Great Depression 1
Great Depression 2
Great Depression/New Deal
New Deal 1
New Deal 2
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What ushered in the Great Depression?

The stock market crash

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What area of the country did the Dust Bowl affect?

The Great Plains

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What have many historians pointed to that helped bring an end to the Great Depression?

Production during and through World War II

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What was the "Bank Holiday"?

Closed ALL banks/ 4 day “Bank Holiday”

Emergency Banking Relief Act- Passed by Congress, allowed only sound banks to reopen, the rest remained closed

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One of the main goals of the New Deal

Regulate the Stock Market, Decrease Unemployment, Fix the Banks, Save Farms, Build Infrastructure

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What were Shantytowns?

What were they also know as?

Make shift homes for homeless people 

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What 2 underlying issues led to the Great Depression?

Overproduction, high unemployment, massive poverty, buying on credit, unequal distribution of wealth, and Bank Closures

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Result of Black Tuesday

businesses went bankrupt, people lost life savings

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What was the national average unemployment rate during the Great Depression?

25%

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What were the New Deal Goals based in (3 R's)?

relief, recovery, and reform

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President during the beginning of the Great Depession ?

Herbert Hoover

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Who was James Braddock and provide 1 example of how his family suffered during the Great Depression

Boxer

lost job, foreclosed home, add water to milk, overdue bills, lack of food, unemployment, sent kids away

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Why did banks close during the Great Depression?

Bank runs and risky investments

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DAILY DOUBLE

How did the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) aim to help banking?

Insure bank deposits

Increase public trust in banks

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What was the main goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

What is raise prices of farm goods?

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What does "buying on margin" mean 

paying a small percentage of a stocks as a down payment and borrowing the rest.

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Who was Dorothea Lange?

photographer hired by FDR to take pictures of the Great Depression's effect on the American public

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How did the New Deal desire to help industry? 

stop wage cuts, stop lay offs, provide minimum wage, unions, create jobs

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What New Deal Act created public work jobs for young men ?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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What are Fireside Chats ?

radio speech given by FDR.

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What is the date of Black Tuesday ?

October 29, 1929

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How long did Great Depression last ? Through what years ?

11 years and 1929-1940

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What act provided aid to unemployed people and the elderly ?

Social Security Act

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"100 Days" refers to 

The first three months of FDR's first term in office

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How many terms did Franklin D Roosevelt serve as president?

four