The Great Depression & The New Deal

This amendment overturned the 18th Amendment

This put men to work building parks, planting trees, etc..

Hoover's project that provided jobs, electricity, and flood control:

Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?

A stock market in which prices are rising

By calling shantytowns "Hoovervilles," people were expressing their

These economists believed that the economy would fix itself without intervention

This established a pension for people over 65

These economists believed the economy needed government intervention

This prevented employers from engaging in unfair practices

What does buying stock on the margin mean?

He ran for president under the slogan "Share-Our-Wealth" in 1936.

A time when Congress passed 15 major laws with unprecedented speed

This built damns and made rural electrification in the Southeast

Whiclh of the following was most directly responsible for putting people to work

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Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?

What name was given to boys and men who rode the rails in search of work?

Which candidates ran for president in 1932?

This provided insurance for people's savings in banks

FDR did not support civil rights because he didn't want to upset

What president asked businesses not to lay off employees after the stock market crash?

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the Great Depression?

Who was head of the National Youth Adminstration Office on Negro Affairs?

First women to serve in the cabinet?

One long-range effect of the Grear Depression was that many people

Which of the following was a goal of the New Deal?

The Patman Bill called for an immediate bonus payment to

A stock market in which prices are falling

Which of the following describes a government system of giving payments to the poor?

The aim of the Federal Home Loan Bank Act was to

Who's plan for the economy was called the New Deal?

Which of the following was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

FDR spoke to the American people over the radio in these

The first major action FDR took as president was

During the worst of the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was about

Which of the following was the main objective of the Agricultural Adjustment Act?