Causes of the Great Depression
These limited foreign trade and foreign investment. It also made it difficult for foreign countries to export goods to the US and pay back debts.
What are tariffs on world trade?
This government agency provided rural electrification and public utilities.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
This is how Huey Long felt about the New Deal.
What is believing it wouldn't be enough?
This is the state Francis Townsend is from.
What is California?
This is the number of Supreme Court justices.
What is 9?
This happened when investors would buy shares of stock in a company for the sole purpose of selling them once they increase in value. This led to falsely high stock prices.
What is stock speculation?
This government agency built Big Bend state park in Texas.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
This is how Huey Long's life ended.
What is assassination?
This is how Francis Townsend felt about the New Deal.
What is opposing the New Deal?
This is the result of FDR's "court packing" scheme.
What is defeat?
By 1933 roughly 50% of these had closed.
What are banks?
This government agency provided jobs through construction projects.
What is the Public Works Administration?
This is the max amount of money Huey Long thought any American should make.
What is 50 million?
This is the amount Townsend believed social security should be.
What is $200?
This is why the Supreme Court ruled the way it did on FDR's scheme.
What is weakening the separation of power?
This is the bank for banks.
What is the FED (federal reserve)?
This government agency hired a large number of artists and writers.
What is the Works Progress Administration?
This is what Huey Long's plan did.
What is redistribute wealth?
This is what Townsend believed should be done with the social security payments.
What is spend them?
This is the number of Supreme Court justices FDR proposed to add.
What is 6?
This happened when people bought stock gambling that the price would rise.
What is "buying on the margin"?
This government agency protects personal savings up to $250,000.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
This is the name of Huey Long's plan to restore the economy.
What is the "Share Our Wealth" plan?
This is the name of Townsend's plan (he came up with it before social security).
What is the pension plan?
This is why FDR wanted to "pack" the Supreme Court.
What is the Supreme Court declaring FDR's programs unconstitutional?