Lesson 1
The Roaring Twenties gave way to a severe economic decline known by this nickname.
The Great Depression
The first name of FDR's wife. She was an author, diplomat, and humanitarian who helped young people and minorities.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The 1930s drought of North American prairie farm land, and its consequences during the Great Depression.
The Dust Bowl
The 32nd President of the US. He led the country through the Great Depression and WWII. He served four terms, more than any other president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR's plan to end the Great Depression.
The New Deal
What or WHO caused the Great Depression? Many political cartoons said, "BLAME IT ON _______"
HOOVER
When people lost faith in these, the FDIC was established.
banks
Texas
He was the president before Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt won reelection by a huge margin in 1936, carrying every state but Maine and Vermont. THIS PARTY expanded its dominant control of Congress.
Democrats
The process of buying stocks with credit, hoping to sell at a high enough price to pay the loan and make a profit.
buying on the margin
What problem led to the creation of Social Security?
elderly lack financial security
2-word name for the radio programs in which FDR explained his plan for recovery from the Great Depression.
Fireside Chats
This Oklahoma-born folk singer crisscrossed the country singing his songs of loss and struggle. One contained the line, “All along your green valley I’ll work till I die”—a grim reality for some Americans.
Woody Guthrie
A rhythm in which an economy expands and contracts its production.
the business cycle
October 29, 1929 is known by this nickname.
Black Tuesday
What problem led to the creation of the Wagner Act?
many workers do not earn a decent wage/unions were strengthened
Starting in 1935, new projects began to put the country’s painters, sculptors, writers, and actors to work. Name the government program or the abbreviation.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This author was deeply affected by the Great Depression. Depression life became a main theme of his most famous novel, The Grapes of Wrath. The novel tells the story of the Joads, a family of farmers who are forced to move to California for work.
John Steinbeck
What problem led to the creation of the Wagner Act?
many workers do not earn a decent wage so it strengthened unions
A group of WWI veterans that demanded their bonus payments early.
The Bonus Army
High unemployment led to the creation of 3 government programs to provide jobs. Name one of these programs (either by full name or 3-letter abbreviation.)
CWA, CCC, and WPA Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Civil Works Administration (CWA) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Mary McLeod Bethune was one of several African Americans Roosevelt appointed to his administration. Other members included Walter White, Robert C. Weaver, and William Henry Hastie. These advisers became known as the _____ _________. Their role was to advance the concerns of African Americans in the Roosevelt White House.
The Black Cabinet
An African American educator and leader who rose to national prominence during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, who appointed her director of the National Youth Administration’s Division of Negro Affairs.
Mary McLeod Bethune
A governmental agency designed to bring jobs and electricity to rural areas of the Tennessee River valley.
Tennessee Valley Authority