Leading into the Great Depression
What Bill proposed price-supports on wheat, corn, cotton, and tobacco?
McNary-Haugen Bill
What was the name of the Average that people used to measure the stock market?
Dow Jones Industrial Average
What European Country that had heavy war debts suffered hyper inflation in 1920?
Germany
What was a Shanty town during the Great Depression called?
Hooverville
Who won the election of 1932 and replaced the previous president?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
What was it called when Roosevelt addressed the nation over radio?
Fireside chats
What Act made allowed the Federal Government to close the banks and judge them before reopening.
Emergency Banking Relief Act
What Act granted aid to local and state governments that had created soup kitchens and other aids for its citizens?
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
What Act replaced NIRA which was struck down by the supreme Court?
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
Who ran against FDR in 1936 and was defeated handily?
Alf Landon
What Act created a federal minimum wage, ruled that time and a half pay would start after a 40 hour week and put child labor laws down for children under the age of 16.
Fair Labor Standards Act
What happened to the amount of women in the work force during the Great Depression?
It increased
This president vetoed the McNary-Haugen bill. He used to be the governor of Massachusetts.
Calvin Cooledge
What is the type of market where people think things will improve?
What is the type of market where people think things will decline?
Must give them in the correct order
Bull and Bear
What tariff raised some import taxes to over 60%?
Hawley Smoot Tariff
What were empty pockets pulled outwards called?
Hoover Flag
What amendment moved up the president's inauguration to January?
20th Amendment
What amendment got rid of Prohibition? (You should know this by now)
21st
What Act Encouraged Farmers to not use every Acre of land?
Agricultural Adjustment Act [AAA]
What program created and funded infrastructure projects for local and state governments with federal funds?
Public Works Administration (PWA)
What program was created to help elderly retirees and was funded by a tax on paychecks?
Social Security
Answer Respectively
Who thought that the federal government had grown too much?
Who thought that the federal government did not do enough for ethnic minorities, women, and the elderly?
Conservative critics
Liberal Critics
what type of economic Event happened from the end of 1937 to the start of 1938 because there were decreasing federal programs and increasing taxes at the same time?
Recession
Who did Eleanor Roosevelt allow to sing at the Lincoln Memorial after she was denied Constitution Hall?
Marian Anderson
What was happening to the price of food through the 1920s?
Food prices were falling
What day did the Stock market crash start?
Black Thursday October 24th 1929
What did Hoover oppose thinking that it Promoted dependency and weakened moral fiber?
Welfare Programs
What was it called when farmers stopped working, and even possibly destroyed their own products then sell at lower prices?
farm holiday
What were the 3Rs of the new Deal?
Recovery
Reform
Relief
What was FDR's reforms called?
New Deal
What Act increased Regulation of he banks and created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]?
Glass-Stegall Act
What program expanded the WPA and added Federal infrastructure projects?
Civil Works Administration
What was the Supreme Court threatened with after striking down some of the First New Deal's Law? this allowed the Second New Deal to remain valid
Court Packing
Who was a Louisiana Politician that was a supporter of a wealth distribution system called "Share our Wealth"?
Huey P. Long
what type of murders were happening to African Americans during the 1930s still?
Lynching
What was the region of the US that was the hardest hit by drought and dust storms?
Dust Bowl
Who became President in 1928 while the economy was booming?
Herbert Hoover
What day did the Stock market crash end?
Black Tuesday October 29 1929
What did Hoover ask Employers, labor unions, and charities to do at the start of the Depression?
Need to give each item in the correct order.
Asked employers not to layoff workers or cut pay
Asked labor unions not to go on strike
Organized charity groups to help the poorest
Give one example of a couple of the new approaches that Hoover tried later in his presidency but it was too late?
Federal Farm Board and National Credit Corporation
What time period was a special session of congress at the start of FDR term? It is now considered the most important part of a president's term for getting policy passed.
first Hundred Days
What Program provided refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures?
Homeowners Loan Corporation [HOLC]
What government body was created to regulate the stock market and place limits on speculative practices?
Securities and Exchange Commission.
What program employed Young men on Federals land and sent money to their families?
Civilian Conservation Corps
What program provided loans to sharecroppers, tenants, and small farmers?
Resettlement Administration (RA)
Who wanted more support for the elderly before Social Security passed?
Dr. Francis E. Townsend
Who threatened strikes if FDR did not implement a way for equal job opportunities for African Americans?
A. Philip Randolph
What were people called who fled the dust Bowl?
Okies
This is the process of buying stock with loans?
Buying on margin
What type of events happened at banks that made the collapse worse?
Bank runs
What building did Hoover approve the construction of for over $700 million dollar? It took about 5 years to build.
Hoover Dam
What group marched in support of the Patman Bill that would have made a payment plan for WW1 vets extra pay?
Bonus Army
what did Roosevelt declare for March 6th, a few days after his inauguration? He communicated this over radio.
Bank Holiday
What Act was instituted during the Frist New Deal and was an attempt to aid workers with reasonable hours and aided unions? This Act was struck down by the Supreme Court.
National Industrial Recovery Act [NIRA]
What Act aided people to get loans to build new houses or renovate old ones?
Federal Housing Administration? [FHA]
What was created in one of the poorest regions of the US to supply jobs and cheaper power?
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
What administration provided loans for electrical cooperatives in rural areas?
Rural Electrification Administration (REA)
What was the type of funding the feral government used during the Great Depression?
Deficit spending
Who was placed in charge of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1933 and was able to aid Native Americans through his role?
john Collier
What was the Service created to try and help the farmers who were affected by the enviromental problems in the 1930s?
Soil Conservation Service