Stock Market
This president was blamed for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
These were the names of poor, dirty tent towns that the homeless lived in during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
This president won the election of 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This was FDR's policy to help the nation recover during the Great Depression by creating new government programs and projects
The New Deal
What was the name of the disease that causes temporary or permanent paralysis?
Poliomyelitis
Name one thing that caused the Great Depression
Risky Loans, Bank Runs, Bank Closures, Drop in Production, Rise in Unemployment, etc.
This group of people marched on Washington to demand their paycheck from the government after serving in World War I
Bonus Army
This is why Herbert Hoover thought everything would be alright during the Great Depression
The economy has natural downturns, it would come back
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Governor of Louisiana & the most serious challenge to the New Deal; his program ideas suggested dramatically redistributing money from the rich to the poor; assassinated in 1935
Huey Long
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it
Stock Market Crash
October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
This was an environmental disaster that wiped out farms in the center of America during the Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
This is when FDR would get on the radio and reassure Americans that everything would be alright
Fireside Chats
These are FDR's 3 R's for the New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This is when the government takes taxes out of everyone's paychecks to help the needy, like children, people with disabilities, or retirees
Social Security
What is overproduction?
What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.
People took these, often westward, during the Great Depression, to escape their current situation and start over somewhere else
Trains/Railroads
Describe the Great Depression
1929 to 1940; when the US economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed
New Deal Programs: This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills to help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's.
CCC
This is when FDR tried to add justices to the Supreme Court so they would pass his New Deal legislation
Court Packing Fiasco of 1937
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
"buying on margin" or "Doubling Down" or On Margin.
This is FDR's famous quote from his inauguration speech
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Name one Hoover policy that succeeded in ending the Great Depression
None
The New Deal is also referred to as this, "FDR's First ____ _____"
Hundred Days
Name 1 thing that the government invested in during the 1930s
Art, Literature, Movies, Infrastructure, Roads, Bridges, Hospitals, Schools