Crash of the '29
What year did the stock market crash that began the Great Depression occur?
1929
Define Dust Bowl
ecological and agricultural crisis in the 1930s Great Plains
Which president created the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the Senator?
Robert Wagner
The New Deal helped jobs, ___, and security
wages
What was the nickname for October 29, 1929, when the market collapsed?
Black Tuesday
____ Tariff was a retaliatory tariff placed on other countries
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
What was the New Deal's main goal
TO provide relief, recovery, and reform
What term describes people who lost their homes and built makeshift shelters?
Hoovervilles residents
The _____ government has an active role in economy now.
Federal
What was one major cause of the stock market crash?
People borrowing money to buy stocks
What was the unemployment rate at the height of the Depression?
about 25%
What things did the Social Security Act provide? List two
Old age pension, unemployment insurance, economic aid
What were the Veterans camp in Washington, D.C called
Bonus Army
What were the political changes
Higher voter turnout and democratic coalition
Which U.S. president was in office when the Great Depression began?
Herbert Hoover
Whos lives were mainly affected?
Middle/working class
Which agency built American's infastructure
WPA
Who were the most visible group that moved during the Depression
"Okies"
What 1939 film depicted the struggles of Dust Bowl migrants?
Grapes of Wrath
How did banks contribute to the economic collapse after the crash?
They failed when too many people withdrew their savings at once
____ was a belief where Americans could form voluntary organizations to solve ____.
Two main recovery programs to stabilize the economy:
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
What disease left FDR paralyzed from the waist down?
Polio
What fixed the Great Depression
A combination of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs and the massive industrial mobilization for World War II.