The Stock Market Crash & Great Depression Beginnings
Impact of the Great Depression
Constitutional Changes & Amendments
The New Deal
Responses to the Great Depression
100
He was the U.S. President when the Great Depression began.
Herbert Hoover
100
What was a common term for the makeshift shantytowns built by homeless people during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
100
This president served four terms, thanks to no term limits at the time.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
This president introduced the New Deal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
This Ideology supported social programs to help those affected by the Depression.
liberal ideology
200
This year marked the Stock Market Crash, beginning the Great Depression.
1929
200
This region was most affected by the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression.
Great Plains
200
This amendment ended Prohibition, making alcohol legal again.
21st Amendment
200
What are the three Rs of FDR's New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
200
This ideology during the Great Depression called for abolishing capitalism in favor of socialism or communism.
radical ideology
300
Hoover's large construction project intended to create jobs during the Great Depression.
Hoover Dam
300
What was the fate of many banks in the United States following the Stock Market Crash of 1929
failed or closed.
300
The "Lame Duck Amendment" that moved the presidential inauguration date.
20th Amendment
300
The purpose of this 1935 Act was to provide income for retirees and the unemployed.
Social Security Act
300
FDR used these informal radio talks to reassure and inform the public during the Depression.
Fireside Chats
400
What is the name often given to the day on October 29, 1929, when the stock market crashed?
Black Tuesday
400
What was the biggest problem facing the United States during the Great Depression, with rates reaching nearly 25%?
unemployment
400
What controversial proposal did FDR introduce to add more justices to the Supreme Court in hopes of securing support for New Deal programs, sparking a national debate over separation of powers?
court-packing plan
400
This program was designed to insure bank deposits to rebuild trust in banks.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
400
U.S. involvement in this major event helped end the Great Depression.
World War II
500
This tariff raised taxes on imports, aiming to protect U.S. businesses.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
500
What is the name of the famous photograph taken by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression
"Migrant Mother"
500
Which amendment limited presidents to two terms, following Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms during the Great Depression and WWII?
22nd Amendment
500
New Deal program that provided jobs for young men in conservation projects.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
500
Which New Deal act, named after a senator, protected workers’ rights to unionize and bargain collectively?
Wagner Act