GD

Question 1

was buying on credit a cause, characteristic, or response to the GD?

Answer 1

cause

Question 2

what is speculation?

Answer 2

buying and selling risky items in the hope of making a quick profit

Question 3

what is economic depression?

Answer 3

severe economic slump, specifically the worst in US history

Question 4

was the Stock Market Crash a c, c, or r?

Answer 4

CAUSE

Question 5

when was black Tuesday?

Answer 5

October 29, 1929

Question 6

when was the great depression?

Answer 6

1929-1941

Question 7

what were some of the main causes of the great depression?

Answer 7

loss of life savings, high unemployment, poverty, dust bowl, debt, high homeless rate

Question 8

what was the reconstruction finance corporation?

Answer 8

pres. hoover gave gov-funded loans to banks and railroads. hoovers response to the GD

Question 9

what were public works projects?

Answer 9

gov.-funded projects to assist individuals, families, and communities in need

Question 10

what was the hoover dam?

Answer 10

public works project, 1922-1929, still in use today, provided 5000 jobs and hyro-electric power to arizona, and nevada.

Question 11

what was the bonus army?

Answer 11

15,000 WW1 veterans promised bonuses for their service

Question 12

what was hooverville?

Answer 12

small, makeshift camps made by migrants because they lost their jobs and could no longer pay for a house

Question 13

First New Deal

Answer 13

created from 1933-1935 to fight the depression

Question 14

hundred days

Answer 14

many laws were passed in congress to fight the depression

Question 15

fireside chats

Answer 15

FDR talked about his policies on the radio in a casual style

Question 16

second new deal

Answer 16

created from 1935-1937 as an extention to the first new deal

Question 17

social security act

Answer 17

a law the created fund for assisting retired workers and the unemployed

Question 18

deficit spending

Answer 18

FDR cut back on his new deal programs. as a result, the nation’s economy dropped and unemployment levels rose again

Question 19

Tennessee valley authority

Answer 19

brought electricity, fertilizer, and jobs to the tennessee valley area

Question 20

FDR’s court-packing bill

Answer 20

add more justices to the supreme court

Question 21

dust bowl

Answer 21

region including parts of oklahoma, texas, colorado, and new mexico in which farms were damaged by overworked, dry soil leading to dust storms, so people moved to california in search of jobs in 1940

Question 22

bread lines

Answer 22

lines that people stood in to receive food for themselves and their families because they could not afford food.

Question 23

20th amendment

Answer 23

moved inauguration from march to january to reduce the “lame duck” period

Question 24

works progress administration

Answer 24

gave jobs to millions of people to take part in public works projects

Question 25

black cabinet

Answer 25

an area in the government in which AA got to take part

Question 26

congress of industrial organizations

Answer 26

a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions

Question 27

american federation of labor

Answer 27

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Question 28

wagner act

Answer 28

gave unions ability to negotiate better working conditions

Question 29

NLRB vs. jones and laughlin steel corp.

Answer 29

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Question 30

federal deposit insurance corporation

Answer 30

preserves and promotes public confidence in the U.S. financial system by insuring deposits in banks

Question 31

securities and exchange commission

Answer 31

created by Congress to regulate the securities markets and protect investors.

Question 32

herbert hoover

Answer 32

failed to stop the GD

Question 33

FDR

Answer 33

americans blamed hoover for the bonus army attack. in the next election, FDR won, and his first goal was to help build a brighter future for america

Question 34

eleanor roosevelt

Answer 34

FDR’s wife, helped him monitor new deal programs, and became a strong voice for women and minorities

Question 35

francis perkins

Answer 35

provided blueprint for new deal programs, made many new deal programs

Question 36

dorothea lange

Answer 36

an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration

Question 37

john stienbeck

Answer 37

he wrote books based on the migrants of the GD