People
Vocabulary
New Deal
Second New Deal
Miscellaneous
100
organized the Share-Our-Wealth plan
Who is Huey P. Long?
100
investing money in a high risk situation
What is speculation?
100
law that created a supplemental pension plan for retired workers over age 65
What is Social Security Act?
100
workers built dams to provide hydroelectric power to rural families
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
100
3 causes of the Great Depression
What were stock market crash, overproduction, and bank failures?
200
Catholic priest in a Detroit suburb who criticized the New Deal
Who is Charles Coughlin?
200
clusters of shacks from cardboard boxes or scrap wood
What are Hoovervilles?
200
raised US duties on imports to an all time high
What is the Smoot Hawley Tariff?
200
workers for this program built bridges, parks, public roads, and roads
What is the Public Works Administration?
200
the message in FDR's first fireside chat
What is American people can safely return their money to the banks?
300
former relief supervisor in New York who was chosen to head the FERA
Who is Harry L. Hopkins?
300
groups of experts gathered by FDR to give him advice on policies and programs
What is Brain Trust?
300
WWI veterans who demanded immediate payment of their war bonuses
What is Bonus Army?
300
Roosevelts idea to get Supreme Court support
What is increase number of justices from 9 to 15 so he could appoint them?
300
he believed that private charity, not federal aid, what the American Way
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
the first female cabinet member
What is Frances Perkins?
400
October 29th 1929
What is Black Tuesday?
400
eliminated unfair competition and prevented business failures
What is National Industry Recovery Act?
400
this program brought electrical power to isolated rural areas
What is Rural Electrification Administration?
400
buying stocks on credit with a loan from the broker
What is buying on margin?
500
proposed the Old Age Revolving Pension plan
Who is Dr. Francis Townshend?
500
continuing drop in stock prices
What is bear market?
500
the amount insured by the FDIC
What is $5000?
500
paid farmers to voluntarily limit crop production
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
500
the secretary of Treasure during the Panic of 1929
Who is Andrew Mellon?
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