Causes
This famous event in 1929 triggered the Great Depression; it did not necessarily cause it.
What was the stock market crash? (Black Tuesday)
The name given to World War I veterans who protested for their bonuses in Washington DC.
What was the Bonus Army?
FDR was famously physically disabled by this disease in the 1920's.
What was polio?
This was the New Deal program nearest and dearest to FDR's heart--conserve the natural world!
What was the CCC?
FDR's wife, and a famous and important first lady!
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
This was the famous term that described when everyone would rush to take their money out of a bank, thus causing it to crash.
What was a "run on the bank?"
This was a famous name given to the homeless cities that popped up across the country in the early days of the Depression.
What were "Hoovervilles?"
FDR was the first president to make great use of this new technology.
What was the radio?
This was the government's effort to regulate American agriculture--it generated a lot of controversy.
What was the AAA?
This song was actually a socialist protest song; kind of puts a new spin on elementary school kids singing it!
What was, "This Land is Your Land?"
This was the economic structure of 1920's-America--in particular, how was the income of this era distributed?
Pyramid society, most of the money on top
This was the name given to a series of programs where FDR tried to expand the power of the government to fight the Depression.
What was the New Deal?
The name given to a series of speeches when FDR would directly address the American people through the radio.
What were the Fireside Chats?
This was an ambitious effort to regulate American businesses; the Supreme Court eventually struck this down.
What was the NRA?
This was the name given to FDR's efforts to reshape the Supreme Court--it put a dent in his popularity.
What was Court Packing?
This was another fancy name for "credit," a major contributer to the economic crash
What was "installment/installment plan?"
This act raised taxes on foreign goods; it was one of Hoover's main responses to the Depression
What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
This was the most famous quote of FDR's first presidential speech to the American people.
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!"
This was the longest lasting program of the New Deal; young Americans would pay for older Americans, and their kids would do the same for them.
What is Social Security?
This was a major New Deal achievement; all jobs need to pay their workers a certain amount!
What is a minimum wage?
This was a term that described when a company would order all their debts paid at once; often, people could not pay and simply went bankrupt
What was a "margin call?"
The famous name given to a drought that ravaged the Midwest during the Depression.
What was the Dust Bowl?
FDR ran--and won--this many elections for president.
What was four?
This program helped to light up the country by building new dams and water storage for hydroelectric power!
What was the TVA?
When this famous baseball player was asked why he was making more money than President Herbert Hoover, he responded: "I'm having a better year than he is!"
Who was Babe Ruth?