The Great Depression/New Deal

Question 1

Hoovervilles

Answer 1

Shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities of homeless and unemployed people

Question 2

Dust Bowl

Answer 2

Term used to describe the area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up farmland.

Question 3

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Answer 3

Law that attempted to raise crop prices by lowering production

Question 4

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 4

Public works program that gave jobs to young men. The workers planted trees, fought forest fires, and built public parks

Question 5

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Answer 5

Created jobs by hiring writers and artists

Question 6

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 6

Provided insurance for people’s bank accounts

Question 7

Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC)

Answer 7

Government agency that regulates the stock market

Question 8

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

Answer 8

Program that built dams in the Tennessee Valley area in order to control flooding and provide electric power

Question 9

Social Security Act

Answer 9

The most important act of the New Deal. Provided unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled , old age pensions, and insurance for families.