Causes of Great Depression
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
What was the name of his plan he created to help improve the economy
What is the "New Deal"
What did Roosevelt and his efforts help restore in American people
What is confidence
This the agency which helped provided electricity in the Tennessee Valley.
What is the TVA
What really brought an end to the Great Depression
What is World War Two
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up
What is Herbert Hoover
Who did F.D.R try to help first
What is poor and unemployed
How many people were unemployed during the height of the Great Depression in 1932?
What is 12 million or 25%
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.
What is AAA
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What is a Hooverville
What happened to the United States banks after the stock market crash?
The banks ran out of money. (They gave out IOU's instead)
Upon becoming President F.D.R immediately declared this "Holiday"..and what did it do?
Bank Holiday, cloased all banks and reopened the ones that were quality
What did the Fair Labor standards Act do?
Fair wage and ban child labor
This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired.
What is Social Security
What was the final straw of Hoover's popularity among the people
What is the Bonus Army
What is overproduction
What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.
Farmers overproduce crops
What was the name of his radio broadcasts were he spoke to all America like they were simply his friends
What are Fireside Chats
How did the New Deal change the role of Government moving forward in America?
What is Government took a responsibility to serve and help the people
This agency insures a persons money is safe in bank for up to 5,000 at the time.
What is the FDIC
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
What is the economic policy of the Government not getting involved in business.
What is Lassie Faire
FDR's plan to save the economy included these three categories
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
This vocabulary term helps to explain why Herbert Hoover thought limited government action would work. It is because Americans have this
rugged individualism
This group of men ages 18 - 26 learned forestry skills t help improve our national forest and national parks during the 1930's.
What is the CCC
Explain the concept of Court Packing
What is when FDR wanted to add 6 judges to have a total of 15 to help ensure the New Deal Programs would pass.Did not happen, "Checks and Balances"