new job
What was the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?
This minority group probably benefitted the most during the Great Depression
Who are Native Americans?