This program of the New Deal gave Americans confidence that the money they deposited would be safe because the program guaranteed their money up to $5,000.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
100
This was one of the reasons farmers suffered during the Great Depression.
What is falling crop prices? or What is a surplus? or What is a drought?
100
People borrowed money to buy stocks and could not repay it.
What is one of the causes of the Great Depression?
100
This measures the number of workers without jobs.
What is unemployment?
200
A time in the economy when businesses close and people lose their jobs and money
What is a depression?
200
This program worked to bring electricity to areas that were hard for private electric companies to reach.
What is the Rural Electrification Administration?
200
Drought & overuse of farm land
What were the reasons for the Dust Bowl?
200
President of the United States when the Great Depression began
Who was Herbert Hoover?
200
Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Which states were in the Dust Bowl region?
300
the government does not spend more money than it collects in taxes
What is a balanced budget ?
300
This act set the minimum wage and the maximum number of hours a person could be made to work without receiving overtime.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
300
1920's & 1930's
When did the Dust Bowl occur?
300
This caused other countries to stop buying goods made in the United states.
What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
300
October 29, 1929
When did the stock market crash? or What is Black Tuesday?
400
an idea for a law to be passed by Congress
What is a bill?
400
This act was designed to help farmers by paying them money not to grow certain crops. This act was later ruled unconstitutional.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
400
This program hired people to build roads, repair & build bridges, and create parks. It also hired artists to record life during the Great Depression.
What is the Works Progress Administration?
400
President of the United States that introduced New Deal programs
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
People lost jobs, families became homeless, people built shantytowns, hunger became a problem
What were some of the affects of the Great Depression?
500
payment made to Americans once they reach retirement age
What is a pension?
500
This act promised workers the right to organize labor unions and allowed workers to choose union representatives to bargain with employers for better working conditions.
What is the National Industrial Recovery Act?
500
This program cleared the river & built hydroelectric dams that helped control flooding and produced electricity for this poor region.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
500
This program hired single men between ages 17-23 to work on government lands and to take part in conservation activities.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
500
This is the lowest amount a person can be paid per hour.