Great Depression/ New Deal

Question 1

Farmers in the 1920s

Answer 1

Overused fields
New tactic of farming that was bad for the soil
Huge droughts led to huge dust storms in the midwest
This caused farmers to move from their fields to other states
-Became known as Okies because a lot were from Oklahoma
-Many moved to California

Question 2

Social security

Answer 2

Provides benefits like pensions, unemployment insurance, and welfare
The goal was to create a savings plan for everyone, mainly meant for elderly retired people
The shining light of the new deal
Excluded minorities
Excluded farmers and domestic workers
It failed to cover nearly two-thirds of African Americans

Question 3

Crash, Breadline

Answer 3

People who couldn’t afford food were supplied with free dinners

Question 4

Bonus Army

Answer 4

Group of WWI veterans who were promised bonuses in 1945
They wanted it early due to the depression which led them to protest

Question 5

Hoover, Hoovervilles

Answer 5

Groups of homeless people built makeshift shacks in groups of up to 10,000

Question 6

Trickle Down economy

Answer 6

Groups of homeless people built makeshift shacks in groups of up to 10,000

Question 7

New Deal (FDR)

Answer 7

FDR’s set of laws, organizations, and rules set to reform the country economically

Question 8

FDR

Answer 8

Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. He built the New Deal Coalition

Question 9

Fireside chats

Answer 9

FDR utilized the media to make inspirational speeches on how his programs will reform the economy

Question 10

CCC

Answer 10

Public relief program whose objective was to give young men environmental projects
The job was for men to protect national parks and the environment
Regarded by many as the most effective of the New Deal Agencies
Wants to attack the people riding the rails to give them direct aid and jobs

Question 11

TVA

Answer 11

Tennessee Valley Authority was a reform act that was made to improve the Tennessee rivers’ flooding and navigability, and mainly used to provide cheap electricity to the public from the government

Question 12

FDIC

Answer 12

A reform that was established to guarantee people that if they invest in a bank and it fails, they will be able to get their money back one way or another
Your insured money is protected

Question 13

FHA

Answer 13

Home loans were put out at discounted rates
Increased homeownership to low and middle-class people
Provided housing
Gave homes at discounted rates

Question 14

NRA

Answer 14

Had a goal to eliminate unfair trade practices, reduce unemployment, establish minimum wages and maximum hours, and guarantee the right of labor to bargain collectively
Deemed “Unconstitutional” because it put too many regulations on business

Question 15

Bank Holiday

Answer 15

A week shut down of all the banks done by FDR
intended to cease bank failures and restore trust in the financial systems

Question 16

SEC

Answer 16

Reform that specifically dealt with stock market rules and their enforcement
They want to safeguard investors and eventually boost the stock market to boost the economy
Still up and running today

Question 17

Huey Long

Answer 17

Thought the New Deal is too conservative
Most powerful man in Louisana
He appealed to the poor farmers
Argued there should be limits on how much a man should make, the rest would be dealt out to the rest of the poorer families
“Share the wealth” clubs popped up because of hit motto

Question 18

Welfare State

Answer 18

State that is committed to providing basic economic security for its citizens
Protecting them from market risks associated with old age, unemployment, accidents, and sickness

Question 19

FDR reforms

Question 20

AAA

Answer 20

farmers were paid to limit the production of their crops

Question 21

Father Coughlin

Answer 21

Believed that more needed to be done and he broadcasted this to the public