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Causes of Great Depression
Impacts
Government
Alphabet Soup
1930s
100

This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it

What is the Stock Market Crash?

100

This reached 25%

What is unemployment?

100

Creation of these programs caused concern with the expansion of executive power.

What are the New Deal programs?

100

This agency was created for flood control, electricity generation, and bring economic development to the Tennessee Valley.

What is the TVA?

100

Franklin D. Roosevelt reassured Americans through these addresses.

What are Fireside Chats?

200

This President that believed in "rugged individualism" and was blamed for the Great Depression

Who is Herbert Hoover?

200

Some New Deal programs were declared _____________________ because they infringed on powers reserved to the states.

What is unconstitutional?

200

The Reconstruction Finance Corporation was implemented under President __________ to protect the economy by providing loans to private businesses. 

Who is Herbert Hoover?

200
This Agency paid farmers NOT to grow their crops in order to raise the price of crops. This doubled the prices of Crops before being declared unconstitutional in 1936. ___ ____ A
What is AAA
200

Caused by drought and led to soil conservation efforts

What is the Dust Bowl?

300

This panic led to massive withdrawals and bank closures.

What are "Bank Runs?"

300

Business failures led to unemployment, which led to homelessness, which led to people living in ______________.

What are Hoovervilles?

300

Created a reliance on the federal government for assistance.

What are the New Deal programs?

300
This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired.
What is Social Security
300

Signed into law by President Hoover to protect American industry from foreign competition by raising tariffs on imported goods 

What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?

400

What is overproduction

What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.

400

This was repealed in 1933 to allow government to collect taxes on sales.

What is Prohibition?

400

Roosevelt's attempt to have all of his New Deal programs accepted and not deemed unconstutional.

What is Court Packing?

400

Maintains fair markets and increases investor confidence in financial institutions.

What is the SEC or Securities and Exchange Commission?

400
What was the name of the drought that caused many farmers in the great plains to have terrible harvests in the 1930's?
What is the dust bowl
500
What is it called when you borrow money in order to buy more stock?
What is "buying on margin" or "Doubling Down" or On Margin
500

Three categories of focus to assist the nation during the Great Depression and after.

What are Relief, Recovery, and Reform?

500

__________ was more involved in the minds and hearts and aspirations of people than any other First Lady in history. By the end of her life, she was one of the most esteemed women in the world.

Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?

500
This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills t help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's. ___ ____ C.
What is the CCC
500

Result of the fear of people of Mexican ancestry taking jobs from U.S. workers.

What is Mexican Repatriation?