Great Depression and New Deal Flashcards
1
Q
What were the causes of the crash?
- Uneven __________ of income.
- Stock market ___________.
- Excessive use of ______
- ______________ of consumer goods
- ____ farm economy
- ___ policies
- ______ economic problems
A
- distribution
- speculation
- credit
- overproduction
- weak
- government
- global
2
Q
Herbert Hoover’s Policies
- __________ would soon return
- Gov. assistance would destroy ____-________.
- tried to balance ______
- Americans believed in what?
A
- prosperity
- self-reliance
- budget
- rugged individualism
3
Q
Hawley-Smoot Tariff 1930
-_______ in history
A
-highest
4
Q
New Deal Philosophy
- Willing to experiment with political ________
- _______ is economic problem
A
- solutions
- poverty
5
Q
Brain Trust and Other Advisors
- group of __________ __________
- Who was the first women cabinet member?
- Who were advisors?
A
- university professors
- Frances Perkins
- Harold Ickes/Hopkins
6
Q
First Hundred Days
-Congress passed into law every _______
A
-request
7
Q
Bank Holiday
- First action by ___
- President ordered solvent banks ______
A
- FDR
- closed
8
Q
Industrial Recovery Program
- National Recovery Admin. were for?
- Schecter v. US did what?
A
- fair wages and hours for labor
- illegally regulated commerce
9
Q
Social Security Act
- ___ ________ program
- _______ ________ to retired persons over age of 65
- Suggested by who?
- Didn’t include what?
A
- fed. insurance
- monthly payments
- Frances Townsend
- health insurance
10
Q
Huey Long
-“____” annul income 5000, paid by ______ _____
A
-Share Our Wealth program; taxing wealthy
11
Q
Supreme Court
-Declared programs as what?
A
-unconstituitonal
12
Q
Court-reorganization Plan
- What bill?
- add up to _ more justices to court
A
- Court-packing bill
- 6
13
Q
Rise of Unions
- NIRA acronym for?
- Which act?
- leagalized what?
- Union membership did what?
A
- National Industrial Recovery Act
- Wagner Act
- labor unions
- increased
14
Q
Last Phase of New Deal
- WW1 ended what?
- Expanded what?
A
- depression
- fed. gov.
15
Q
Keynsian Economics
-Deficit ________ was acceptable
A
-spending
