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Dustbowl
Depression Econ
Recovery
Relief
Reform
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term that describes the devastation of the Great Plains by drought
What is Dust Bowl
100
On Oct 24, 1929 investors responded to concerns about the economy by
What is sellin off stocks
100
In the aftermath of the crash, industrialized nations around the world took measures to
What is protect themselves by passing high tariffs
100
During the depression Hoover was attacked because many Americans believed what?
He did not fully grasp or care about how desperate the American people were.
100
When FDR became president he named this woman to his Secretary of Labor - she became the first woman to ever serve in the cabinet.
What is Francis Perkins
200
long period without rain
Drought
200
The total value of all goods and services produced in a nation is called the
What is Gross National Product (GNP)
200
What newly created entity helped to restore peoples faith in banks?
What is FDIC(Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
200
New Deal program that provided public works jobs for many of those needing relief
What is CWA (Civil Works Administration)
200
The centerpiece of the Second New Deal was
What is Social Security Act
300
The dust storms made it difficult to farm by
What is stripping off the topsoil and blowing it away
300
Black Tuesday referred to the
What is the collapse of the stock market
300
The last major New Deal law was
What is Wagner Act
300
The fair labor standards act set a ?
What is minimum wage
300
This program sought to reform an entire region of the US by building dams and other projects along a major river
What is TVA(Tennessee Valley Authority)
400
What situation signaled economic weakness in the US in the 1920's
What is uneven distribution of wealth
400
The woman who was the leader of the black cabinet
What is Mary McLeod Bethune
400
Program that employed millions across the country - built public works such as libraries, state parks, bridges, etc.
What is WPA(Works Progress Administration)
400
This bank served(s) as the US's central bank
What is Federal Reserve
500
Sprawling neighborhoods where people lived in rickety shacks were known as
What is Hoovervilles
500
The CCC wsa formed to
What is solve problem of young men having difficulty of finding jobs.
500
During the Hundred Days, why was a program approved to pay farmers not to grow crops?
What is to raise demand and drive up prices