Vocabulary
When groups go to pull all their money out of the bank at the same time.
Bank Run
What caused the Great Depression? Select THREE correct answers.
The stock market crashed
People were buying stock on credit
Banks failed due to bank runs
Which New Deal Program focused on giving jobs electrifying the South?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What reason would someone give for supporting the Share Our Wealth Plan?
The New Deal wasn't doing enough to solve poverty.
What was the court packing scheme?
Roosevelt wanted to add more justices to the Supreme Court to support his New Deal.
The idea that the economy is moved by individual choices and regulates itself.
The Invisible Hand
What were Hoovervilles?
A nickname for slums
Why did President Roosevelt believe work programs would help the economy.
By getting people back to work it would allow increased spending, helping other businesses.
How did Huey Long benefit education in Louisiana?
He gave out textbooks for free, so the children wouldn't have to pay.
What economic reason did people have not to support the New Deal?
They said the New Deal didn't allow the economy to readjust.
Projects and jobs given out by the government for the public good.
Public Works
How many Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?
25 percent
What New Deal Program was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
National Recovery Act
How did Huey Long help fight poverty in Louisiana? Select THREE correct answers.
He constructed roads
He constructed bridges
He constructed hospitals
What reasons could the New Deal be said to be a failure? Select TWO correct answers.
There was another recession during the depression.
The depression did not fully end until World War 2.
An economic term, describing when the economy shrinks to an extreme degree.
Depression
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Over-farming destroyed the topsoil
Why did President Roosevelt believe introducing government regulations would help the economy?
He believed these regulations would stabilize the economy.
Why did some people not like Huey Long?
They believed he was acting like a dictator.
What was the public’s reaction to the Court Packing scheme? Why did the public feel that way?
They didn't like it, because it seemed dictatorial. (Expand on this idea)
A neighborhood of small, crudely built shacks.
Shanties
Why did Americans not like Herbert Hoover?
They thought he wasn't doing enough. (Expand on this idea)
How did Franklin Roosevelt connect with the American people?
He used the radio to have fireside chats with the American people.
What was the idea behind Huey Long’s Share Our Wealth Plan?
Redistribute excess wealth from the rich to give to the poor. (Expand on this idea)
In what ways does the government attempting to help the poor by creating jobs benefit the economy? In what ways does the government attempting to help the poor by creating jobs harm the economy? Was Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal more beneficial or harmful to America?
Answers will vary from student to student.
Those in support of the New Deal will talk about the benefits the programs gave.
Those opposed to the New Deal will talk about what is given up in those programs.