Roosevelt responded to the Great Depression by enacting this sweeping reform program.
What is the New Deal?
100
Herbert Hoover was a member of this political party. As such, he favored big business.
What is Republican Party?
100
Following World War I, America was experiencing an economic boom due to this kind of payment
What is buying on margin or installment buying?
100
At its peak, the unemployment rate of the Great Depression was this percentage
What is 25%
DAILY DOUBLE
100
These are some criticisms of the New Deal
What are:
did not cure the Great Depression
unemployment still
federal goverment had more
US became a welfare state
200
Roosevelt was considered a Progressive _____________. Not every policy worked, but he made changes as needed.
What is Democrat?
200
Hoover's belief in a "hands-off" approach to the economy is known as this term
What is Laissez-Faire?
200
True or False: In the years directly after WWI (but before the Great Depression), the federal government had a major role of involvement in the economy
True! (one of the economic effects of WWI)
200
This administration, one of the first and biggest of the New Deal program, helped workers win maximum hours and minimum wages
What is the NRA (National Recovery Administration)
200
He agreed with the New Deal at first, but then strongly opposed it
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
300
Roosevelt felt that the government should provide _________ relief to the unemployed.
What is direct?
300
Hoover followed in the footsteps of these two presidents by keeping the government out of business and the economy.
Who is Calvin Coolidge and/or Warren G. Harding?
300
The Stock Market crashed on this day.
What is Black Tuesday
300
This dam was built, affecting the Western United States.
What is the Hoover Dam?
300
He proposed a "Share Our Wealth" program
Who is Huey Long?
400
Roosevelt responded to the bank crisis by doing this (what and why).
What is declare a 4-day holiday and launch investigations of the nation's banks?
400
Hoover's reaction to the Great Depression was limited to this, which bailed out the banks, railroads, and insurance companies
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
DAILY DOUBLE s t
400
The Great Depression was an economic disaster that affected people on a global scale. This act affected other countries as well.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
400
As a result of the depression, marriage rates and birth rates both
What is declined?
400
These were the three goals of the New Deal
What are relief, recovery and reform?
500
Roosevelt was the first president to use the radio as a way to communicate with the American people. He used the radio to convince many people to support his controversial policies in what is now famously known as this
What are the fireside chats?
500
Hoover thought money given to businesses would eventually reach the people. This approach is called
What is trickle-down economics?
500
Name the three underlying causes of the Great Depression
What is overproduction, underconsumption, and speculation?
500
This was opposed by conservatives. It requires regular and equal payments by both the employee and employer. I was created to provide security for the old aged and the unemployed.