Causes
Effects
Presidents
New Deal
New Deal
100

Event that happened in October of 1929 that triggered the Great Depression.

Stock Market Crash

100

Homeless communities named after the president.

Hoovervilles

100

Candidate that won the 1932 presidential election.

FDR

100

The Three Rs.

Relief, Recovery, Reform

100

Programs designed to combat the Great Depression.

The New Deal

200

Reason why people were in debt.

Spending on credit.

200

Drought that plagued the Great Plains.

The Dust Bowl

200

Technology FDR used for his fireside chats.

The radio

200

Importance of the FDIC.

Insures money in the bank - don't lose all money in case of bank failure.

200

AAA stands for

Agricultural Adjustment Act

300

Reason why farmers struggled financially during the Great Depression.

Overproducing crops led to a decrease in profits.

300
Farmers in the Great Plains mainly left for this state during the Dust Bowl.

California

300

Reason why Hoover was slow to react to the Depression.

Rugged individualism

300
People that could work in the CCC.

Young men ages 18-25.

300

Protects workers and ensures the right to unionize.

Wagner Act

400

Two reasons why banks failed.

1) Banks had invested in stock market lost money

2) People panicked and withdrew money from the banks

400

The Bonus Army was made up of these people.

WWI veterans

400

Reason why the 20th amendment was passed.

To shorten the time a lame duck president was in office.

400

Three parts to the Social Security Act

Old age pension

Unemployment compensation

Aid to families with dependent children and aid to disabled.

400

DOUBLE JEOPARDY (2x pts): Choose one New Deal program and provide an argument for which of the 3 R's it falls under.

teacher's decision

500

The tariff that dropped world trade by 40% and led to the worsening of the Great Depression worldwide.

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

500

Two reasons for the Dust Bowl.

Bad farming practices led to dried up soil, drought.

500
In FDR's inaugural speech, how does he contrast himself with Hoover?

By being straightforward about the problems facing the United States.

500

Reasons why both liberals and conservatives criticized the New Deal.

Liberals: programs don't do enough

Conservatives: too much gov't intervention

500

Importance of the emergency banking act.

Revives confidence in the banking system.