Vocab Terms
People
Depression Stuff
Dustbowl/New Deal
New Deal Agencies
100
Black Tuesday
What is the day called when the stock market crashed?
100
Walt Disney
What is the creator the movie, "The Three Little Pigs", animator, movie producer, and founder of the Walt Disney Production company.
100
Uneven distribution of income
What is one of the root causes of the Great Depression
100
Dustbowl
When drought and bad farming techniques combine
100
SSA (Social Security Act)
What is the agency which provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children
200
A farmer who moved from Oklahoma to California.
What is an "okie?"
200
John Steinbeck
What is the author of the famous book about the Dustbowl called, "The Grapes of Wrath."
200
On the Margin
What is buying stocks with borrowed money.
200
Dust in their homes, damaged property, sun blocked, ruined crops, grasshopper and rabbit infestation, respiratory illnesses, and death
What are immediate effects of the Dustbowl
200
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
What is the agency which oversaw and regulated all commercial banks. it guaranteed the safety of deposits in member banks
300
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
What is legislation which tried to protect American goods but actually hurt the economy because foreign companies stopped buying American made goods
300
Dorothea Lange
What is the most famous photographer of the 20s. Took the picture of the distraught woman with her children.
300
25 percent
What is the highest national unemployment rate during the Great Depression.
300
15 major pieces of legislation to help fix the economy IMMEDIATELY following FDR's election.
What is, "The Hundred Days."
300
SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission)
What is the agency which regulated the stock market and restricted margin buying to eliminate dishonest practices
400
Keynesian economics
What is deficit spending and government intervention when times are tough?
400
Huey Long
What is Louisiana governor who believed in massive redistribution of wealth, capped the max amount of salary, and wanted free education for all.
400
Textile industry
What is an industry which did NOT struggle during the 20s
400
Court-packing
What is when FDR wanted to expand to 15 Supreme Court Judges
400
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
What is the agency which employed 8 million total. Built many public buildings, projects, and roads. Largest agency in the entire New Deal
500
1. Businesses cut production 2. Workers suffer lay offs 3. People have less money 4. Demand for products declines
What are the steps to financial collapse
500
Franklin Roosevelt
What is the 32nd President of the United States, served 4 terms, and campaigned as, "The New Deal"
500
Abandonment & Suicide
What is ways men coped with the Great Depression
500
The creation of a safety net by the Government for the American people.
What is one legacy of The New Deal
500
AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)
What is the agency which protected farmers from price drops, offered agricultural subsidies, educational programs, and helped to prevent soil erosion
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