Long-Term Causes
________production of goods that businesses could not sell, led to businesses losing money. When businesses lost money, employees/workers lost their jobs which led to _________ distribution of income.
Uneven Distribution of Income and Overproduction of goods.
The rate of unemployment _________and then ______ as a result of the New Deal.
Increased and then decreased.
What are the 3 R's or the Roosevelts purpose for the New Deal? _________,___________, and ________.
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Second New Deal advocated for ______ and _______.
Reform and Security.
To escape the reality of the Great Depression, Americans Started to go to indulge in the following hobbies; ________;_________;__________.
Going to the Movies; Read; Go to baseball games.
Stock market crash that sparked "The Great Depression"
Black Tuesday
----------- natural disaster that was caused by droughts and over plowing of the farm fields.
Dust Bowl
2 recovery programs established to make banking and the stock market safer? _____________ and ____________.
Bank holiday and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC).
Created new public works projects and stimulated the arts.
Works Progress Adminstration (WPA)
Which famous movie was a symbolism for escapism during the Great Depression.
Wizard of Oz
Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.
Buying Stock on Margin
__________ were shanty towns/ghettos that sprung up because of President Hoover's inability to help the public.
Hoovervilles
Recovery programs aimed to help agriculture.
National Recovery Admin (NRA) and Agricultural adjustment act (AAA).
It established unemployment insurance, retirement benefits, and aid to the disabled and orphans.
Social Security Act
Book John Steinbeck's that depicted the plight of the oakies and the African American struggle.
"The Grapes of the Wrath"
_____________Act placed high tariffs on import duties from foreign countries. Discouraging other countries from wanting to trade with the US.
Smooth-Hatley Tariff
____________ closures led many people to lose their savings.
Bank Closures
Recovery programs aimed at helping the unemployed.
Civilian Concervation Corps (CCC); Public Works Admin (PWA); and Civil Works Admin (CWA)
Gave workers the right to unionize and helped set minimum work hrs, wage, and prohibited child labor.
National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
____________ was taken by Dorothea Lange was a famous photographer which featured poor migrants and sharecroppers.
Migrant Mother
___________ is buying shares of a specific company in hopes that the shares will rise in price in order to sell it and make money off of it.
Speculation on the stock market
Bonus Expeditionary force was used against _________ ________ who camped out in Washington DC to ask for the money that was owed to them.
WWI Veterans
Dam that was built to promote electricity and prevent floods in the South.
Tenesse Valley Authority (TVA)
Roosevelt suggested he should be able to appoint 2 new justices in order to help pass the "New Deal" that was rejected and looked down upon.
Court-packaging Scheme
Most popular sport to go watch during the Great Depression.
Baseball