Causes
This practice of buying and selling stocks too much in the 1920s led to the Crash in 1929
Buying on margin or speculation
This is the nickname for the day the stock market crashed in 1929
Black Tuesday
This program provided banking insurance. If a bank failed, you would not lose everything!
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This was a program designed to provide employment and energy sources for the under-developed South
Tennessee Valley Authority
CCC, WPA, TVA, NRA: Unemployment Relief or Fixing The Banks?
Unemployment Relief
This disaster ruined American farm lands when wind storms blew away over-worked soil
Dust Bowl
Hoover believed in this style of economics which meant little government action in fixing the Great Depression
Laissez-Faire
Its main purpose was to establish the legal right of most workers (notably excepting agricultural and domestic workers) to organize or join labor union
Wagner Act
This act gave relief to farmers and outlined how to protect soil to prevent future "dust bowls"
Agricultural Adjustment Act
SEC, FDIC, EBA and Bank Holiday: Unemployment Relief or Fixing the Banks?
Fixing The Banks
Due to America's rise in industry, the 1920s saw this... making lots of money
Economic Boom
This was the march of WWI veterans to Washington DC that was violently broken up by President Hoover
Bonus Army
Radio addresses done by President FDR to update Americans on how the government was working to fix the Great Depression
Fireside Chats
This program gave jobs outdoors, food, clothes, and a place to sleep for young men
Civilian Conservation Corps
The main critics of the FDR's New Deal claimed he was being a...
Socialist
This certain tax made world economies mad at the USA by making their imported products very expensive.
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
FDR's "New Deal" had 3 goals, or 3 Rs. What were they?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This was the event where FDR closed all banks until they could be inspected and approved for a re-opening
Bank Holiday
These two groups gave job opportunities to Americans by creating construction projects that would build roads, hospitals, airports and other infrastructures.
Works Progress Administration
The cause of Americas first red scare was fear of this government style
Communism
Germany had to pay billions of WWI reparations, what US Law tried to help them?
Dawes Plan
This was the name given to giant homeless camps in cities during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
The most important New Deal act. It provided the "federal safety net" needed for all future Americans that would struggle with employment or tragedy
Social Security
This program created the 40-hour work week, minimum wage, supported labor unions, and put rules on trusts/monopolies.
National Recovery Administration
FDR's plan to add more supreme court justices that would pass his laws
Court Packing