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The New Deal, 2
100
Investment tactic which allows investors to purchase stock for only a fraction of its price
What is buying on margin?
100
The American Depression eventually caused this country to be unable to pay its war debt to the Allies.
What is Germany?
100
Farm communities helped their neighbors save belongings from sale by bidding extremely low at these events.
What is a penny auction?
100
He was voted in as the 32nd President in 1932?
What is FDR?
100
When FDR shut down American banks to investigate if they were stable.
What is the "bank holiday"?
200
Dilemma where goods are being produced faster than consumers can purchase them.
What is overproduction?
200
Due to over production and lack of sales, business began to cut back causing THIS to rise.
What is unemployment?
200
To stimulate the economy, Congress passed the 21st Amendment repealing THIS.
What is prohibition?
200
Put young men back to work and restoring and maintaining forests, beaches and parks
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
200
She traveled widely supporting her husband's New Deal policies.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
300
Too much credit spending caused many Americans to build up a high level of this.
What is personal debt?
300
Many people who lost their homes moved into these presidential neighborhoods.
What are Hoovervilles?
300
The construction of this building was a beacon of hope.
What is the Empire State Building?
300
Government funded projects to build public facilities
What is a public works program?
300
The three "R's" of the New Deal.
What are Relief, Recovery and Reform?
400
Do to bad economic times, this group was unable to pay back WWI era debt, causing banks to close.
Who are farmers?
400
The hardships of the Depression worsened for the people in the Midwest, as the country faced this natural disaster.
What is the Dust Bowl?
400
Event where World War I veterans marched on Washington DC demanding their pensions in full.
What is the Bonus Army?
400
The New Deal received criticism for using THIS, or paying out more money from the budget than they received into it.
What is deficit spending?
400
This group headed much of the opposition to the New Deal.
What is the American Liberty League?
500
A failed bailout by bankers, the stock market crashed on this colorful day.
What is Black Tuesday?
500
By 1932, this percentage of the American workforce was out of work.
What is 25%?
500
These markings gave transients clues on type of neighborhood they were passing through.
What are Hobo Symbols?
500
When FDR cut back on spending, this occurred in 1937.
What is a recession?
500
Event where FDR attempted to add more justices to the Judicial Branch.
What is the Court Packing Scheme?