Lesson 8 Multiple Choice Flashcards
The Great Dust Bowl of the 1930’s was created by
the elimination of the native prairie grasses, severe drought, poor farming practices
The Great Crash was part of the nation’s business cycle, a span in which
the economy grows, then contracts
Minorities suffered in the Great Depression because
whites resented them for taking the scarce jobs available
President Hoover hoped that the Depression would be relieved with
American volunteer efforts
Senator Huey Long developed his own recovery program called
Share-Our-Wealth
The New Deal was criticized by some because it created
deficit spending and increased taxes for the wealthy
The first successful sit-down strike in manufacturing took place in
Akron, Ohio
Daytime radio dramas became known as soap operas because
soap companies often sponsored the programs
FDR believed that unemployed artists should
be given opportunities to create art for the public good
Of all its achievements, the legacy of _____ left by the New Deal was the greatest
hope
FDR began the New Deal by closing the nation’s ____
banks
New Deal programs still in effect today include
the TVA and Social Security
With funding from Fortune magazine, James Agee and Walker Evans produced a book about ____________
rural life in the Depression Era
The general trend in unemployment during the Depression years was a
decline
Father Coughlin, a progressive reformer, at one point advocated government ________ of banks, and then redistribution of wealth
nationalization
