Road to Ruin
What is the nickname for the stock market crash on Oct 29, 1929?
Black Tuesday
This environmental disaster was caused by drought and over-farming.
The Dust Bowl
FDR used these informal radio talks to speak to the nation.
Fireside Chats
This agency (FDIC) was created to insure bank deposits.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
This 1935 Act provided pensions for the elderly and disabled.
The Social Security Act
This practice of buying stocks with borrowed money fueled the crash.
Buying on a margin
This was the nickname for migrant farmers fleeing to California.
Okies
The New Deal goals: Relief, Recovery, and ________.
Reform
This program (CCC) hired young men for conservation work.
Civilian Conservation Corps
This global conflict is credited with finally ending the Depression.
World War II
This President believed in "rugged individualism" and minimal aid.
Herbert Hoover
Migrants from the Great Plains primarily moved to this state.
California
FDR declared this "Holiday" in 1933 to stop bank runs.
Bank Holiday
This agency (TVA) brought electricity to a poor Southern region.
Tennessee Valley Authority
This "Kingfish" from Louisiana wanted to "Share Our Wealth." This will NOT be on the test!
Huey Long
This 1930 tariff worsened the Depression by stalling global trade.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
These "New Heroes" were famous for robbing banks many people hated.
Bonnie & Clyde (or John Dillinger)
FDR’s first period of intense law-making has this numerical name.
The First 100 Days
This massive agency (WPA) hired laborers and artists alike.
Works Progress Administration
FDR’s controversial plan to add more Supreme Court justices. This will NOT be on the test!
Court-Packing Plan
Shanty towns for the homeless were sarcastically named these.
Hoovervilles
The Dust Bowl was made worse by the removal of these native plants. This one is hard! It will not be on the test.
Prairie Grasses (or Sod)
Before becoming President, FDR was the Governor of this state.
New York
This "Reform" board (NLRB) oversees labor-management relations.
National Labor Relations Board (Wagner Act)
This 1938 Act set a minimum wage and 40-hour work week. This will NOT be on the test!
Fair Labor Standards Act