Great Depression 1
Wrongly identified as "THE" cause of the Great Depression, this event happened on Black Tuesday, October 29th, 1929.
What is the the stock market crash?
What area of the country did the Dust Bowl affect?
The Great Plains
What ended the Great Depression?
World War II
This action in Flint, Michigan by the UAW-CIO ended with GM giving in after 6 weeks.
What is the Sit-Down Strike?
The term where scared and panicked bank depositors tried to withdraw all of their savings, etc..at once.
What is a Bank Run or Bank Panic?
Famous speeches FDR gave over the radio to Americans
What are Fireside Chats?
Construction program that brought electricity, navigable waterways, controlled flooding, created jobs in the South
What is the TVA?
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 established this.
What is a minimum wage?
She became the first Black woman to lead an agency in the U.S. government.
Who is Mary McLeod Bethune?
Politician blamed for the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Term when ALL banks were forced to close for FOUR days.
What was the “Bank Holiday?”
Emergency Banking Relief Act- Passed by Congress, allowed only sound banks to reopen, the rest remained closed
This person became the "eyes, ears, and legs" of FDR.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
California writer John Steinbeck wrote this 1939 famous novel about Dust Bowl refugees?
What is The Grapes of Wrath?
This is the process of paying a small percentage of a stock as a down payment and borrowing the rest." Not a good thing during the days of the crash.
What is "Buying on Margin?
This program protected consumer's bank deposits.
What is the FDIC?
What 2 underlying issues led to the Great Depression?
1. Overproduction 2. Bank Closures 3. Overuse of Credit 3. Lack of oversight by the Fed 4. Income Inequality 5. Stock Market Crash 6. Tariff Policy 7. Gold Standard 8. Bank Panics
This act provided monthly income to the elderly and retired persons.
What is Social Security Act?
This program was set up to regulate the stock market.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
What is the Wagner Act, or NLRA?
Famous folk singer who wrote "This Land is Your Land."
Who is Woody Gutherie?