1929
This event in October 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash or Black Tuesday
This president created the New Deal to help the United States recover from the Great Depression.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
This major event (war) is noted for ending the Great Depression?
World War II
One of the 3 R's that provided immediate assistance to the unemployed.
Relief
This leader rose to power in Germany during the 1930's
Adolph Hitler
This is when people buy stocks using borrowed money.
What is buying on margin or buying with credit.
This was a set of government programs created to help people during the Great Depression.
The New Deal
Name one of the 3 R's
Relief
Revovery
Reform
The huge long lasting dust storm disaster that destroyed farmland in Great Plains during the 1930s
The Dust Bowl
A machine that helped people hear news and entertainment at home
The radio
President during the beginning of the Great Depession ?
Herbert Hoover
How did the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation help banks and the banking industry?
In backed banks with Federal Insurance.
This president was blamed by many Americans for not doing enough during the early years of the Depression.
President Herbert Hoover
The name of long period with no rain that helped cause the Dust Bowl
The name of the 1935 law that protected workers’ rights to form unions and bargain with employers
The Wagner Act
This economic idea says the government should not interfere in the economy.
Laissez-faire
This is when all banks are closed for a short time to stop people from taking out money and to restore trust.
Bank Holidays
This is one of the 3 R's that meant changing laws so problems like the Depression would not happen again.
Reform
The program that hired young men to work in forests and parks
The CCC otherwise known as The Civilian Conservation Corps
What was a major one criticism of the New Deal?
It expanded federal government power too much (the conservative criticism)
or
It didn't go far enough (the progressive criticism)
The name of the "market" on Wall Street where people and companies buy and sell shares of stock.
The Stock Market
This was a radio speech where FDR spoke directly to Americans to explain his ideas and calm fears.
The Fireside Chats
This program provided money to people 65 years or older/
Social Security
She was the First Lady during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency and worked to support human rights and social causes
Eleanor Roosevelt
This New Deal program that helped build damns and brought electricity to rural areas of the South.
Hint, it is named after a southern state.
The TVA
or the
Tennessee Valley Authority