GD-ND Flashcards
This experiment lasted until 1933, and would have made folks even more depressed if it weren’t for bootleggers
Prohibition
Term for FDR’s attempt to get his way when one branch of the government held up some of his New Deal programs
court packing
The government completely changed from this policy during the New Deal and got a lot more involved in people’s everyday lives
Laissez Faire
How FDR told America about his ideas to fix the problems of the Depression
Fireside chats
New Deal program implemented to help the elderly, disabled, and others who could not work
Social Security
This program actually paid farmers not to grow things
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Nickname for WWI veterans who wanted help from Congress
Bonus Army
Made the Great Depression even more depressing for farmer’s on the plains
Dust Bowl
When the government assumes the responsibility of taking care of certain citizens who cannot take care of themselves
Welfare state
Hoover hoped money would do this and reach the needy through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Trickle-down
Nickname for the farmers who moved west from the Dust Bowl
Okies
Which New Deal had the most programs last through to the present day?
Second New Deal
Name of the ideas FDR tried out to fix the Depression, but both of them only worked a little
New Deal
Nickname for the shantytowns the homeless built to live in after getting evicted during the Depression
Hoovervilles
What afflicted FDR and paralyzed him?
Polio
FDR’s favorite New Deal program, it put more than 2 million men on the job
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Name of the highest tariff ever, which helped start the Great Depression
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
1/4 of Americans suffered from this during the Great Depression
Unemployment
The Securities and Exchange Commission was created to correct problems in this to prevent another crash
Stock market
October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
2nd New Deal idea to ensure workers had a voice, through collective bargaining, at their jobs
Wagner Act
Most popular type of home entertainment during the 1930’s, and how FDR primarily communicated with the American people
Radio
Idea or belief that folks should not look to the government for help, they should help themselves if they had problems
individualism
The only thing we needed to be afraid of, according to FDR in his first speech as President
Fear