Ch 18 and 19 Great Depression and New Deal

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Great Depression because

Roosevelt’s strongest asset in restoring confidence to the American public was his

People during the GD were able to enjoy 2 popular forms of entertainment: the movies &

Although they disagreed on specifics, Roosevelt’s advisers favored government

According to a crude estimate, the unemployment rate in 1932 at the height of the

The Emergency Banking Relief Act helped solve the banking crisis by

To end the Great Depression President Hoover believed that the government

In search of work or a better life during the Depression, many unemployed people

Most Americans blamed their troubles on

The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to help farmers by

The Great Depression affected

Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression became known as

Besides establishing the right to unionize, Roosevelt helped labor by abolishing child labor &

The goals of the Tennessee Valley Authority included all of the following except

Shanty towns that were created by the homeless and unemployed during the GD were called

Thousands of WWI veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress to

The right to unionize was guaranteed by the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the

As part of FDR’s plan to end the GD, Congress created the _______ to regulate the stock market.

Part of the New Deal’s legacy was an expansion of

During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed

Social Security was an important piece of legislation because it

The Civilian Conservation Corps pursued the objective of

The 1st 3 months of Roosevelt’s presidency in 33 when he passed 15 major laws is known as the

Most economists agree that a key cause of the Depression was