Unit 7: 1930s

Question 1

Bank Failures

Answer 1

occurs when a bank is unable to meet its obligations to the people who have deposited money there

Question 2

Dust Bowl

Answer 2

the region, including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico, that was made worthless for farming by drought and dust storms during the 1930s.

Question 3

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Answer 3

an agency created in 1933 to insure individuals’ bank accounts, protecting people against losses due to bank failures.

Question 4

Fireside Chats

Answer 4

a series of evening radio addresses given by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944

Question 5

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Answer 5

a law, enacted in 1930, that established the highest protective tariff in U.S. history, worsening the depression in America and abroad

Question 6

Hoovervilles

Answer 6

a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States

Question 7

Huey Long

Answer 7

opponent of the New Deal who pushed for the Share-Our-Wealth program

Question 8

New Deal

Answer 8

President Franklin Roosevelt’s program to alleviate the

problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform

Question 9

Social Security Act

Answer 9

a law enacted in 1935 to provide aid to retirees, the unemployed, people with disabilities, and families with dependent children

Question 10

Supreme Court Packing Plan

Answer 10

Roosevelt’s plan to appoint six new judges to the Supreme Court after they declared two of his policies unconstitutional