Great Depression 1
Great Depression 2
Great Depression/New Deal
New Deal 1
New Deal 2
100

What ushered in the Great Depression?

The stock market crash

100

What area of the country did the Dust Bowl affect?

The Great Plains

100

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

Production during and through World War II

100

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

100

How was FDR considered socialist?

He drastically expanded the power of federal gov't

200

What protectionist trade policy did Congress pass in 1930 that tried to protect American Industry?

Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act

200

What 2 underlying issues led to the Great Depression?

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

200

Result of Black Tuesday

businesses went bankrupt, people lost live savings

200

What was the goal of the New Deal?

tried to make economy more stable and address the economy through job creation.  

200

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

relief, recovery, and reform

300

President during the beginning of the Great Depession ?

Herbert Hoover

300

What was considered the heart of the problem in regards to the causes of the Great Depression? 

Bank failures or banks

300

What did "rugged individualism" support ?

Stated that individuals could make a good life for themselves through hard work

300
What tactic did FDR attempt that gave him a poor public image? 

Court-packing

300

What didi the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission) do?

Regulates Stock Market

400

What does "buying on margin" mean 

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

400

What was the name people who disliked Hoover called the slums ?

Hoovervilles

400

How did the New Deal desire to help industry? 

wage cuts, lay offs , child labor and minimum wage

400

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

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

400

What are Fireside Chats ?

radio speech given by FDR.

500

What is the date of Black Tuesday ?

October 29, 1929

500

How long did Great Depression last ? Through what years ?

11 years and 1929-1940

500

What act provided aid to unemployed people and the elderly ?

Social Security Act

500

"100 Days" refers to 

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

500

What New Deal policies were found unconstitutional?

NIRA and AAA