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100
Buying stocks with borrowed money.
What is buying on the margin?
100
Group of African-Americans appointed by FDR to high-level federal offices.
What is the Black Cabinet?
100
Caused by poor farming techniques and drought.
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
Insured bank deposits up to $5,000.
What is FDIC?
100
First female cabinet member.
Who is Frances Perkins?
200
Traveled from city to city by hopping trains.
What is a hobo?
200
Imposed the highest tariff on foreign goods in over 100 years.
What is Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
200
15 major bills passed.
What is First Hundred Days?
200
Regulated stock market and restricted margin buying.
What is SEC?
200
Robin Hood plan.
Who is Huey Long?
300
Economy does not function properly for a long period of time.
What is a depression?
300
Migrant Mother.
Who is Dorothea Lange?
300
Legislation seeking to add 6 new Supreme Court justices.
What is the court-packing scheme?
300
Provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects.
What is WPA?
300
1/3 of the workforce during Great Depression.
What is underemployed?
400
Very successful market economy. Opposite of bear market.
What is a bull market?
400
Thousands of farmers from Oklahoma who moved to California and became migrant farmers.
Who are Okies?
400
Weekly broadcast that gave Americans a personal relationship with the president.
What are Fireside Chats?
400
Built dams for hydroelectric power and control flooding.
What is TVA?
400
Large number of people panic and withdraw all their money from their bank.
What is a bank run?
500
Provided one meal a day to those who were unemployed.
What is a soup kitchen?
500
20,000 veterans
What is the Bonus Army?
500
Thursday, October 24th.
What is Black Thursday?
500
Guaranteed workers the right to join labor unions and call strikes.
What is NLRB (Wagner Act)?
500
Gave $2 billion in aid to state and local governments and made loans to banks.
What is RFC?