New Deal Programs
This New Deal program built Florida’s first state park facilities, fought wildfires, and did conservation work.
CCC?
Consumer spending slowed at the end of the 1920s because many Americans owed more than they could pay back due to this.
What is easy credit?
Shantytowns were called this because people blamed the president for the Depression.
What are Hoovervilles?
Hoover’s initial response to the Depression was to rely on these groups to help the poor.
What are private charities and businesses?
This long‑term effect of the New Deal increased the federal government’s role in the economy.
What is growing government involvement?
This agency protected people’s bank deposits to restore trust in the banking system.
What is the FDIC?
This economic weakness allowed Americans to spend more than they earned, contributing to the Depression.
What is easy credit?
This group marched on Washington to demand early payment of their wartime bonuses.
Who is the Bonus Army?
FDR believed government must assume more responsibility for helping the poor through this type of aid.
What is direct relief?
This New Deal goal was NOT fully achieved, as unemployment stayed high throughout the 1930s.
What is economic recovery?
This New Deal agency built dams to bring electricity to rural areas.
What is the TVA?
This event on October 29, 1929, marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
Thousands of families fled the Great Plains for the West Coast because of this environmental disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
FDR’s bank holiday and the FDIC were intended to do this for the banking system.
What is restore public confidence?
This shift occurred in Americans’ attitudes: they began to expect the federal government to help solve economic problems.
What is greater reliance on the federal government?
This program created jobs for unemployed workers by building roads, bridges, and public buildings.
WPA
This economic factor most directly contributed to the start of the Depression: buying stocks this way.
What is buying on margin?
During the Depression, Americans most often turned to these two forms of entertainment for relief.
What are radio and movies?
In his First Inaugural Address, FDR implied he would expand this to fight the Depression.
What is the power of the federal government?
This phrase completes the diagram about causes of the Depression: farm prices fell because of this.
What is overproduction of farm goods?
This New Deal goal was met by the FDIC, according to the chart in the test.
FINANCIAL REFORM
In the late 1920s, demand for goods was down and prosperity was only superficial — this describes the true state of the economy.
What is superficial prosperity with falling demand?
This group was hit particularly hard in cities, according to the excerpt about poverty and limited charity support.
Who are women?
This is the key difference between Hoover and FDR’s approach to the Depression.
What is Hoover opposed direct relief; FDR supported it?
This year saw approximately 5,000 farm bankruptcies, according to the graph.
What is 1931?