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 1920s.
What was polio?
This was the New Deal program nearest and dearest to FDR's heart — it aimed to conserve the natural world.
What was the CCC?
FDR's wife was a famous and important first lady!
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
This was the famous term for the moment when everyone rushed to withdraw their money from a bank, causing it to crash.
What was a "bank run"
This was a famous term for the homeless cities that sprang 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 significant controversy.
What was the AAA?
This famous book, written by this famous author, reflects aspects of migrant farmers and other laborers during the Great Depression.
The Grapes of Wrath; John Steinbeck
This was the economic structure of 1920s America — specifically, how was income distributed in this era?
Unequal Distribution of Wealth
This was the name given to a series of programs in which FDR sought to expand the government's power to fight the Depression.
What was the New Deal?
The name given to a series of speeches in which 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 "easy credit," a major contributor to the economic crash
What was "installment/installment plan?"
Herbert Hoover's efforts early in the years of the depression were focused on volunteerism and what?
a) New Deal Polices
b) localism
C) Pump priming
b) localism, a policy whereby local and state governments act as primary agents of economic relief
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!"
A long-lasting program of the New Deal, it established a pension system for retirees, workers' compensation for on-the-job injuries, and aid for the disabled.
What is Social Security?
Second New Deal achievement: all employers must pay their workers at least a certain amount. What was that amount?
What is a minimum wage? $0.25
This term describes the credit used to buy stocks in the 1920s, which often left those who used it bankrupt when a broker demanded payment of all their debts at once (a margin call).
What was buying on margin?
The name given to a drought that ravaged the breadbasket (the Great Plains) 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?
Dust Bowl refugees were known as this...